Lesson in Session

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    Parents, especially granparents, teach us so much in life. My dad's dad, Gramp Brown, was an amazing man to me, while I grew up. We would spend many afternoons sitting in his front yard, eating Eskimo Pies and drinking Country Time lemonade, as people would pass by his house, to which he'd greet them one-by-one. He was a mighty man to me. I miss him.

    Lesson in Session

    Stable and stout he stood,
      battered and beaten, life in wood,
    Goliath to me, gnome to him,
      ney, rain rolled off his brim.

    Coins and smiles, he gave what he had,
      grey hair, rough face, my dad's dad,
    Sugar and Shep, his favorite dogs,
      birds a plenty, no swine, no hogs.

    Country Time and Eskimo Pie,
      he'd ask me for, soon's I said, "hi."
    All who passed, he'd greet polite,
      taught me 'bout wrong, encouraged what's right,
    gramp's lying low, below a tree,
      tall it grows, reachin' toward Thee.

    Alone on the bridge, above the creek,
      there I stand, it's him I seek,
    small in stature, he stood so tall,
      that quiet little man, a friend to all.

        ©2006 Randolph D. Brown Jr.

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    Isaiahjanae commented on Lesson in Session

    07-26-2010

    THIS is an amazing poem about our G. Brown !!! You hit it on the head ! Thank U for bringing him back alive, today, for me !!! These are GREAT memories about our Gramp Brown ! Sugar and Shep = thee greatest dogs EVER !!!!!!

    In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.

    Franz Kafka (1883-1924) Czech writer.

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