Categories:
baptism, dad, devotion, humor,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
I think I'm heartbroken"Mummy says now that my heart is broken, nothing will ever hurt me as much again" The Poet.
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Fir trees along the road, showing the way.
There's a log cabin, for us to stay.
Daddy built our house by a big fir tree.
A loving place for he, mummy and me.
Mountain country, cozy fires to keep warm,
Wild flowers,...
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Categories:
cry, dad,
Form: Couplet
The 12th Anniversary Of Dad's DeathWhen Dad got Leukemia, he put up a fight.
He took chemo but lost his battle 12 years ago tonight.
After months of taking chemotherapy, he died.
He couldn't beat cancer even though he tried.
He died less than two hours before the fourteenth of July.
He was a good provider and that's something I can't deny.
When a person loses...
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Categories:
anniversary, cancer, dad,
Form: Rhyme
Dad: Life Well Lived of a Good ManA good man walks through life with quiet strength, carrying himself with dignity while lifting others along the way. He speaks with honesty even when the truth is difficult, and his word can be trusted completely. You can see his character in small moments—how he treats someone who can do nothing for him, the patience...
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Categories:
dad, character, father,
Form: Free verse
You can’t say that dad!They say my dad’s humor is dry,
but after some pints by and by,
he gets lubricated
and jokes unabated
says things make you wish you could die!...
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Categories:
dad, father, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Get this show on the roadLet’s get this show on the road,
The car's still empty and we can't seem to load
Susie's applying makeup, Jake’s playing video games,
Mary’s scrolling her socials, where friends call her names.
I want to get to the airport, I want to be
clambering into an Impressionist painting of the sea
Ride the chestnut ponies, get back to something real,
My...
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Categories:
childhood, culture, dad, freedom,
Form: Lyric
CANCER STOLE MY DAD
Sitting by the window and reflecting, on one bitter cold day,
The sky cloudy, the weather report predicted snow,
The temperature outside 10 degrees, a little low,
33 years ago, it was a sad, life changing day that May.
My dad is all I could think of, he consumed my thoughts,
The Specialist Oncologist had given us the tragic...
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Categories:
dad, death,
Form: Rhyme
Insight, a SoliloquyInsight must be difficult for you when you’re wounded so easily. You can’t show it, of course, to show your scars and flaws would be considered weak to you, since they can be used against you. So you hide and twist words and speak with blame and hatred. Do not show them your hurt, show...
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Categories:
abuse, dad, family,
Form: Free verse
Dad's Car Seasoned WellSummer Funny Limerick Poetry Contest
Tania Kitchin
The heat of summer in his dad's car
The son takes his date to gaze a star
Lover's lane shines on so bright
Two teenagers groins take flight
It was Dad's Chevy's best years by far
...
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Categories:
12th grade, car, dad,
Form: Limerick
A DadI get so frustrated when I think about what I lost
Or perhaps never had
I know what it should have been
What it would be like to have a dad
No one is ever
Even close to enough for you
I try so damn hard but in your eyes
All I see is a disappointed gloom...
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Categories:
12th grade, angst, dad,
Form: Rhyme
Peter Periwinkle“Peter Periwinkle had a car accident,”
my brother said,
as if reading it aloud
from the back
of a cereal box.
It took me three full seconds
to realize
he meant our father.
We were on my grandma’s farm
where she had recently died,
leaving chickens scratching
unknowingly in the dust.
Our father was elsewhere—
broken, back bent like a paperclip,
drunk at the wheel
when the other car...
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Categories:
1st grade, brother, dad,
Form: Free verse
To the Looser who Lost OutI 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 stumble, then laughter galore.
You weren’t there when she climbed the school bus stairs.
Smiling like sunshine with a lunchbox in hand,
ready to conquer the world
before the world even knew her.
You...
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Categories:
child, children, dad, daughter,
Form: Free verse
November SkyWe stood at the edge
of the back yard,
next to the garage—
where I’d pretended to be
an astronaut in a
cardboard spaceship—
on a chill November night,
watching Sputnik II
arc across the sky.
I didn’t know why
he was rarely home—
or why it wasn’t always
like this when he was:
quiet,
steady,
present.
All I knew was the stars were out,
and he was beside me—
and Laika was...
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Categories:
1st grade, dad, dog,
Form: Free verse
Saladin's HeadUnder the solar system
in our basement I sat,
copying schematics of
superheterodyne radios
from a book on electronics,
while my dad, across from me,
stood at his drawing board
illustrating advertisements
for feed and farm equipment.
The floor was painted blood red,
the walls bandage white—
a battlefield made tidy.
The dehumidifier murmured its hymn
beneath Saladin’s ceramic gaze,
his turbaned brow inscrutable
as my father bent to...
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Categories:
dad, 4th grade, art, childhood,
Form: Free verse
ceasefire
Categories:
dad, violence, war, world
Form: Lanterne
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