{"id":1347,"date":"2001-01-10T11:54:33","date_gmt":"2001-01-10T15:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/?p=1347"},"modified":"2025-08-23T20:36:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T00:36:30","slug":"flowers-for-my-grandmother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/?p=1347","title":{"rendered":"FLOWERS FOR MY GRANDMOTHER"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Originally posted on the website Continuum…)<\/p>\n

THIS ENTRY is a tribute to my grandmother who passed away yesterday morning. This is a poem that I wrote for her in February of 1988, nearly 13 full years ago. I gave it to her on lined notebook paper. She framed it just as it was.<\/p>\n

These roses grew in front of my house last summer. I wish I could give one to my grandmother right now.<\/p>\n

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\nFLOWERS FOR MY GRANDMOTHER <\/p>\n

I wanted to bring you a rose, so red
\n Because I see beauty in you
\nI wanted to give you a daisy of joy
\n For you helped to make my life happy<\/p>\n

I wanted to give you a violet, so bright
\n To reflect the light of your eyes
\nOr maybe a lily of delicate grace
\n Befitting a lady like you<\/p>\n

I offer thankfulness and love
\n Which ever blossom within
\nMy heart as never ending beds of color
\n And bouquets of deep appreciation.<\/p>\n

In loving memory of Anna Durnin, June 4, 1912 – January 9, 2001\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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