by Gregg Rowe
at Grandma's nursing home,
holding her wrinkled dry hands
that had held me
Author notes
I will light a candle in the memory of your grandmother instead of a prayer. Gregg 
Written December 29th, 2003
In a list
A contest entry
- Society: Disrespect for elder by dreamer wind.
300 points, ended March 29, 2006, 7 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Grandparents give endless love.. by xXGoddessofPainXx.
670 points, ended December 5, 2008, 15 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Our Hands by kareneisenlord.
1750 points, ended November 13, 25 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
What did you think
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That is so special and nice... the hands that once held you ~ and so it continues through the generations! What a loving tribute to your wonderful grandmother. Best wishes to you!
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This is very different from the other pieces, but nice in a new way.. I like this write thanks for entering I hope you heal and remember the one's we loose are those whom we most needed.. I can say that from experience
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this is just beautiful, i am not sure how one would revise this because it captures the essence of your grandmother perfectly, best of luck in the contest
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Beautiful written my friend. It remind me so much of my grandmom in China. Little words but it shows how much you love your grandmother. Thank you for the entry. Good luck
wish you the best
Snow
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~SapphireSerpent: Sorry it's the wrong grandmother poem, I have two with the same titles almost and I put the wrong one in...I'm sorry, I will delete it right away. My profound apologies. The other one is FUNNY!
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I'm not really seeing how this fits in with my contest at all... Mayhaps if you were to explain it to me how it's funny in any way.
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Those hands can tell their own story. Beautiful Greg, I see hands such as these nearly every day and they still love to be held and sometimes hold on so tight we wonder where their strength comes from, from the heart I beleive.
Lovely
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This was such a beautiful Haiku. It so reminds me of when I was younger and had only a short time with my Grandmother. It sure would have been nice to have her wrinkled hands holding mine longer than they did. Thanks for the memory this inspired in my mind.
~ John
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How short and sweet thank you for the wonderful hiaku.
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Beautiful and eloquent!you captured the feel of the poem in so few words, what a nice ending too!
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A lovely piece of writing, I like that picture also. Hands that can tell a thousand stories.
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Beautifully written Greg,
so few words say so much.
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What a beautiful image the poem and the photo. My grandma is 90. I can relate. Susan
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A turn around to be doing the comforting to those who once comforted you. A nice haiku (senryu) ..modern twist..and very eloquent.
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