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No Hopes
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Raj Ranjit
| Prose Poetry |
anxiety, depression, father son,
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Childhood Ambition
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Christopher Flaherty
| Free verse |
dream, father son, fathers
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Hangin Around
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Jeff Kantor
| Rhyme |
father son, addiction, depression, drug, father
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B26-P14 IT'S LIKE A WONDERFUL THING
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Jerry Wells
| Prose Poetry |
addiction, appreciation, father son,
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Carl Ray
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Jimmy Coker
| Ballad |
father son, dad, depression, devotion, family,
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Superman on Torch Lake
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Robert Trezise Jr.
| Free verse |
father son, age, devotion, family, father
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My light
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Jeff Kantor
| Rhyme |
father son,
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Lay Diamond
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Vanne Joe
| Haiku |
child, family, father son,
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Ethan
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Kevin Lawrence
| Prose |
change, father son, forgiveness,
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THEIR SPECIAL MOMENTS
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barbara barry-nishanian
| Rhyme |
father son,
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Dear Father
by Timothy McGuire
Dear Father, I love you,
If only I was more like you,
I pray before I grow old,
That I may walk closer to you.
Dear Father, I need...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
father son, love,
Making me number one
by Jeff Kantor
Making me number one
18/07/2018
It came to me slowly... very, very slowly...
How best to show my love for my boys,
Stop buying their love with a plethora...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
addiction, children, father son,
From the mind of a 7 year old
by Paul Nairne
Miracles happen everyday.....
So Taj is bathing for school..
Me: Taj Yuh finish yet..
Taj: Soon finish daddy!!
10mins later.
Me: Taj Yuh done?
Taj : yes daddy...
Me: have you washed...
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Categories:
father son, 2nd grade, child, father
From the mind of a 7 year old
by Paul Nairne
And it went something like this. .
Taj: Daddy ,I want to make a book...
Me: for ? What?..that's a waste of paper.. Why?
Taj: so that I...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
father son, child, cute, deep, father
From the mind of a 7 year old
by Paul Nairne
And it went something like this..
Taj: dear lord thank you for today, thank you for tonight..
Make me and my daddy get a new work ,so...
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Categories:
child, cute, father son,
From the mind of a 7 year old
by Paul Nairne
GODDAMMITT!!! MAN..WHY ARE CHILDREN SO PERSISTENT???
It went something like this..
Daddddy Dadddy you see the chocolate bar I put in the fridge?
Me: What chocolate Taj..?? I...
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Categories:
father son, child, chocolate, cute, father
From the mind of a 7 year old
by Paul Nairne
And it went something like this.
Taj: Daddy is grandpa's mother and father waiting on him in heaven?
Me: yes Taj, they are waiting on him...
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Categories:
child, deep, father son,
Daddy issues
by Alex Duffy
I can't date a girl with daddy issues because I've got daddy issues myself
I still crave the presence of the Dad I never felt
Why didn't...
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Categories:
father son, dad, deep, father, father
Judgment
by Gershon Wolf
Bang the gavel. Bang it again.
It's Judgment Day for my children.
Bang the gavel. Bang it again.
I sit on...
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Categories:
father daughter, father son,
I'm Back
by Kevin Lawrence
I’m Back
I’m back to the hotel in Springfield, Illinois.
Safe travels and great
Time on the I-55 time machine.
Old friends came along with me,
Smells of hot
Rubber, and...
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Categories:
car, father son,
Yosoji Ichi
by Mark Toney
forty-one today
still the summer of your life. . .
our happy hearts proud
Copyright © 2018 by Mark Toney. All rights reserved.
Published 2018 in "Haiku, Senryu &...
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age, father son, happy,
The job of a father
by kasim ishmael
The job of a father
The reason we get married is to have children
With the woman that we fell in love with
To make a life with...
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Categories:
children, father son, wisdom,
Battle of Egos
by Michelle Waters
This-
This tableau of
Mental images, of
Fixed scenes, this
“Battle of Egos” is
Relentlessly looping
In my mind.
An annual gathering of kith and kin
Created a backdrop of statue-like...
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Categories:
father son, anger, betrayal, change, father
The last conversation of a dying father to his son
by Faraz Ajmal
When I die, take care of your mum, don't stand by my grave...
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father son,
Son of Solomon
by Audley Johnson
I'm from a rare lineage of royalty
That display a clear level of authority
I demand nothing but your loyalty
Something that's hard to find in today's society
My...
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father son, bible, deep, destiny, encouraging,
MY SON
by nette onclaud
No longer an orphan, my son, please know
That I will comfort your nights when fears call,
And teach kindness along the way, although
I'd...
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father son,
To fathers, with You in mind
by faysunKle fay's unKle
Father man, valued planner
and earner at your wife's side,
pillar of our homes,
children's needs are met
with your fathering
and in return you're a happy father.
“Our Father in...
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Prose Poetry |
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Categories:
father son, appreciation, dad, father, father
Father's Day
by Mel Brake
Father’s Day is like a day of mourning
A day of the dead
Where young men who committed suicide
Come out of the graves to be with their...
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Categories:
father son, black african american, boy,
Father's Days
by Kale Brereton
like waves crashing against the shore
like wind blowing thru the trees
during a storm
you have given me something
that my heart cannot ignore
your melody i sing
like...
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Categories:
father son, dad, daughter, family, father,
James Gallagher
by Paul Gallagher
Think slow lyrics like Leonard Cohen. Think of his melody. His open talk that’s flowing. Now think of your life. Describe it in poem. Will...
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Categories:
father son, bereavement, children, family, father