Dad Free Verse Poems

As an underdog given a short leash on life

alternately titled give one targeted scapegoat a break,
an unquenchable thirst for moolah before I wake
from nightmare of...

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Written, May 24, 2025
For the International Contest, Color My Mood
Sponsor, Nette Onclaud
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I wear a gemstone locket aways that holds ashes
it has oceanic hues...

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Hearthstone Of Thy Fathers Love
Fatherhood exuberant and renowned is how you boys made me feel.
Exquisite was the taste of my tears as I felt the...

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My best friend saw me born.
Coronation of blood,
Tearing through his long beloved.
Floppy neck and flailing limbs,
Protesting my own birth.
Constricting cord,
A life noose, murderous 
Cut from...

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You did a whiz bang job honey
An expert could not have done better
Thanks Dad, Kathy said
But I am an expert
That’s why I have doctor in...

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A loaf of bread, untouched, waiting for my late brother 
Finally home, he takes half the loaf and hands me the other
In his hand a...

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Bozo

Bozo's From Your Dad
And Your Grandad
And Your Dad's GrandDad
And Off Into Finality
Where All Of Them Meet
As One, Eternally.

I Thought This
Would Be An
Apology, Though
Uh?

Weird?

Is That Backwards?

-Gray...

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In the book nook I found it—
a face no bigger than my palm,
leathered and silent,
its eyes forever pressed shut
against whatever it had seen.
Grandma said a...

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after fifteen years
of empty decisions,
the mirror shows
a blonde again
and i don’t recognize her
but i call my dad anyway.

he picks up with
that tired hum
and when i...

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my father is no longer here
but I still have memories 
like the letters from his high school buddies
in the armed forces
at the tail end of...

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“Hey, Mom”

Hey, Mom! 
I can’t sleep.
I’ve been awake for hours.
There are dragons at my door.
        “Come crawl in...

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Christmas Poem
Jingle bells 
The doorbell rings 
Granny and grandpa
With Present for all
Jack screams then
runs down the hall

Jingle bells 
Dinner ready 
Granny yells 
Eat till you...

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"You are just like your father."
These words ring in my head constantly,
Haunting me as I stare into the mirror.

I cannot bring myself to love the...

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Father,
May your eyes be open and your ears attending to the prayers made in this place.
Consecrate this home, so that your name will be known...

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I have one memory of my father
Who was not my dad
There was a father,
he left.
There was no dad.
There were men who tried to be.
There were...

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