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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.
Daddy's Hand: Images
Big hands of this man Who I remember as a child? Growing up in and at a time, When real men were fathers then. Supporting that family, no matter what, Working their fingers to the...Read the rest...
Categories: celebration, dad, father, memory,
Form: Free verse

Premium Member Dadella DeVil
(To be sung to the tune of "Cruella DeVil from Disney's 101 Dalmations) Dadella DeVil, Dadella DeVil If he don't make you laugh, no funny thing will I think of him, and now I'm laughing still Dadella, Dadella You'll wait...Read the rest...
Categories: dad, funny, memory,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member I pardon no one
Within this ink is a taste so bitter Warn you though I am no quitter I don't follow fake pomp and glitter Find within me a devotion emitter The crosses your bearing, I was for her there log splitter Replacing...Read the rest...
Categories: dad, daughter, devotion, father
Form: Monorhyme
Premium Member Mushroom Picking
In the cool of an autumn morning my father and his friend, Jimmy Kerin, would go mushroom picking in paddocks way out past the last suburban fence. I would tag along not to pick but feel the freedom of...Read the rest...
Categories: autumn, dad, memory, mother,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Father's Wisdom
Our friend Mr. Ed was a talking horse. We remember him with tears of remorse, But, children, please try not to be so sad. There are excellent reasons to be glad! While we strain...Read the rest...
Categories: animal, dad, dog, father,
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member That Was Then, This is Now
Your paradigm's a relic, a plea from data's cemetery, While I sculpt luminaries on screens, a sable sea. "Company loyalty," a myth, spun in your reverie, But AI forges kingdoms, in ephemeral memory. Survival's a mosaic, the gig life...Read the rest...
Categories: dad, daughter, father daughter,
Form: Sestina
Forgiving God
I really should forgive God At some point I really should probably move on Let my soul heal It was not his fault I talked to my father today Like talked talked I have to...Read the rest...
Categories: care, dad, depression, god,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Father's Decree
In realms beyond, where shadows dance with glee, Draw near, sweet child, and heed my decree. Though my earthly form resides, in silent repose, My essence endures, as life’s eternal cycle flows. Fear not the cold, silent stone’s embrace, For...Read the rest...
Categories: beautiful, bereavement, dad, dark,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Captain Of Your Own Ship
A wise poet said: “You are captain of your own ship!” My employer said: “Not here, Buddy!” My wife said, “Yes dear, after you take out the garbage and mow the grass…” My son said, “please come to my baseball practice,...Read the rest...
Categories: dad, giggle, humorous, husband,
Form: Free verse
THE KING IS GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
THE KING IS GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN For the rest of my life, you will never be forgotten Every day I will think of you again and again My love for you will always be And that will always...Read the rest...
Categories: cry, dad, father son,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Dad Limericks - See Notes
Dad went to work on an egg each day Til one day the egg cracked on the way Pants covered in yolk It was not a joke That his colleagues egged him on, all day. Dad had an egg...Read the rest...
Categories: dad, humorous,
Form: Limerick
TO MY GROWN CHILDREN
TO MY GROWN CHILDREN For my four children I've been working Almost every day There was never enough time to play with you There were baseball games, dance recitals That you wanted me to come to But with all the time...Read the rest...
Categories: appreciation, blessing, child, dad,
Form: Rhyme
Days After
Silence spoken for by the rain— A missing space for the missing gold of sun, As the wind breaks on song, his china fall— There my eyes soak up the tears now that he's gone. A missing space for...Read the rest...
Categories: child, dad, death, emotions,
Form: Pantoum
I wish I had--
I wish I had been kind to Dad Mostly I tried... but left him mad I wanted him to be less sad I would prefer to make him glad Buy him new shirts perhaps in plaid However he likes to be clad Make him proud of my college...Read the rest...
Categories: dad, father daughter, i
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Delightful Encounter
Walking downstairs; I see particles of light, Shimmering in my dark brown long hair. The light of stars is so bright that it Envelopes all the darkness into light. Sauntering there; I am made aware, By the crispy clear...Read the rest...
Categories: childhood, dad, daughter, death,
Form: Prose

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