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Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

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Listening to every heart

0 posted 2001-01-21 11:51 PM

Good Night Grand Child

O my sweet, grand child
how you've scampered
about this old skirt of mine
all this day ~
one moment
you are as still as a mouse, hiding

hanging on my apron

then you are as skitterish
as a long legged colt on a
sunny spring noon,
e'en tho 'tis but a long winter's day

and you have made me weary
by this 9th hour of the eve,
as the chimes toll,
and you slowly ready yourself
for this night of coming rest…

and I gaze on you
and see in you your parentage
and your heritage ~

my heart swells with my love
of you
and in a moment of
reflection, I take you up
in my heart and arms
to embrace you and
make you chortle one last
time before the candle
is extinguished

before your eyes close to
the coming of Sandman

before your breathing
comes softer and slower

before you frolic
in your dreams

Good Night, little one.

01.21.01

Victoria

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since 2000-08-12

Posts 5869

1 posted 2001-01-21 11:53 PM

So sweet..nothing like a grandchild to spoil haa..i have four..nicely written sunshine

~V~

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.
- Paul Valery (1871-1945)

Mr.Magoo
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since 2001-01-20

Posts 104

2 posted 2001-01-22 12:38 PM

I love writings such as this.
When ever I can feel the love for a child expressed in ones writings it brings a warm feeling to my heart.
You`ve doen a great job with your wording and feelings here.
Thank You and God Bless.
Mr.Magoo

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

3 posted 2001-01-22 12:54 PM

Absolutely TERRIFIC!!!

This is so precious. It made me think, and mourn a bit, the days of my daughter's childhood when I could easily take her in my arms and she would giggle from the tickles.

Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

Bless you and your grandchild.

Mike
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since 1999-06-19

Posts 2462

4 posted 2001-01-22 12:58 PM

Wonderful poem my fellow poetic Kansan...
enjoyed muchly.

Charisma

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since 2000-09-30

Posts 5906
lost in blue pages

5 posted 2001-01-22 03:18 AM

oh what a lovely piece you've penned here, can feel your love for that lil one.
warm feelings from the heart.

((hugs))
Charisma

catalinamoon

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since 2000-06-03

Posts 9543
The Shores of Alone

6 posted 2001-01-22 06:00 PM

Kari, you have managed to touch the other part of my heart, the part that is not obsessed with lost love.
Grandchildren are wonderful, aren't they? And they sure can exhaust you by 9PM, no doubt!
Love this
Sandra

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

7 posted 2001-01-22 06:14 PM

Karilea--so tender and sweet a love expressed.

Denise

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since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

8 posted 2001-01-22 08:18 PM

There's nothing more precious than those little ones, is there, Karilea? This one touched my heart!

Denise

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

9 posted 2001-01-22 08:45 PM

Karilea~
I hope with all my heart
to find these pleasures ...

Lovely, lovely write, my friend.
~*Marge*~

Nan

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since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

10 posted 2001-01-27 01:20 PM

This is wonderful.. a truly touching poem... I have only one question.. Why is it that their energy increases as ours decreases??..

Amature2
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since 2001-01-08

Posts 416

11 posted 2001-01-30 07:22 PM

Sunshine

This is such a wonderful poem, it brought tears to my eyes everytime i read it. Grand Children are so much fun to watch growing up. Thank you for writing this poem. Sending it back to top for those who missed it. Amature2

kcsgrandma
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since 2000-09-24

Posts 1522
Presque Isle, ME

12 posted 2001-01-31 12:37 PM

I'm glad this came back so I got to read it. It sure rings true for me!

But I'd be glad to spend any number of nights exhausted just to have my grandson living near me again.

To love another person is to see the face of God.
- Les Miserables

Marilyn

CocoBaci
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since 2000-05-06

Posts 3043

13 posted 2001-01-31 02:00 AM

Sunshine,
Your poem leaves me in sighs...
Such sweet tenderness

Thank you for the enjoyed read...

suthern

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since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

14 posted 2001-01-31 02:19 PM

This is wonderful, Sunshine!!! I'll never be a grandma... but my little nephew is the grand child in my life. *S* He has me wrapped around his tiny fingers... and knows it! LOL

[This message has been edited by suthern (edited 01-31-2001).]

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