Father Son Poems

List of New Poems

PM	Poem Title	Poet	Form	Categories
	Piece De Resistance Lauded	matthew harris	Enclosed Rhyme	age, birthday, father son,
	My Evil Stepmother and I	randy johnson	Rhyme	dark, death, father son,
	My Son's Resting Place	Wade Greenlee	Prose Poetry	death, father son, grave,
	Hold Up The Sky	Daniel Koria	Rhyme	appreciation, father, father son,
	Woodwind Experience	Shane Brown	Free verse	allegory, father son, music,
	A Legacy Worth Bearing - FV	Gregory R Barden	Free verse	father son, appreciation, family, father, father
	Trials and Tribulations of a Real One	Christopher Nova	Ballad	father son, anxiety, baby, break up,
	Shamrock Saint	Val Jennings	Rhyme	father son, christian, father, son,
	Two Is My Number	Troy Toney	Rhyme	father son, absence, anger, conflict, dad,
	A Facebook Memory to My Son	Wade Greenlee	Prose	father son, grief, love,
	Robert -FV	Jakob Towell	Free verse	father son, art, best friend, corruption,
	I Miss You	Wade Greenlee	Rhyme	father son, grief, miss
	My Time Machine	Jerry Troiano	Rhyme	father son, dad, fantasy, father, father
	GOOD BY PAPA	RICHARD RODRIGUEZ	Free verse	father son,
	I'm Sorry I'm Sorry	Troy Toney	Rhyme	father son, boy, child, conflict, deep,
	A Bit of Fatherly Pride	Gershon Wolf	Rhyme	career, education, father son,
	WE ANSWERED THE CALL TO DUTY	Don Pettinelli	Free verse	father son, age, america, devotion, father
	The old man	William Finn	Couplet	family, father, father son,
	Everything is always for the best	Gershon Wolf	Free verse	father son, inspirational, relationship,
	BEYOND THE RAINS OF WINTER	norberto franco cisneros	Free verse	father, father son, loss,
	My Best Friend Calls Me Dad	M.P. Shaudd	Lyric	father son, best friend, child, dad,
	Shiny and Bright	Jim Kilduff	Rhyme	beautiful, dad, father son,
	What my father told me	Gershon Wolf	Free verse	father son, wisdom,
	That, Winter Lunar Eclipse	Robert Trezise Jr.	Free verse	earth, father, father son,
	No Heavenly Delight For This Atheist	matthew harris	Lyric	father son, absence, abuse, anger, animal,
	How great the love of God	LIde Sangtam	Blank verse	bible, christian, father son,
	That January Day	Michael Wise	Rhyme	anniversary, death, father son,
	Broken Boy	Jacob Jones	Free verse	family, father son, i
	Thank you for a pleasant outing at the Collegeville Diner	matthew harris	Free verse	father son, age, celebration, celebrity, dedication,
	Son Of Perdition - I	LIde Sangtam	Free verse	bible, christian, father son,
	The Wall	Zed Zed	Free verse	family, father son, forgiveness,
	Father	Luke Goodman	Rhyme	father son, daughter, father, son, wife,
	Letter to the Shepherds of the Lord	LIde Sangtam	Free verse	blessing, christian, father son,
	Brandon	Gregory R Barden	Free verse	birth, child, father son,
	There's Still Time	Gershon Wolf	Narrative	cheer up, father son,
	Horehound Candy	Carl Papa Palmer	Free verse	father son, america, analogy, appreciation, beauty,
	RUNNING FROM AMERICA	Marc Pallanes	I do not know?	father son, america, discrimination, father, father
	Tradition	Ibohal Kshetrimayum	I do not know?	father son, eve, family, fashion, fate,
	Letter to the Churches XII	LIde Sangtam	Free verse	father son, bible, christian, encouraging, father
	Letter to the Apostate II	LIde Sangtam	Free verse	bible, christian, father son,
	Letter to the Churches XI	LIde Sangtam	Free verse	bible, christian, father son,
	MY LITTLE MAN TAKES HIS AXE	Marc Pallanes	Lyric	father son, boy, cool, courage, father
	Pieces Of My Father	Mike Hauser	Light Verse	father, father son, life,
	LETTERS LOST AT WAR 3	Marc Pallanes	I do not know?	boy, father son, military,
	Letter to the Apostates part - 1	LIde Sangtam	Dramatic Verse	bible, christian, father son,
	Letter to the Churches VIII	LIde Sangtam	Free verse	father son, bible, christian, death, father
	Crapulous	Marc Pallanes	I do not know?	father son, dad, depression, drink, drug,
	A SONG FOR MY SON	Marc Pallanes	I do not know?	father son, boy, childhood, dad, father,
	THE CAR HAS EARS	Charles Eastland	Ballad	father son, 9th grade, anxiety, books,
	Letter to the Churches VII	LIde Sangtam	Free verse	bible, christian, father son,

Father Son Poem Example

Rebuilding the Shed in the Backyard - Again

My son is out fixing up the shed.
Winter is coming on. Needed doing he said.
He had the time and the bound-to’s.
I’m not used to this thought process, I’m not. Not from a child.

I watch him for a while.
Opening and closing gates as needed.
The dust, sifted into powder from summer’s heat, poof’s with his steps.
The heels of his jeans dragging strings on the ground, erase the tread of his 
boots.

The shed is old. There is algae or lichen on the north side boards,
where the wood is splintery gray.
Some of the lichen florets are the color of sage, some the color of a bright orange 
rust,
Circled with gray ones and black, their life cycle played out.

He hammers nails and screws in screws while holding boards in place.
Sweat glistening where skin is exposed, making long dark stains in his black 
shirt.
Veins standing out against the strain, and
Muscles laboring to prove he can do the job well, without a mother’s help.

While he works I think about his father and how differently they work.
His father preferring team work and orchestrated smooth motion
working side by side, no extra movements – and he whistled.
My son needs to prove his skills first – alone.

The shed is done and it will brave another winter, keeping the horses sheltered 
from the elements.
The wind, snow and horses milling about, will obliterate the trail of pant cuffs, 
Along with the memory of one cool day at the end of summer, 
When a man worked hard to rebuild their shelter.

Poem Copyright © Judith Angell Meyer