by poetrybyheart.me@poetrybyheart.me
A rainy, gloomy day
Confined by social distancing
Feeling very much alone
I reached out to Margie
Who comes here once a month
To help with my house cleaning
She is coming here tomorrow
Now I have a task to do
Cardboard boxes from Amazon
Quarantining in my bath tub
Need breaking down
Cheering me with useful work
A second joy brightened me
Grandson James soon college bound
Texted me an invitation
Supper out and conversation
Wonderful way to say goodbye
We’re going Tuesday night
Good things come in threes they say
While washing dishes after lunch
Playing favorite old CD’s
I heard All The Things You Are
And traveled back to my teen years
Chills and goosebumps still intact
Being Family Grandchildren Memories Poetry Small wonders
by poetrybyheart.me@poetrybyheart.me
Raise your sails high
But don’t pull up anchor
Keep dreaming and planning
This can’t last forever
Keep flow in your life
Laugh, enjoy your friends
Family spirit enfolds you
With love and uplifting
Amazing new things
Bloom in our culture
Hard times’ bestow change
Endurance conquers
Rejoice in small moments
Taste your good cooking
Connections are precious
Zoom where you will
I love you, Bobby
You’re so dear to me
Stay safe and healthy
Until good times roll
For my grandson on his twenty-first birthday
A Birthday Shared A Grandmother's Love A suffering world Change Grandchildren Poetry
by poetrybyheart.me@poetrybyheart.me
First there was the bowl of amaryllis bulbs my son and his wife gave me for Christmas. There were five bulbs the size of softballs. Each bulb had two shoots that promised glorious blooms. Today ten scarlet amaryllis flowers form a small shrub offset brilliantly by the clean white snow outside my window. I wanted to take a picture of the amaryllis to show my son and daughter-in-law who live in Minneapolis. But I don’t know how to do this with my smart phone. I would have to wait until one of my Cleveland grandchildren showed up to do this for me.
Yesterday my project was to print the Haiku I wrote two days ago on greeting cards using a Microsoft Word format so I could send each grandchild a Valentine. I discovered that Word greeting cards aren’t very flexible and don’t allow for the Haiku structure. I finally gave up and sent my grandchildren texts. As I texted each Haiku my phone remembered the words for me and had memorized my Haiku by the time I sent the last one. Then there was the fun of receiving texts back from each grandchild.
With the success of my Haiku greetings I decided to see if I could take photos of my amaryllis. And I somehow did.
Challenged by technology Grandchildren Haiku Valentines
by poetrybyheart.me@poetrybyheart.me
Your sails set just so
Edging out of the harbor
Adventures await
Your talents galore
Steer the way toward your future
What work will you choose?
Now time to linger
With family and roommates
Cook up a fine meal.
Grandchildren Haiku New beginnings Transition
by poetrybyheart.me@poetrybyheart.me
At age five or six
Curiosity took hold
Drove you to explore
Everything fair game
You created ways to play
Drove me to despair
AHA moment struck
Finally I saw revealed
Genius in you
Mysteries to me
Your knowledge of how things work
Produced summer job
James, I’m proud of you
College years begin next fall
New things to explore
A Grandmother's Love Grandchildren Haiku
by poetrybyheart.me@poetrybyheart.me
Gears in your mind turn
Creative thinking evolves
Your own signature
Your zest steers a path
You envision future days
My heart swells with pride
I treasure today
Creating Eggs Benedict
Simply sharing love
A Birthday Shared A Grandmother's Love Being Family Grandchildren Haiku
by poetrybyheart.me@poetrybyheart.me
Summer job, pay checks
Oldest grandson makes me proud
Hard work paying off
Real life lessons learned
High School Senior must apply
Goal to graduate
Grandchildren Haiku
by poetrybyheart.me@poetrybyheart.me
White boots, drums, trombones
Figures traced on football field
Practice for the fall
Grandson joined the band
Plays new sounds that stir old hearts
Some things never change
Grandchildren Haiku Joy
by poetrybyheart.me@poetrybyheart.me
How to be Grandma?
Though endowed with snow-white hair
Baking’s not my lot.
Grandkid’s faces beam
Some in scrapbooks, some on wall
Own no camera.
Once sent greeting cards
For significant events.
Birthday cards endure.
Just don’t measure up
Must not be in DNA
Then it came to me.
Always been like this.
My grandchildren know me well.
Who else could I be?
Becoming Myself Grandchildren Haiku
by poetrybyheart.me@poetrybyheart.me
Here’s to my dear grandson James
Who likes to cook over the flames
For his birthday the trick
Is to fix eggs Benedict
Then we will play some card games.
Grandchildren
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