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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LILYIn a somber house on Maple Street, where shadows creep,
Lived Lily, a child, in silence she'd weep.
With every creak of the floorboards at night,
She'd hold her breath, gripped by fright.
Mr. Johnson, her father, a looming...
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Categories:
father, anger, child, child abuse,
Form: Rhyme
Forgiving the Unforgivable(Lights dim, single spotlight illuminates the speaker, dressed in simple attire. Voice starts trembling, building in intensity)
Can forgiveness mend, a childhood,
fractured in the dark?
Where the scars are a map, etched,
not just in...
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Categories:
child abuse, father son,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
It'sAnybody, can't see?
*It's..., me here.
Who? *It's..., me.
Me? Me where?
*This Mulberry's cabin?
He's in there...?
*It's, his friend.
Sydney..., it's somebody?
Don't you start-in!...
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Categories:
anxiety, confusion, father, friend,
Form: Other
Icarus, RevisitedIn a house, half-mad, with mother and dad,
And a labyrinth he couldn’t escape -
He trudged the maze, with a string ball, so sad.
The sky’s warm, gay orb, too, was round in shape. ...
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Categories:
father, flying, humor, love,
Form: Sonnet
Where's The Men
WHERE'S THE MEN
Where's the men that once lived here
few men remain of yesteryear,
Beautiful masculinity,
Artfully carved of dignity
The command and gruff within his voice,
The rough and tumble is his choice,
His love for femininity
Is the wo'man...
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Categories:
christian, faith, family, father
Form: Rhyme
Daddy's Hand: ImagesBig hands of this man
Who I remember as a child?
Growing up in and at a time,
When real men were fathers then.
Supporting that family, no matter what,
Working their fingers to the...
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Categories:
celebration, dad, father, memory,
Form: Free verse
Another poem about loveLove how can I describe you?
Poets endlessly found a piece of you
I’m one of a million blind mice
You are a colossal elephant
I feel you but do not know you
Let me measure every inch of...
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Categories:
father, god, jesus, lost
Form: Free verse
The Subject Was: Firstborn'sThe day you were born
went back to the hospital
where I was forewarned
a little bit into the night
your mother, I just told
to rest her sleepy head
as I held you in the light
it's the drugs go to...
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Categories:
father, appreciation, birthday, celebration, family,
Form: Rhyme
I pardon no oneWithin this ink is a taste so bitter
Warn you though I am no quitter
I don't follow fake pomp and glitter
Find within me a devotion emitter
The crosses your bearing, I was for her there log splitter
Replacing...
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Categories:
dad, daughter, devotion, father
Form: Monorhyme
Homer translationsHomer translations
Surrender to sleep at last! What an ordeal, keeping watch all night, wide awake. Soon you’ll succumb to sleep and escape all your troubles. Sleep. — Homer, translation by Michael R. Burch
Passage home? Impossible!...
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Categories:
death, father son, god,
Form: Free verse
To Which Image Should We Cling
Nostalgia, my sometimes-friend, an unwavering realist,
visits from time to time with a flood of memories
centering around the polar opposites that were~~Daddy.
This daughter's mind's eye clearly sees
the tired man who would...
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Categories:
father daughter, forgiveness, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
A Father's WisdomOur friend Mr. Ed was a talking horse.
We remember him with tears of remorse,
But, children, please try not to be so sad.
There are excellent reasons to be glad!
While we strain...
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Categories:
animal, dad, dog, father,
Form: Rhyme
Andaree Me Again Contest--Beacon Shining Bright~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You're my guiding light, beacon shining so bright.
For you, Dad, grateful both day and night.
Your words of wisdom did stay.
Guide me through each day.
Love. Secure!
Pray.
Bond endures.
You showed me the way.
To treasure hunt, happy day!
Remembering you...
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Categories:
father, father daughter, light,
Form: Rhyme
Dialogue with the Dawn~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
sunrise brings dad’s words
unspoken dialogue blooms
silent love endures
...
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Categories:
father, father daughter,
Form: Senryu
That was then, this is now"Play the audio is in accord with the dramatic monologue," ... by the Poet
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Categories:
father son, forgiveness, longing,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
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