Birthday Father Daughter Poems

Every day I wake up,
And every day I remember
The way you left me with no warning
Fleeing like a dog off its leash
It was my 13th...

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   A gardener was gifted a seedling. 
Before planting its teeny weeny stem, 
he gently prepared the earth, 
carefully, vigilantly,   so...

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I was born through the whispered wish 
of angel
purple clouds draped
my newborn sky
I tasted dreams
in chocolate ice-cream swirls 
the tender embrace of bruised knees 
and...

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perspective
  of my pa
    different
      than my own
eye to eye
  we deviate
still
  he educates
i...

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Leaving her mother at the birthing center,
My heart throbbed with unease and fear,
But when I heard she arrived safe and sound,
A smile lit up, wiping...

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Leilani Rose

Aquarius
Almost born on my birthday
Loves to smile
And make people laugh

We weren't expecting you

Opened a card from your Mamma
On Father's Day
While I was golfing in...

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My mother never knew the real me.
She never took the time to talk to me.
She didn't ask about my wishes,
Hopes, dreams or desires of the...

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Your the one family i can't live without
The part of my soul i would be sad if it left me
Your my best friend since i...

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Dear Dad,
They say that you can forgive but never forget,
But how am I supposed to forgive when you and I have never really met?
Only seen...

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Shana Aubrey Harris born...

twenty three years ago
today February 4th, 2022
begat about nine months prior,
approximately late April/early May 1998,
she exited thru fully dilated cervix
10 centimeters or...

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EPISTLE TO DAUGHTER OF A SOLDIER

When all hopes fade,

I alone carry my pain,

There may be so many colours,
 But I'm coloured in blood red stain

I'm...

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In your earliest days, I had seen you
Look across the room from a rocking chair.
Over the carpet, you would crawl to where
Very small toys were...

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February fourth nineteen ninety nine...

Signified birth of our second bundle of joy
whereby linkedin chromosomes betwixt
the missus and I intimately expressed ourselves  
and me would...

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My childhood dream was to make the little league team. The thing that almost held me back were the kids that would look at me...

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Suddenly she is all grown up
Time to declare I am over the hill
as I hurtle down, filled with
gratitude; a spring in my step

I am a...

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