Father Poems - Examples of all types of father poetry to share and read. This list of father poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. People say that fathers are the key to a prosperous family and that we cannot minimize the importance of a father. These poets have written poetry about the paternal bond between a father and son, father and daughter relationships, about a dad who passed away in death, the love children have for their father, and more. These relationships can have far-reaching social ramifications. Read
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The Best Day of Sheilas LifeSheila’s daddy was a sailor
He came home on leave for a week or two each year
Her mother had passed when she was a baby
She lived with her aunt’s family
Sheila was thrilled whenever Daddy came home
Usually...
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Categories:
daughter, father,
Form: Narrative
What Men Do
I never felt as though my gender offered an advantage or that my race offered a place ahead of any other,
I felt as though I must compete with anyone who challenged and that it...
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Categories:
family, father, for her,
Form: Rhyme
THE LAST TIMETHE LAST TIME
Ever since I reached 80 years time has moved too fast
but in slow motion
I oftentimes feel embarrassed at what I am
and what I could have been
But old men dream of what could...
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Categories:
age, father son, old,
Form: Free verse
He Reminded Her of Her DadThey started out as acquaintances at work
There was a tiny inkling that she had
She was a waitress, he was the soda jerk
He kind of reminded her of her Dad.
There was a tiny inkling that she...
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Categories:
father,
Form: Pantoum
Daddys WayDaddy was left in Osceola, Iowa
Locked into Alzheimer’s unit
Thirty-six miles from home
He had been a Fuller Brush salesman
He knew his way home
He found his way back on a Sunday
Took out his favorite boat
Honored the lake...
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Categories:
father,
Form: Free verse
Coffee for DadI feel sorry, and quite disappointed in myself -- even mad
In retrospect, that I neglected to make coffee for my Dad
He drank coffee every day, so I could've made it with love
I hope he will...
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Categories:
father daughter, grief, how
Form: Quatrain
tumble
tumble, little tumbleweed
come play ‘round my feet
I’ll dote my cares upon you
midst tenderness, replete
tumble, little tumbleweed
until you've found a place
devote time to appreciate
the treasures you embrace
tumble, little tumbleweed
dance your wonders, wild
tho’ I call you tumbleweed
you’re...
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Categories:
analogy, childhood, father, leaving,
Form: Rhyme
A Father's CryI cry out to my God that He draw near
to her again the way they once embraced,
for surely none would question all my tears,
nor see a father's anguish as misplaced.
This torment that lies deep within...
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Categories:
cry, daughter, faith, father,
Form: Sonnet
Eye in the Clouds
In the quiet and comfort of my yard outback
...
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Categories:
father daughter,
Form: Rhyme
Still Here
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Still Here
He was the tourist trade foremost embellisher,
his Aloha shirts receptive then, and
...
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Categories:
appreciation, dad, father son,
Form: Free verse
My Father, My FriendI wrote this poem for my dad, who had asked me to write him one. Since then, things have changed and we are no longer in each other's lives. But at the time, these words...
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Categories:
absence, angel, faith, father,
Form: Rhyme
fearing father
There in the corner of the living room
on a loveseat meant for two
now only resides one
there he sits, by a warm fireplace
its occupant a man
a man have I known only as a...
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Categories:
father, allegory, allusion, analogy, angst,
Form: Free verse
The Seeds of YearningWith World War II finally over, the soldier returned home to Tennessee.
To his previous life and his young, loving wife
But what once was two now was three.
Something had changed in his absence. Someone had taken...
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Categories:
emotions, family, father son,
Form: Rhyme
Dead beatI used to blame myself
For your absence in my life
I thought maybe you didn’t love me
Maybe I was right
Your in my life always leaving
without a care
But i should expect that from a deadbeat
A...
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Categories:
absence, dark, depression, father
Form: Free verse
Dead beatI used to blame myself
For your absence in my life
I thought maybe you didn’t love me
Maybe I was right
Your in my life always leaving
without a care
But i should expect that from a deadbeat
A...
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Categories:
absence, dark, depression, father
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Father Poems
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