Winner of January Poetry Contest: Resist
By Emer Martin RESIST What have we done? We fear a ludicrous man— a liar barking insults deafening dreams, his tiny heart squeezed dry, a blind crafty rat …
Archive by category Poems
This Grandma Gives The Gift of Learning
Learning to Learn By Linda Schumacher They were two physically tiring, emotionally blessing weeks this summer My tech savvy 10 year old granddaughter lived …
A Poem From the Grandkids
Looks like your grandkids have been making poems about the holidays — and you. Who knew they could be so sentimental? Read this cute poem about the holidays …
San Luis Obispo Mission Plaza
She pulls me along the red tile stripes that crisscross the plaza—Don’t touch the cement Grandma, and she giggles. She’s in charge and I’m her charge, …
Grab Your iPod and Your BlackBerry: It’s a Tech Tale for Grandparents
Remember the good old days before technology invaded nearly every part of your life? Face-to-face conversations were a common occurrence, and nobody …
Gone
There’s little left that I can do. My bones are weak, my strength is gone; my days of lifting children high, of sending kites up to the sky, of …
It’s Important to Rest
I carried my 3 year old son into the bank and walked up to the teller. “Hello”, she said to us. Shyly, my son put his head down on my …
Cleaning Out the Clutter
At age 3, my granddaughter had a playroom so full of toys there wasn’t room to play. I suggested a project. We would pick up each toy and she could …
Tanner
It happened after I walked the hall all day and heard talk of surgery, after the grumpy nurse ran me out of the hall three times because my ear was pressed to …
Poetry by Linda Boltman
Grandpa’s Dream The snow crackles under my feet As I make my way back to the farmhouse. The newly cut Christmas tree Leaving a solitary trail behind me …