Grandfather

Grandfather

A Poem by SteveB

Nicotine stained

hands hard callused by the years

caress newborn child

© 2013 SteveB


Author's Note

SteveB
Another try at a form I have enjoyed reading here.

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form completed ,content...lovely and written with truth
nicotine and callouses that caress with love
thank you for sharing

Posted 11 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

SteveB

11 Years Ago

Thank you so very much for taking the time to read it. I appreciate it.
Terrific.

Posted 11 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

SteveB

11 Years Ago

Thank you so very much.
nailed it - i can see it - and i feel the softness of the caress - wonderful. nice juxtaposition.

Posted 11 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

SteveB

11 Years Ago

Thank you very, very much.
A lovely write...enjoyed...makes me think of my great grandfather...he was blind but when he held me from what my mother told me...he said I was beautiful even though he couldnt see me...that was in England where I was born...:)

Posted 11 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

SteveB

11 Years Ago

Thank you so much Rose. I am glad I reminded you of good memories. The inspiration for this was fin.. read more
SyberRose

11 Years Ago

Oh I see...its nice to have those kind of photos...:)
This poem really touched me because I was thinking of my father and grandfather! It painted a picture in my head while reading it! it's amazing how a few lines can pull together the whole picture!

Posted 11 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

SteveB

11 Years Ago

Thank you Brittney. There is no greater compliment than can be given then to say it touched you. I n.. read more
he's older and he is tough...but inside is that soft heart...and those calloused hands that have worked so hard all his life can stop for a moment and caress the newborn child...they can be tendered...

jacob

Posted 11 Years Ago


SteveB

11 Years Ago

Thank you Jacob. Sort of the opposite of the iron fist in a velvet glove. They had the warm heart be.. read more
You have no idea how beautiful this is, Steve! Reminds me of my father - and that is a wonderful thing. Thank you for sharing this.

Posted 11 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

SteveB

11 Years Ago

You are most welcome. Glad I gave you a pleasant reminder.
My kind of stuff! Images are there, I can see those hands and all the toiling they have done. The tenderness is still there after all. Lovely, lovely. Angi~

Posted 11 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

SteveB

11 Years Ago

Thank you Angi. You are one of the ones who are responsible for me trying the sort formal type of pi.. read more
I'm definitely not any judge of this format. It's not one I use. Though I do enjoy reading it.

You captured the context well.. As it brought up very old memories for me of my own. :)

Posted 11 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

SteveB

11 Years Ago

Thank you so much Rogue and I am sorry I did not express my thanks earlier.

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Nanuet, NY



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