Father Poems - Examples of all types of father poetry to share and read. This list of father poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. People say that fathers are the key to a prosperous family and that we cannot minimize the importance of a father. These poets have written poetry about the paternal bond between a father and son, father and daughter relationships, about a dad who passed away in death, the love children have for their father, and more. These relationships can have far-reaching social ramifications. Read
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Brown Paper BagsA ladder of nine rungs leads
up to a loft in my home,
a storehouse of memories
wrapped in brown paper bags,
collecting dust. Poetry books,
photo albums, framed pictures
of my ancestors from Ohio,
the elder poet among them.
What...
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Categories:
father, grief, loss,
Form: Free verse
Shared Torch LakeI rock in this outdoor cheap chair
Its cushion foam like ice cream
Half-eaten by the winter mice in storage
I don’t mind
Don’t need a full seat to see before me
The drop off on Torch Lake
Its fine line...
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Categories:
earth, father, imagery, nature,
Form: Free verse
Thanks, Dad
You had passed on 4 years before.
It seemed to have been so long ago.
I finished high school, moved far away,
And was hoping to find a better way.
Still, I wondered if I could thrive like you;
If...
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Categories:
father,
Form: Prose Poetry
Next Generation
He lived, expressed, and passed on what he knew.
It did not always taste good nor was it easy to chew.
Perhaps his father also had hard-to-express emotions
That remained inside him, filled with questions.
Much of his DNA...
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Categories:
family, father,
Form: Verse
Running with ChumI rowed a boat into a lake, to clear my head from feeling addled.
I forgot my big brown dog Chum, but after me he paddled.
A loyal shadow in the water, but my eyes just looked...
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Categories:
dog, father, imagination, pets,
Form: Lyric
watching his dad fall in lovehis dad is in love again
I have never loved a woman like this he told Matt
You have to come for Christmas! She wants to meet you!
Matt could not refuse his dad, so here he sits
Watching...
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Categories:
divorce, father son, parents,
Form: Free verse
To Dad on his birthday
In distant land where seas kiss the silvery sand,
Memories wrought with colours fill my hand.
Birthday veil pulls tight across the miles,
Whilst shadows linger—echoes of a child's smiles.
Lost in the mists of time's relentless lure,
A...
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Categories:
birthday, daughter, father,
Form: Couplet
Palindrome: Dumb-old-dork of ExportsMom spilled hot stew, wets a pal, lap short-shorts,
Dad yelled its hot, loop pool pop dive exhorts,
Mom says not that sort of hot,
Pip, spiced hot that's all it got?
Snot tons, "Jokes--Pip, we're exports, not Hogwarts?"
...
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Categories:
confusion, father, friend, humorous,
Form: Limerick
At the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Wreath laid on his tomb
My voice cracks as
tears stream down
...
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Categories:
father son, remembrance day,
Form: Rhyme
on the breath of hopes
a child’s love
is the love that’s born
to soar away …
and while we may
surrender our grasp to
grant them leave -
to press their precious
wings upon the wind
and chart a bearing their own,
we, in all our most
eager stirrings,
will...
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Categories:
analogy, child, children, father,
Form: Free verse
Fathers and SonsI try not to think about it, my friend.
It's so horrible, and yet,
I'm on beer ten, and I won't see you again -
So, I'll tell you a secret.
No, it's not what happened in...
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Categories:
father son, sports,
Form: Quatrain
That Wisp of a Girl
That wisp of a girl
claims she’s your daughter
How can she be
if you ain’t taught her
Right from wrong when it comes...
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Categories:
daughter, father, mother, truth,
Form: Couplet
Chapter 159-- DAMIAN DELILAH MALLORY HOLANNYA: Festive Family TimeDate: May 2051
10 am Damian invited every family
To the end of May celebration and
Family festivities. On skype with
Father Hakim he recommended
"Hey Dad you and
Ma bring something if you can? Food
Or...
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Categories:
father, beautiful, child, color, confidence,
Form: Prose
Apple of My EyeApple of My Eye
Psalm 17:8
“Keep me as the apple of the eye*, hide me under the shadow of thy wings. “
Chorus:
Apple of my eye
Baby, please don't cry
I'll keep you safe
I'll carry you
And keep you as...
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Categories:
bible, faith, father, god,
Form: Lyric
Temple Hymns of EnheduannaEnheduanna (circa 2285-2250 BCE), the daughter of the famous King Sargon the Great of Akkad, is the first ancient writer whose name remains known today.
Temple Hymn 15
to the Gishbanda Temple of Ningishzida
by Enheduanna
loose translation/interpretation...
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Categories:
faith, father daughter, god,
Form: Free verse
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