Dear Granny

Poetry 1 Minute

Dear Granny
by Manuel A. Luna-Murray

Dear granny, dear granny
Blessed little angel

Blossoming rose of Spring
Shinning morning star

None compare to you my beloved little granny
Childhood memory
masterful symphony sound

Sustenance and Refuge
Love and tenderness

Cleaner and Cook
Mother and Counselor

Buyer and Saver
of unforgettable memories

Prayer warrior
earnestly wrestling
on her children’s behalf

Thoughtful loving-kindness
despite her many sufferings

Blessed is her name
that name which she was given

Gloria was her name
and glorious were her days

to remember her is to admire her
in her many joys to share

and even the Winds of Time
cannot blow her beautiful memory away

Peace and Prosperity
the fruit of her hands

and from her womb poetry is born
Brotherhood and Hope
for life you have injected
bloodstreams of love

transfusions from parent to child
from generation to generation

In loving memory of Gloria Luna Salgado (1925-2014)

For additional insights on this poem you can read my essay titled Heritage: Streams of Consciousness… River Banks of Time.

If you read Spanish you can check out my Spanish blog titled Un Río de Palabras… Un Océano de Posibilidades. The Spanish version of this poem is titled Abuelita.

 

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Manuel A. Luna-Murray is a Lancaster poet who has lived several years in Puerto Rico and has spent many years immersed in the battlefield of the chessboard. He loves reading and writing poetry and combining the diverse features of his linguistic and cultural heritage into a picturesque portrait of life as seen through the eyes of a wide-eyed stranger. Writing in both English and Spanish his verse proclaims the trumpet of diversity as it lends itself to the eyes and ears of various groups in search of their identity. Manuel A. Luna-Murray es un poeta de Lancaster quien ha vivido muchos años tanto en Puerto Rico como en los Estados Unidos. El Ajedrecista Poeta ha luchado incontables batallas dentro del maravilloso y competitivo mundo del juego ciencia. Amante a la lectura y escritor de poesías, sus versos ofrecen un diverso deleite de manjares oriundos de su diversidad lingüística y cultural creando así un pintoresco retrato de la vida transmitido a través de la inocencia de un extranjero recién llegado. Escritor del inglés y el español, sus obras proclaman la diversa sinfonía de ojos y oídos de varios grupos en búsqueda de su identidad.

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