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Dad Loss Poems

These Dad Loss poems are examples of Loss poems about Dad. These are the best examples of Loss Dad poems written by international poets.

Premium Member the good fight
* death is a process of many stages, and dementia can be one of the ugliest … Dad taught me many lessons in life, and...

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Categories: loss, age, analogy, father son,

Premium Member Retirement Day
Retirement after all these years, time has really flown by
My alarm is also retiring, no need to ask why
First thing on my agenda is a...

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Categories: loss, retirement,
Still Be Missing You
I've got a lot for us to discuss,
Now that life is steadily on course.
We could have shared ideas and opinions
But Allah had exercised His majestic...

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Categories: africa, father son, loss,
Days After
Silence spoken for by the rain—
A missing space for the missing gold of sun,
As the wind breaks on song, his china fall—
There my eyes soak...

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© Paige Hind  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: loss, child, dad, death, emotions,
Premium Member Bunnies Welcome Spring
As a kid I had three bunnies,
they were free I paid no moneys.
It was Easter time,
I had won them and they were all mine.
I had...

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Categories: loss, animal, child, dad, easter,

Purity
(for CFD, 1944–2023) 

Something blinked inside my soul
I used to be half but now I’m whole
To me, the diamond ring is coal –
That’s purity of...

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Categories: dad, death, father, loss,
Just Beyond
He guides her hand from just beyond
With a ready black ink pen they share this bond
The words flow effortlessly as if not her own
Seems to...

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Categories: loss, father daughter, heartbroken, how
Premium Member Undone
I was only four, 
when Blackie my dog died. 
My dad ran my best friend over, 
yes it was a horrible accident. 

 
I was...

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Categories: loss, cat, dad, heart, love,
Premium Member Mystery Box

A huge and shiny mystery box
Sat before me on the floor
It was adorned with shiny locks
Excitement shook me to the core

For many years I had...

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© Andy Chunn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: loss, meaningful, memory, mother,
Premium Member a time to be glad
             the spark i once had 
      ...

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Categories: happiness, loss, perspective,
Premium Member Life's Untorn Page
I moved to San Francisco from across the bay in early 1977. At 19 years old, dad got me a two-bedroom house in the San...

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© Hilo Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: loss, america, analogy, bereavement, children,
Dad
In the depths of pain, my heart lies torn,
As if I’ve faltered, failed, and mourned.
This heavy burden holds me tight,
I cry for relief, for a...

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Categories: loss, cancer, depression, emotions, father,
Premium Member The Last Organ Grinder
I can still remember visiting a small musical town,  
a young boy holding his hat and singing his heart out for money.  
His...

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Categories: loss, boy, dad, dog, music,
Premium Member Forever War
He took me to the altar
His metals all alight
We made ourselves a home
Our future looked so bright

There was that time
Brass bugles they did roar
The music...

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© Bean Pole  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: loss, dad, devotion, in memoriam,
Premium Member Dear Mama
dear Mama, have you found that other side
      where loved ones, hope and heaven all reside?
    ...

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Categories: grief, heartbroken, loss, metaphor,

Book: Shattered Sighs