Best Like A Father Poems


Premium Member The Sage of Glasgow
... ~ I - I Arrive in Glasgow ~

When I arrived in Glasgow town
I knew nary a soul
So tired I's nearly fallin' down
Yet I'd no place to go 

I wandered up Buchanan street 
In ......

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Categories: like a father, friendship, travel, wisdom,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Stone and Marshmallow Castles
...Brick upon each brick I build
As I stack heavy stones one by one
Sweat and tears, love and fears
To create an earthly castle under the sun.

Damages by hurtful weather come,
Ravages against a f......

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Categories: like a father, beauty, candy, feelings, hope,
Form: Quatrain
His Hands
...Rising early to seek the Lord, while he may be found
I take a breath to cleanse my heart while the world keeps spinning ‘round
As the sun peaks o’er the edge to wake from thoughtful sleep
I find m......

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Categories: like a father, christian, jesus, spiritual,
Form: Hybronnet

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry


Those Thoughts (Extended Version)
...Nightmares, shame, and despair---
You don't go anywhere.
All alone in your mind
even with someone by your side.

You think, "Why can't everyone just leave me alone?"
You thought the hint would ......

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Categories: like a father, childhood, confusion, depression, faith,
Form: Couplet
Light From Heaven
...Why am I still here?
she asks herself again. 
The mound of hair lying in her palm 
feels heavy like dying worms
trying in vain to squirm away. 
When her husband sees her,
fragile as a ......

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Categories: like a father, grief, heaven, light, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Let Go
...Let Go

The last tiny leaf...
waits at the end of the branch. 
Below, 
there are several feet to fall, 
and then there is a river; 
the Green.

The cold of winter has long set in, 
and the ......

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© Ann Foster  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: like a father, addiction, appreciation, grief, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse


God Is Right There
...God sees your every tear
  and puts them in a bottle;
God hears your every cry
  and writes down your prayers.

God reaches for your soul
  to touch it like a Father;
God draws near your heart......

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Categories: like a father, caregiving, faith, father, love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member For My Father In Law
...He was a man of few words, except for what had to be heard or said,
Loving, caring and gentle this simplest of souls, proud in respect,
And reverence always bowing his head to a higher powers resol......

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© Cherl Dunn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: like a father, dedication, devotion, father, grandfather,
Form: Free verse
God's Discipline
...God's criticism towards our life 
Is like a father-&-son relationship
-- he disciplines us well with peace......

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Categories: like a father, childhood, education, faith, father,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Cuddle Babies Replay Memory
...I remember the day Trixie died,
Sinbad staring out upon her grave.
No crying, just day after day, homage.

I couldn’t stand seeing the pain,
Nothing I did, petting, holding,
Could bring him away from......

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Categories: like a father, cat, dad, death, father,
Form: Free verse
Seahorse
...Like a father
I am security
I don't bother
I just survive
I must suffer
For this world
I must carry on
For my girl
To survive...

I take the blows
Life won't give in
Why should I?
Will I......

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Categories: like a father, absence
Form: ABC
To My Professor
...Polishing our mind is one of your goals
Assist not only students but people around you
Unfold our minds into reality,
Lighten our spirits to dream and pursues more.

Just any other man you are f......

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Categories: like a father, dedication, people,
Form: Free verse
James
...This is it the real me, the me you haven’t met
I bet you don’t believe it, that’s if you do bet
I am tall, but not beautiful, and not very slim, I am afraid
But back in my younger days I was consider......

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Categories: like a father, how i feel,
Form: Ode
Angry At My Deadbeat Dad
...TOMORROW WILL BE BETTER?!?!
 You said that on a million yesterdays!
 Look at the calendar, it’s laughing at you.
 Dude, are you SERIOUS?!
 You should dress up like a “Father” on Halloween!
 You ......

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Categories: like a father, absence, dad, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member When I Am Broken
...

When I am broken dear Lord you carry me,
hold me and protect me from life's storm;
for this world can be so cruel and so evil,
words whirling like bees in a swarm.

When someone trie......

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Categories: like a father, faith,
Form: Quatrain
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