Farewell Father Poems

“The heart of a father is the masterpiece of nature.” Prevost Abbe
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Beneath the vast and endless canvas of night,
A father’s memory, now a distant light,
I...

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He guides her hand from just beyond
With a ready black ink pen they share this bond
The words flow effortlessly as if not her own
Seems to...

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Can we put a man on the moon?
Just asking, hope not too soon..

We've built him a rocket
In the shape of a bed
With nice fluffy pillows
For...

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The brave son goes off to war
     visions of victory in his eyes

   His father mouths a tender goodbye
...

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Both of my daughters 
have married and moved on
both now have lives 
and homes of their own 

both their “old” bedrooms
now empty of them
their laughter...

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Where death goes, 
A whirlwind blows, 
The night comes with its chariot, 
Haloed by dark clouds. 

Oh, night don't yet open your door, 
For his...

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Death, an unwelcome visitor in life,
Stealing loved ones, causing heartache and strife,
We stand there, shattered, as they slip away,
Fighting a battle they cannot sway.

A million...

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"Love Weaves A Mysterious Magic Spell"                   ...

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First year came as a rude shock 
And the second still was like a dream 
Third was a reality
The gone is gone for good 
My...

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In the midst of a raging storm dance,
A man of strength takes up his stance,
Against the storm that seeks to tend,
The ties that bind, he...

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Tears are falling from the sky.
The Angels,
They weep for their fallen brother,
Now for a second time.

They watch as his broken wings shrivel into nothingness,
And his...

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Damian Stood with the front 
Door opened and said,  "Family! 
We will be leaving in fifteen 
Minutes. Do whatever you have
To before we hit...

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Farewell seems so final,  
like death.   
How does one say~goodbye,  
not easy for family and friends.  
A writer will always...

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In tears of dying men a story:
Mostly of fears for unsafe children;
Clear witnessing of denied glory:
Son’s fragile fingers in hot cauldron
If that is scenic, also...

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Eulogy 

There was a time I said farewell
To my dear father on that sad day
My beaten path I choose not to retell
I connived of how...

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