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Dad Poems | Examples of Dad Poetry

Dad Poems - Examples of all types of dad poetry to share and read. This list of dad poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. There are fathers, and then there are dads. A dad is unique, funny, and irreplaceable. He is your friend, mentor, and a person to whom you look up. Real dads impart wisdom that no one can take from you. These poems are expressions about these amazing and monumental figures. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of dad poetry. This list of works about dad is an excellent resource for examples of how to write dad poems.
The Steps of a Dad
There are no instructions on being a father No matter what is written in a book You have to be there and experience it One step was all it took When our father stepped out and left us alone You...Read the rest...
Categories: blessing, children, dad, family,
Form: Narrative



Potholes
Happily cheering and laughing ,swinging, as the dad is carefully pushing it. He is on cloud nine ,looking at her joyous face. The bright skies have fallen ,clouds turned dark, and the storm has washed away the...Read the rest...
Categories: anger, child, dad, daughter,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Eulogy For A Loved One
Poem for Dad Of flesh and blood that nature gives to our breath must one day be given back for life was lent by Earth's hand and now it is returned Dad though lives always in us He is the movement of...Read the rest...
Categories: dad, death, dedication, eulogy,
Form: Elegy
Premium Member I Miss - What I Miss
I miss true friends, today people want to have it their way. I miss the ocean, pretty blue waves with white caps. I miss being a child, when life was truly free. I miss my dad, my hero and friend. I miss...Read the rest...
Categories: dad, friend, heaven, home,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Deadbeat Dad
Your age is not a piece Of this purple puzzle unique To your lavished life You have cars that you give gas But you ignore filling up little lad Or little lady as a dad So many fathers with...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, age, art, dad,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member To A Sky
star in the sky there before me I thought would always be ...Read the rest...
Categories: dad, death, eulogy, father,
Form: Elegy
Premium Member hero
hero cares for family lives for their common good daddy shows his feelings for them hero...Read the rest...
Categories: dad,
Form: Cinquain
Premium Member Thanks Dad
I appreciate, more than grieve, you. If I have a regret, it's that I didn't convey my appreciation when you were here. We had our disagreements, on different sides of a generational divide, but there were so many more good times...Read the rest...
Categories: appreciation, dad, thanks,
Form: Elegy
Newborn
Skin that has yet to be burned by the sun A voice so new, words have yet to touch Eyes that shine bright with wonder A mind that endlessly ponders Thoughts that have yet to be molded My...Read the rest...
Categories: dad, emotions,
Form: Lyric
11 Years Ago
Something happened eleven years ago that was sad. After he battled Leukemia for many months, I lost Dad. I thought he'd live longer but he died at the age of sixty-five. He took chemotherapy for over 18 months...Read the rest...
Categories: anniversary, cancer, dad, death,
Form: Rhyme
screaming raccoons
Abrasive sounds and fingertips brown burning lips and sticks of furry beating on my head of mud the screams of burnt fingertips laced in row five four some little more I think I've lost touch mental lapse and rehabs...Read the rest...
Categories: dad,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Dear dad
Dear Father, I’m disappointed in you, you’ve let me down, a shadow cast over my heart. You say you love me, sure you do, but love is more than words,...Read the rest...
Categories: dad, daughter, father,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Times with Dad
I went with Dad, just us two, to the hardware store. We got replacement tubes for the TV, Sometimes, filters for the heater. He bought me Necco wafers - all different colors - priceless coins. Sometimes, we picked up rock salt for the ice-cream maker -...Read the rest...
Categories: dad, memory,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Empty Chair
Dad, your retirement home pick, Serene, with soft ocean breezes, A porch to be outdoors, Perfectly matched your calm personality. Empty chair? I see you. 1...Read the rest...
Categories: dad, missing, nature, ocean,
Form: Verse
Premium Member A Lament for Fathers
Who has bewitched thee, thou noble ones? Chosen to be the head of thy race, to fulfill thy creator’s will, through siring, supporting, and securing a clan. Prophet, priest, prince, and patriarch, How did you lose your lofty perch? What sinister...Read the rest...
Categories: dad, father, father daughter,
Form: Free verse

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