Father Child Poems

Oh child of mine with wayward thought.
 Remembering naught that which I've taught.
Those things of wisdom to make you strong.
Those morals of right rather than...

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I conceived you in my mind.
I carried you around in the depth of my heart.
sitting under the tree of life,
I heard your song,my unborn child.I...

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I am His child and I shall always ever be
I am His child and I shall always ever be
Lavishly my Father 
Has lavished me
How great...

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I am an African child
Born on the fertile soil of Africa
Skin rich in minerals 
Raised by a mother who never allowed me to feel sorry...

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a brood lumbers in the fold of an oak - slumbering

while mary go round and round - catching the affections of her father

under my bed...

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Should we shed the boy and be a man?
Shoot of spirit wild -to be tamed in the tamed land.
Where is the proof that this cynical...

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As a child I loved playing with teddy bears,                ...

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On frozen lands
Did our home lie
Its chimney full of smoke
And heat inside
Kept us alive
While our father spoke

Come here children
Gather around
And hear what I must say
It’s...

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How did my Nanny know of the horrors that went on in our home?  Was it the palpable fear in my eyes, or her...

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The clock in the room stroke 12 in the noon
They sat together to eat like a loving family
Everything was as perfect as a full moon
A...

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Imagine
Imagine a planet where race wasn't a factor we're social status and sexuality preference did not define who we really are.
If we could all get...

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Sixteen and lonely,
a young bird, 
has gone lame,
from her broken wings,
unable to fly the same.

Happy,  
with the first one,
who shows her,
the attention, 
she desperately...

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Sanctuary
 
My daughter.
Tiphanie Dawnette.


Crawl into my sanctuary,
and leave this world behind.

Open your heart and let me in,
then close the door of your mind. 

Wrap yourself...

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Highlighting the Lord God’s omnipotence
Bible stories expose His miracles
along His mercy’s faithful persistence
smiting torturous hatred’s tentacles.

Greatly enthralled by biblical events
my special child yearns for their...

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My lovely girl has been taken away!
Does anybody care?God! Even care?
And today is my darling's 14th birthday,
please someone! bring back Claire! bring back my Claire!

She...

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You left us so suddenly, 
Never expected this day to come.
How can I be both? 
A father and a mother to our son.

I can not...

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Success
by Michael R. Burch

for Jeremy

We need our children to keep us humble
between toast and marmalade;

there is no time for a ticker-tape parade
before bed, no award,...

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Electric Bill
There is a person called Bill
Electric Bill for the father was drunk
If you can think of it
Then it probably happened
One too many beers
Time with...

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When I was but a tiny boy
No sweeter life could I enjoy
Beyond my room, my welcome bed
My refuge in the years ahead

Where nothing but the...

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