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Death Dad Poems

These Death Dad poems are examples of Dad poems about Death. These are the best examples of Dad Death poems written by international poets.


The 12th Anniversary Of Dad's Death
When 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...

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Categories: anniversary, cancer, dad,



Premium Member 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...

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Categories: dad, death,

Premium Member Heaven is For Real
Eight years old in short pants clad, 
I am going with my dad, 
Dodger stadium, surreal - 
but Heaven is for real.

Late at night, lifeguard...

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Categories: baseball, dad, death, first

Father's Day 2025
If you hadn't held down a job, we would've been screwed.
If you hadn't worked, we would've had no shelter or food.
You worked hard for years...

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Categories: cancer, dad, death,

The greatest of gifts
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...

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Categories: appreciation, dad, death, death



the sunset
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,...

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© ava haynes  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: dad, death, i miss

A black fathers love
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...

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Categories: anger, color, dad, daughter,

LOVE ENDS IN CEMETERY
[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...

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© Lyric Man  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: angst, dad, death, dream,

if i die before i awake revamped
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...

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© Davy Young  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: dad, angel, bible, blessing, cry,

Premium Member Alone in the Cemetery
"...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...

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Categories: bible, child, dad, death,

In-between worlds
Take me down the cobbled path
Where moss and grasses grow
Sink my heels in dampened sand
Where oceans ebb and flow

Let the breeze sweep through my lips...

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Categories: angel, bereavement, dad, death,

Words From the Grave
"It's all going to be okay" he would say,
with no scent of doubt in his breath,
even as its aroma reeked from mine, 
as I'd blurt...

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Categories: dad, death, grave, grief,

Plagued by Memories
This, is where it began
A scream
   Blood curdling
     An amalgamation of acid and iron
     ...

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Categories: dad, death, grief, memory,

daddy died alone in his home
daddy died alone in his home
ashtrays with cigarette butts completely hoarded his deathbed
the smell of smoke almost immediately made my eyes turn red
i regret the...

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© Marty King  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: dad, death, growth, how

Reflections of the Past, Visions of the Future
I 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...

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Categories: butterfly, dad, death, faith,


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