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Mr Kipling's Answer
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Charlie Smith
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appreciation, father son, inspirational
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Game over
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SillyToy Boys
| Jueju |
father son, allegory, analogy, boy, dad,
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Are ghosts real
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Mockingbird Stevenson
| Rhyme |
child, children, father son,
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I be wipin ery'day
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SillyToy Boys
| Burlesque |
father son, bible, black african american,
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Jason's Testimony
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Paul Nairne
| Narrative |
betrayal, father, father son,
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Fast flatulence
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Robbie McClellan
| Narrative |
dad, father son, funny,
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Chosen : ode to unforgotten soil
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JP Thomas
| Rhyme |
father son, art, childhood, deep, family,
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My Bubbies
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Eric Schojan
| Lyric |
father, father son, parents,
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Trampoline troubles
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Robbie McClellan
| Narrative |
father son, animal, child, dad, father
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Caleb
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Wren Rushing
| Rhyme |
death, father son, funeral,
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SON OF MINE
by Anyabolu Ifeanyi Gentle
SON OF MINE
The sky darkens,
Rain gathers and descends,
Seeds planted by the farmer,
Trunks shaped by the sawyer,
Nails drove in by the hammer,
What goes around comes around,
This...
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Categories:
caregiving, children, father son,
Summer Rhyme
by Wren Rushing
Summer releases my inner child,
with days spent freely running wild.
Basking on sun kissed beaches
and building castles with sand I've piled.
Wetting a hook...
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Rubaiyat |
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Categories:
beach, family, father son,
The Prodigal's Journey
by Babafemi Yinka Olubodun
My last blood come home,
when all wits and strength failed him,
not brutal like our blood line,
but sought for what men, never sought!...
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father son, adventure, appreciation, celebration, father
It's Just A Rock
by Michael Barber
Settle deep in the creek as the waters consistently flow
Where the crawdads hide and upon which algae grow
A stepping stone as the children run to...
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Rhyme Royal |
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analogy, encouraging, father son,
Daddy And No 1 Son
by eric ploscik
No one that I admire more
No one else that left such a mark on me
No one that hasn't expected far more
No one that has kept...
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father son, father, son,
In The Name Of The Father And The Son
by eric ploscik
I always wanted to be like you
Even though the reverse wasn't true
As I get older, I begin
To resemble you in the looks, mannerisms and tics
The...
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Categories:
father son, father, son, tribute,
Wales
by Brigid Foley
Wales
Oh, where is the land of mountainous hills
where sheep ran the vales and men ran the mills.
Where mining was life for all those around,
with...
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father son, mountains,
How Can I Compensate
by matthew harris
How Can I Compensate...?
Just between myself,
and cosmic force
this good fella agreed
to dedicate, postulate,
...
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Categories:
father son, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Mindful of Love
by Keith Dovoric
I found myself lost in the past
I found myself lost in the future
I was looking around me, aghast
I had to take hold of the water
This...
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father son, anxiety, beauty, devotion, father
My Creed to him 09-26-2017
by Peter DeSpirito
To protect
Never neglect
Teaching him respect to gain respect
To strengthen his intellect
To be his cheer up when he tears up about a hiccup
Be the voice...
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father son,
It Tastes Divine
by Emile Pinet
Dad dug up clams when I was eight
to boil alive...to my chagrin
I heaved contemplating their fate.
Oh, What the hell - just toss one in
he...
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father son, 10th grade, childhood, dad,
MOM AND DAD
by kurtis scott aka curtis futch jr
they can make you sad
and drive you mad
also make you gald
to have them at your side
and your guild
think god that you had
or...
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adventure, father son,
No Hopes
by Raj Ranjit
What's my fault I'm facing the problem like that
It's the fact
What was my mistake god I'm so sad
And you are bad
Unexpected day unexpected memories
Full...
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Prose Poetry |
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anxiety, depression, father son,
Childhood Ambition
by Christopher Flaherty
If your lifelong ?
Childhood Ambition !
Was to make
The Old Man Proud !
And you eventually
Fulfilled your Dream ?
But unfortunately
He was long since Dead...
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dream, father son, fathers
Hangin Around
by Jeff Kantor
Hangin around
13/08/2018
I’m not the father I wanted to be,
Since a morning ride ended in strife.
Everything was going along normally,
Until that truck nearly ended my life.
For...
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father son, addiction, depression, drug, father
B26-P14 IT'S LIKE A WONDERFUL THING
by Jerry Wells
POEM 14 IT'S LIKE A WONDERFUL THING
IT'S LIKE A WONDERFUL THING I FOUND YOU SO MANY YEARS AGO.
IT'S LIKE A WONDERFUL THING THEN...
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Categories:
addiction, appreciation, father son,
Carl Ray
by Jimmy Coker
He sat in an old wooden porch swing,
Elbows on knees; Salem Menthol burning down.
Thinking, smoking, Salems his favorite thing.
Fingers colored over time a deep tar...
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father son, dad, depression, devotion, family,
Superman on Torch Lake
by Robert Trezise Jr.
Overlooking from his cottage deck,
Like a captain last
To leave his ship,
My dad
Discards
His cane
Atop the red cedar stairs,
Fastens his wobbly hips and knees
Sideways
To the unsteady wooden...
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father son, age, devotion, family, father
My light
by Jeff Kantor
My light
17/07/2018
Liam my son, you are my star and shining light,
The best thing by far, I’ve ever had in my life.
It’s because of you, I...
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father son,
Lay Diamond
by Vanne Joe
In ten years maybe
If God will grant my own wish
I'll be seeing you
In ten years maybe
If it's still meant to happen
I'll have you, my child...
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Categories:
child, family, father son,