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How to eat frogs - by Clementine E. Burnley

{ Poem }

Grandmothers croak welcome, and crows
watch from a sagging power line.

Lukkie - by Roseanne Watt

{ Poem }

Whan du telt me hoo du thowt o ‘luck’as nae mair as chance, de happy hubbelskjuo aentropie, I thowt onnly o de ben-endo my grandmidder’s hoose an aa her talismanso tat. Inbi, luck wis acht an lenned lik coins,hot fae de löf. Dere wis wyes aboot it:a sixpence fir de scratchcairds; tree skoiltso a gingernut […]

Left Behind - by Ian A. Olson

{ Poem }

I cannot bring myself to burst your everywhere balloons
/ That cheer our rooms, mementos of delight,
/ Nor bundle bears, deep buried in…

Catalogue of my grandmother’s sayings - by Claire Askew

{ Poem }

A bloody good hiding
/ Another egg chipped
/ …

Hanging On - by Pauline Prior-Pitt

{ Poem }

I’m hanging on to your early days
/ when you can’t wait for me to arrive
/ for cuddles and tickles and…

Charades with Freya (7) - by Diana Hendry

{ Poem }

Animals are easy. I can do penguin waddle,
/ hoppy frog, snappy croc. And Actions – all
/ those ings – dancing,…

from Finding My Grandparents In the Peloponnese - by Anna Crowe

{ Poem }

x
/
/ On one face, the cistern built by the Turks,
/ now holding only dust and darkness
/ below its stone vault, where Monemvasía’s
/
/ rocky…

A Quiet Life - by Anna Crowe

{ Poem }

in memory of my grandfather
/ (after Schubert’s piano sonata in C minor D958)
/
/
/ Hammer-blows ring on a hull in dry-dock
/ then dazzling sparks…

For my Grandmother Knitting - by Liz Lochhead

{ Poem }

There is no need they say
/ but the needles still move
/ their rhythms in the working of your hands
/ as easily
/ as if your…

My Grandmother’s Houses - by Jackie Kay

{ Poem }

1
/ She is on the second floor of a tenement.
/ From her front room window you see the cemetery.
/
/ Her bedroom is my…

Fife Child in the Fifties - by Tom Hubbard

{ Poem }

They’ve long demolished the side-street by the Links
/ That set me journeying when I was six or so:
/ In my grandmother’s room…

Sleep - by Lina Tibi

{ Poem }

To my grandfather
/
/ Your sleep will postpone
/ the morning coffee,
/ so we’ll not be able to contemplate your blue eyes
/ As you sleep and…

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