King Solomon and I will Fly a kite todayKing Solomon and I will fly a kite
On this historical Good Friday,
we seek justice for the young lady
Her father made her act as if she were his niece.
To deceive his new wife, so that she could live with them
His wife found out about the plot and hell would break loose.
On social media,...
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Categories:
dad, angst, anxiety, black african
Form: Dramatic Verse
Hey Dad!Hey Dad!
Hey Dad! Is that you knocking at the door outside?
I'm excited to let you know how great was my first horse ride.
Mom was waiting for you on the couch — another quiet night.
Is your job so hard? Well, I hope everything's alright.
Good night Dad.
Hey Dad! Today's my 7th birthday!
My friends were looking for you...
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Categories:
dad, childhood, family, father son,
Form: Narrative
Dad does not like the name EggheadHe thought the name egghead was bad
Did not know it meant bright.
Recipient was my confused dad.
Who reheard it again last night.
Got very angry at this word
Forgot the meaning again said Sue
Thought it sounded mean and absurd
Dementia will do that to you....
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Categories:
dad, age,
Form: Rhyme
What I Took From My DadGrowing up, my family was quite close.
We’ve always loved each other very much.
Those memories are what I cherish most,
And though we’ve moved away, we still keep in touch.
My siblings and I may not talk every day,
But we’re there for each other when needed.
And though there are times when there’s nothing to say,
Not one of us...
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Categories:
dad, poems,
Form: Rhyme
A broken chain or A cursed covenantA court-ordered fist full of responsibility.
An anonymous man, unraveling beneath the weight of his own faulty circuitry.
Infidelity sparked a chain of conformity—one so unfortunate, it defied precedent.
His kin, stripped of their once-rooted masculinity, wandered into an unfulfilling life.
When faced with strange anger, they clung to a mask—gleaming with false superiority.
Only a fool’s bargain could birth...
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Categories:
dad, 12th grade, abuse, allegory,
Form: Free verse
10-4-2025Hard drugs under the sunshine,
Like feeling sick with a ‘get well soon’ sticker.
I’m gonna get what I said,
Sicker,
Sucks.
I wonder why I’m even still alive,
I feel like the ceiling and the room’s spinning.
Life’s tough enough living,
I blunder blind through the nights,
When I feel like healing I come...
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Categories:
dad, allusion, cancer, child,
Form: Free verse
Reflections of the Past, Visions of the FutureI celebrated my father's birthday this last April 4th, 2025
He would have been 75,
Yet 7 years ago, a white butterfly laid him to rest, with the rest of his family around his casket,
And my face playing masquerade among the living corpses giving me their condolences,
Not of any fault of their own,
Just that, my own brokenness...
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Categories:
butterfly, dad, death, faith,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Stark Bare Trees on Piermont PierVisibility is low, wear a bright vest,
Cycle with lights on, caution is best.
Stay on the bike path across the Tappan Zee
The Hudson's below, but you can't see
You can't see the water, the fog is like a wall
It might be a blanket, it might be a pall
You peer through glasses...
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Categories:
dad, death, depression, dream,
Form: Lyric
Reflections of the Past, Visions of the Future
In my life, all pain has been like appendicitis.
I decided to avoid Dad when newborn and crib laid; I'd heard
his authoritative voice as aimed towards my toddler Brother,
noted the noise ended with smack sounds and crying. By the
time I was seven, Dad and Bro had a healthy bond. I still
practiced...
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Categories:
dad, anxiety, blessing, emotions, growth,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Within WithoutDay and night
Over my years
I watch
This full owl body carved from the light
Of wood
With its slimly painted feathers and howling eyes
Held in swooping flight
At an angle
On a string
From our family room
Ceiling
Circles in the heat of our furnace vent
Glides in its corner in summer breezes
That is beautiful enough
Its constant motion suspecting me
A mole
Watching TV
But there...
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Categories:
dad, appreciation, beauty, children, creation,
Form: Free verse
OreoThe night before my father’s heart attack,
my brother and I were splayed across a bed
watching a re-run of “Happy Days”
and eating Oreo cookies.
My father sat stiff and upright
in a wooden chair. By then, his back
felt like it was being pierced by daggers
and the pain made his face pale and clammy.
I offered him an Oreo,
one...
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Categories:
childhood, dad, death, grief,
Form: Free verse
From a Dad to his children God is ThereIf you're not sure if God does exist,
This, please be willing to try.
Think about Him in the most loving way,
Ignore thoughts that say to deny.
Just start thanking Him for all that you see,
And especially for creating you.
What can you lose for thinking He is there,
Or can do what the bible says He can do?
I have...
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Categories:
dad, 9th grade, bible, black
Form: Rhyme
What It’s Like Without YouKnots in my stomach never untied
I feel them tighten more and more each time
tightness
in my chest inside and out
tears
as they are swell up in my eyes waiting to be released
Trapped in a loop of trying to move on
and trying to look back on the past
wondering how you would guide me through it
The...
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Categories:
9th grade, dad, death,
Form: Elegiac Lyric
To JaneThrough shifting tides and skies of gray,
One light remained to guide my way.
Through storms and trials, you stayed by my side,
Whichever place, whichever time.
No fleeting love, no passing phase,
A bond that warmed my darkest days.
No matter the chaos, the pain or the fight,
You are my anchor, my shining light.
She grew up with a father’s name,
But...
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Categories:
childhood, dad, daughter, light,
Form: Rhyme
I once met a child of the devilI once met a child of the devil,
who in her father’s fame did revel.
And boy, would she get mad
if you dared dis her dad.
Then, she'd rage at an unreal level.
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Categories:
dad, daughter, humor, silly,
Form: Limerick
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