Fathers Are Wonderful People

Father’s are wonderful people
Too little understood 
And we do not sing their praises
As often as we should…

For, somehow, Father seems to be
The man who pays the bills
While mother binds up little hurts
And nurses all our ills…

And father struggles daily
To live up to his image
As protector and provider
And “hero of the scrimmage”

And perhaps that is the reason
We sometimes get the notion
That fathers are not subject
To the thing we call “emotion”

But if you look inside Dad’s heart 
Where no one else can see
You’ll find he’s sentimental
And as “soft” as he can be

But he’s so busy every day
In the grueling race of life
He leaves the sentimental stuff
To his partner and his wife

But fathers are just wonderful
In a million different ways
And merit loving compliments
And accolades of praise

For the only reason Dad aspires 
To fortune and success
Is to make the family proud of him
And to bring them happiness

And like our heavenly father
He’s a guardian and a guide
Someone we can count on
To be always on our side.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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Brown Avatar
August 3, 2011 at 6:22 PM
Congratulations on your poetry making it through round one in the PoetrySoup International Poetry contest. I wish you the best in the final round Debora.Love, Carol
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May 31, 2011 at 7:47 AM
Congratulations on your well deserved feature this week Debora. Love, Carol
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May 30, 2011 at 6:43 PM
Congratulations on your poem being featured this week, Debora
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April 9, 2011 at 5:35 PM
A nice tribute to fathers! How about posting some more poems? p.s Sammantha Drummond is a recruiter for that site with a cut and paste message. I got the same one.
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April 8, 2011 at 5:07 PM
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March 29, 2011 at 8:45 AM
This poem is perfect for a Father's Day card, Deborah. Thanks for sharing your talent with us.
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March 29, 2011 at 6:44 AM
I would like to welcome you to PoetrySoup Debora. Please keep writing and sharing your poetry. Enter and enjoy some of the contests and I wish you the best in them. Love, Carol
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March 28, 2011 at 9:11 PM
Well Debora, you have done a very good job. I truly like your poem. Many smiles are in it. welcome to P.S. I hope find it home. Keep writing.
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March 28, 2011 at 8:45 PM
Welcome to Poetry Soup.. enjoyed reading your poetry with it's creative theme .. hope your time on P.S. will be fun and filled with sharing with luv.. our contests are free so please check them out luv..
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