Dad Poems | Examples of Dad Poetry

You may know — she screamed a lot, But you may not know that he was still holding her along. They say, and they repeat, Calling him the villain in stories incomplete. Yes, he may seem inhuman and vile, But not every man walks the same trial. Remember — he is a...

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Your car fishtailed in the slush that was already beginning to freeze, as if you couldn’t wait to get away after dropping me off at the library on Christmas Eve. I had just started reading the books I checked out when the librarian flashed the lights before closing and I found myself back on the street again, at twilight, waiting for you. The snow was falling faster...

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I am not one to keep a sinking ship afloat, nor am i one to captain a drowning crew. Sacrificing self for an inevitable end is a thirst never quite quenched. Surrounded by water, what is the point when it is filled with salt; sorrow and a disposition for the petty? Do not be the vain captain of a...

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He looked at me, eyes dull and cold, “What the hell are you doing here?” And just like that-my heart caved in, Shattered by the words I feared. I had come with love in trembling hands, A daughter needing something small- Just a soft goodbye, a crack of light, But he built another wall. I stood there stunned, not sure to speak, Not...

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Goodbye dad I am heart broken That I have lost you So fast I can't stop crying Yes I could never believed That you had to part so soon But deep down I could not stand to see you Suffer every day Battling you disease I tried to make you Comfortable Also I had to be strong for you And it is very hard to do Yes you lost you...

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It stands where the map dissolves, at the edge where certainty falters— a hollow bell against the wind, a watchman staring through the salt-thick dark. The mariner knows its miasmic vow: a pulse amid the blank expanse, a promise bound in lantern flame that fractures the silence of the tide. History sleeps in its iron bones, the breath of lost voyages pressed into its...

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Sat alone again, sipping a few The old whiskey jar It's as empty as you Now you're gone I can see All that you did Just one more day To be your friend They say to live Each day as your last The reality is We're all tied to a mast Don't dream away These ideas that you have Because the moment is now Just remember...

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the sky is painted with hues of yellow, pink, blue, red, and purple the burning sun sinks into the horizon clouds are littered across the sky, like strokes on a canvas someone is making the sky this way for me so, i give my thanks to you dad. ...

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Missing my Parents Both are gone Jesus is with me I am never alone. Rest my dear Parents You've done your best Remembrance in memories Centuries, Decades, through Destiny All the rest. ...

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Dad passed away before I became a man A man whom he had found a wife A wife to build life with to mature Mature as she gives me cute kids Kids I have to toil for day and night Night when I think deep about life Life generating thoughts for solutions Solutions to life's current challenges Challenges strengthening my heart Heart residing...

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The most important person in his life was his daughter He couldn't live without her She was his whole heart Life without her wasn't worth it He reminisced on a life that slowly killed him Weakened him Mistreated him But when he found out he was going to be a father He felt like for him life had just started He vowed she would...

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[Verse 1] Well, hello there, Romeo — didn’t hear you knock Waltzin' in like love ain’t got a lock You've got big dreams and a borrowed car And a fistful of daisies like that’ll get you far She’s got your name in her diary heart But I’ve seen boys like you come apart You think you're chasing paradise and lace But you’re one...

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I love you both with all my heart, But Mum, you tore that love apart. You made me choose, you made me cry, While Dad was left to wonder why. You spoke of him with poisoned tongue, Bad words for ears still far too young. You painted him in shades of wrong, And made me feel I don’t belong. He wasn’t perfect, neither...

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if i die before i awake do not cry as am at heavens gate, looking at you all down below, showing you my love will always flow, if you need me just call my name, believe am here and never in vain, i will be beside you by your side, even tho you think i died, my spirt is close and warm, i...

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"...Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. [7] Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it." ~Ecclesiastes 12:6-7 KJV Bible he...

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