Dad Magic Poems

An Introduction to Max
 
Hi, I am a Mastiff cross and my name is Magical Max. To be precise it’s actually Magical Maxi the Wonder...

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My daughters rushed into our bedroom and jumped onto our bed
Shouting "Dad get up it's snowing, please get out our sled"
I came to and rose...

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As part of our Christmas decorations in the bookstore…high upon a shelf
tucked into a corner…we have placed our Christmas elf.

And high above the books themselves…it...

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He slowly made his way into the bookstore…unsteady on his feet…
using one of those medical walkers…with wheels and a seat.

Not only did he have trouble...

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The newborn baby looks with its wide eyes
When the dear mother moves away, it cries.
The mom's aura fills smiles and makes it well.
"Love weaves a...

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There was a time not so long ago
When my children still ran on little legs

Wading through ocean green evening summer grass
Their faces bright as lamps...

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When he was young and the fear he’d dream of monsters filled his mind with dread
his mom made him a Dreamcatcher and hung it above...

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I imagine one of the reasons we love the Christmas/Holiday season is all the kindness in the air…and how, when we stop to look around,...

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Future Dreams

The hot water in the teapot
is boiling and the kettle whistling loudly. 
It seems to have gotten hot, very quickly, 
as if time was...

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My Gentlemen, 
I have done all it takes.
Made fore my man, was a formless frame
Worked by a wombsman, unplaned, clear of grain
A brittle whittled acorn...

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Sole (and soul) brother waves magic wand (poof)...,
and eldest sister absolved of guilt once and for all

Be happy don't worry
understood how thee feel sorry
for never...

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Oft-times, I'd sit- so dreamlike in a daze-
though decades had elapsed, surpassing days
they lived next door in sharing fun-filled years;
still fancying them here- and, oft...

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Oh, look, Dad. Where’s this magic place?
It’s got so much great stuff to see.
I like those little cars that race.
They’re great. I’ve seen ‘em on...

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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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Dad could roll a cigarette
with just two fingers
and the tip of his tongue.
I saw him do this once
in a wind storm.

Magically
he would shave just close...

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