Flower Father Son Poems

Can't life's garden be happy
    without thistles or thorns
  Does the rosebush need brambles
    to greet blue skies...

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As his young son returned from the garden his father asked,
What do you do out there for hours?”
His son said with an innocent smile, “I’m...

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Pale flower, tuber of the mother,
Unfathered but by stony hard ungiving, 
Every petal leaf down droops with rain,
Not quite living.

Frail power, yet each of three
By...

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This is one excited kid and one PROUD father...



I took my son to the lumberyard last Tuesday afternoon. The day itself, though toasty, was the...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Poems about Children III

Miracle
by Michael R. Burch

for Jeremy

The contrails of galaxies mingle, and the dust of that first day still shines.
Before I conceived you, before...

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Poems about Fathers and Grandfathers III




Success
by Michael R. Burch

for Jeremy

We need our children to keep us humble
between toast and marmalade;

there is no time for a...

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Today, a miracle heartened my soul
Flowing through my veins in crimson
Purple wisdom strengthening, caressing
Bringing pieces of hope and contentment
Echoing joy, brilliant rays of sweet serenity

Poetry...

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Hope and…a father is could be 

Against all odds and expectations
so many rules and norms and
clever theories society’s demands
cultures and conventions there is
no magic wand...

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One Big Cracker

Dear God,
I don't know what to write you
I wrote many lines and then scribbled
I know you like neat and tidy things
I have been...

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You have done quite
An excellent job
The day of rewarding will come 
When all the records will be played
To the future generation
For fulfilling your pledge
To the...

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In life
When elephants fight
A flower dies
So my son what they putted in your mind
to blow up me
the bullet isn't killer
son
but your hate
son
A terror
You feel shames
That's...

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In life
When elephants fight
A flower dies
So my son what they putted in your mind
to blow up me
the bullet isn't killer
son
but your hate
son
A terror
You feel shames
That's...

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Moments to Reflect
Seed of Birth
After a summer shower I watch the wonders unfold Gods truth is being shown. His love for all shall be known...

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The Orchid
As the orchid blooms its long beautiful flower
The perfume of which fills the air hour by hour
The strength in its leave when open from...

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