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Father Child Poems

These Father Child poems are examples of Child poems about Father. These are the best examples of Child Father poems written by international poets.


Illegitimate Child
I was born in absence—
not just of a father,
but of the myth of one.
Raised by silence,
I searched for manhood
in shadows and wounds.

My name is Oedipus...

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Categories: character, child, childhood, children,



The Child Won't Paint
"He won’t paint", cried out the Father
suspecting a flame of genius
in the toddler’s eyes.

The painterly parent bought paper, acrylics,
oils, brushes, chalks, and crayons,
not even a...

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Categories: child, poetry,

No Gentle Hands
The master cracks his whip
across the horse’s trembling flank,
pushing the beast to its limits
until the wildness snaps and the horse reacts,
a flurry of chaos beneath...

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Categories: child, abuse, analogy, animal, anxiety,

Betrayal of The Sun
There was a time
when you stood at the center of my sky,
and I, small, humble,
gazed upward in awe,
letting your brilliance shape my world.
Every word you...

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Categories: absence, anger, betrayal, child

Ghosted
They say it’ll pass
it’ll get better the longer it lasts

They say what’s done is done
but i don’t feel like i’ve won

You took my heart
tore it,...

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Categories: child, 8th grade, absence, betrayal,



Premium Member father's day
Zero. 
I imagine you watched,
With awe and wonder
At the image on the screen,
My movements 
In black and white,
As the sonographer moved the wand,
Up and down
The...

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Categories: child, daughter, father, father

To the Looser who Lost Out
I reflect on the days-
Her first little steps, those tiny feet chasing dreams. 
Her doing silly little dances on the floor,  
She'd giggle, then...

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Categories: child, children, dad, daughter,

Premium Member Mendin Fences
I mend fence for a living,
but I ain’t fixed the one that matters.

The wire stretches out like a scar across this land,
and most days, my...

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Categories: child, father, longing, loss,

Premium Member EveryThing Is Going To Be All Right
There’re wars and rumor of wars
There’s war going between Israel and Iran
There’s war between Russia and Ukraine
There’re those who wish to be dictators and kings
There’re...

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Categories: child, america, beauty, birth, blessing,

Custody Blues in C minor
"Custody Blues in C Minor"
 (Disaster and Love as a Single Father)


 One coffee mug I purchased had a cracked lip, A plastic spoon, and...

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Categories: angst, child, childhood,

Hands Of Clay
Silence!
A labouring sleep, 
Got into trance
Of a great leap!
Away from residence.

The crush to say
As adultage,
Meant to be paid.
Has gained teenage,
Having hands of clay!

Those responsibility
A man...

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Categories: angel, care, child, childhood,

A Candle Inside The Child
People count the years
by candles and quiet tears.
The twenties, they say,
are when we wait
for the first cry
from a miracle
just learning to breathe.

But some of us,...

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Categories: celebration, child, deep, dream,

Premium Member Being In The Moment
**Being in the Moment**

My mother believed in prayers more than my father did. My father preferred to tackle his problems with a flask of white...

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Categories: allegory, allusion, anxiety, child,

Premium Member Letters between Child and Father

    Dear Father,
    
     I just wanted to write to you today to tell you...

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Categories: child, father, inspirational love,

What If He Says That to Our Daughter
-In the dead of night, when the world is silent, her whispers haunt the shadows of my mind.

“Daddy, I’m so tired… I don’t want to...

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Categories: care, child, crush, desire,


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