Father Family Poems
These Father Family poems are examples of Family poems about Father. These are the best examples of Family Father poems written by international poets.
Great Dog-DemonI surpassed father
though the path was treacherous
and filled with mirrors
...
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Categories:
destiny, dog, family, father,
His Kind of LoveI am my father’s daughter —
quiet when it matters,
loud when it doesn’t,
loyal like a bruise that never fades.
He was a man of few words
and too...
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Categories:
childhood, family, father, father
ARE YOU MY DADDY?[Verse 1]
Dust on my boots, heat in the air
We pulled off the highway to nowhere
Two shacks, red clay, nothin’ growin’
No clean water, just pain showin’
[Verse...
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Categories:
africa, angst, children, family,
SeparationHer newborn girl wasn't given to her
for the crucial skin to skin contact
instead the nurses took the baby away
and returned the daughter back to the...
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Categories:
family, relationship, sad,
My Fake Daughter, My True Friend, LaurenAt twenty-six, a gentle flame,
A golden heart, a glowing name.
With grace she walks, with light she stands,
A scholar's mind, with helping hands.
What once began with...
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Categories:
family, appreciation, best friend, confidence,
Illegitimate ChildI was born in absence—
not just of a father,
but of the myth of one.
Raised by silence,
I searched for manhood
in shadows and wounds.
My name is Oedipus...
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Categories:
family, character, child, childhood, children,
No Gentle HandsThe master cracks his whip
across the horse’s trembling flank,
pushing the beast to its limits
until the wildness snaps and the horse reacts,
a flurry of chaos beneath...
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Categories:
family, abuse, analogy, animal, anxiety,
Betrayal of The SunThere was a time
when you stood at the center of my sky,
and I, small, humble,
gazed upward in awe,
letting your brilliance shape my world.
Every word you...
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Categories:
family, absence, anger, betrayal, child
A Father’s Lament to ObamaMy son,
When the ancestors lit the candle of your destiny,
We sang for you in the wind,
We carved your name into the stars
And called you Moses...
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Categories:
betrayal, family, father son,
Wrongful Life Claim Against My Father
They filed his blood beneath a numbered case—
the marrow went to war without a call.
The VA counted cells, not what took place
in basements where his...
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Categories:
america, death, family, war,
Growing up is hardI think the hardest things
Are about letting him hurt
When I know the suffering is real.
Letting him choose to do what he can
And can't
And...
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Categories:
devotion, family, father, growth,
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...
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Categories:
abuse, dad, family,
Boots, Love, and alien diplomacyBoots, Love, and Alien Diplomacy
My love is five five, a sturdy delight,
With eyes like warm coffee just kissed by the night.
His hair oh, it's brown,...
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Categories:
blessing, family, father, for
LorettaShe might have painted the sea—
or a golden field of wheat
beneath a hazy summer sky—
but he took her brushes,
left the bristles splayed,
the paints dried out,
and...
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Categories:
art, devotion, family, father,
Defeathe is not cut out to live with all of this-
to live while bearing the scars
countless of spears in his chest
yet still breathing
blood all over...
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Categories:
family,