15 thoughts on “Poem #2 97 Years”

1. Amy Rudd April 2, 2013 at 6:28 am

   Happy Birthday! Will you get to celebrate with him? What a special poem! You should print out and frame it as a gift !
2. mshaseltine (Post author) April 2, 2013 at 6:30 am

   Thanks Amy! No, he’s in Massachusetts and I live in Virginia. I’m hoping my mom or aunts read it to him today.
3. Rosemary April 2, 2013 at 6:54 am

   Great depiction of BIG Mike!
4. Ellen Spears April 2, 2013 at 8:09 am

   What a lovely gift for him. He has been a gift to so many.
5. rebekah April 2, 2013 at 10:44 am

   I was so tired this morning and i didn’t want to go to school but now that i am at school i feel okay to be back at school. Can’t wait to see what seat i am in in english!!!!!!!

   P.S. thank you ms. ahaseltine for being my english teacher your a great one!!!!!!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
6. Brendan April 2, 2013 at 11:20 am

   I really like your poem Ms.Haseltine it flows very well.
7. Paravi April 2, 2013 at 4:52 pm

   What you need for life
   An eraser to erase your mistakes,
   A pencil to start anew,
   A marble to keep to show to people who say you have lost your marbles,
   A dime so you are never broke.
   I hope you like it Ms. Haseltine! This is not my poem but my BFF in Ohio sent it to me along with an eraser, a pencil📝, a marble, and a dime💰 I think she made it up but I am not sure. I will show you the bag tomorrow! Isn’t it cool?
8. Rebekah April 2, 2013 at 5:58 pm

   My great grandma died on march 27 2013 so last Wednesday so i am going to write a poem about her:

   pretty woman
   loves Christ
   loves everyone
   makes friends everywhere

   “Come talk with me”
   she would say
   I love you
   loves to tell others about Christ

   The loving heart filling Louise Stewart Smith is now in heaven
9. mshaseltine (Post author) April 2, 2013 at 6:09 pm

   Rebekah, This is a beautiful and heartfelt poem. I love it. Thank you for sharing. I’m so sorry for your loss. She sounds like an amazing woman.
10. mshaseltine (Post author) April 2, 2013 at 6:40 pm

    Very cool, Paravi! Thanks for sharing!
11. Wardah April 2, 2013 at 7:55 pm

    Aww that’s such sweet poem. In my family my mom’s mom & my dad’s mom share the same birthday. New Years!!!!
12. MS April 2, 2013 at 9:06 pm

    I love your poem Ms. Haseltine!! Sadly, my grandpa passed away when I was 3-4 years old. 🙁 Even though I was very young then, I can still remember some of the great times we had together and I still miss him.

    Paravi, I like your poem too! If I remember right, one of my BFFs (I wrote about her a few days ago) was asked to bring in all that stuff and more on the first day of school one year! Here’s most of what she was asked to bring (some of it’s the same as yours):

    an eraser to remind us to fix our mistakes,
    a pencil to remind us to always have a sharp mind,
    a rubber band to remind us to always stretch our brains,
    a paper bag with all this in it, because inside, we are all the same

    There was also some sort of money and something to do with reading, but I don’t remember the reasons why.
13. anita ferreri April 2, 2013 at 9:56 pm

    what a lovely tribute to grampy!
14. Jonathan April 3, 2013 at 8:40 pm

    Your papa sounds like my grandpa honest, hardworking, and is a storyteller,except for one thing he likes the Yankees, enough said. now maybe you could tell me why you would pick the nickname “el cheapo”.
15. isabel October 21, 2015 at 6:32 pm

    I grandfather sounds very sweet. It was very nice of you to have written the poem about him. I hope he read it.