Dad Memory Poems

In the cool of an autumn morning
my father and his friend, 
Jimmy Kerin, would go
mushroom picking in paddocks 
way out past the last suburban fence.
I...

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TELEGRAM FOR MASTER B - EPHEMERA

January fourteenth nineteen forty six. Hooray, I’m eight today.
Dad still serves in India, four thousand miles away.
I’d barely recognize him...

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I wish I had found the fountain of youth, 
So, I could experience once again. 
The happy firsts, even losing a tooth, 
From the magic...

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My dad built a house on a hill. How exciting to climb to the tippy-top then look down upon the roof, and dog home, the...

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I wish I had
been kind to Dad

Mostly I tried...
but left him mad

I wanted him
to be less sad

I would prefer
to make him glad

Buy him new shirts
perhaps...

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I Loved You

Falling in love is wonderful.
Staying in love impossible.
Romance we followed a dance
we end up forever in a trance.
Happy Father's day, dear dad.
You left....

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My older bro watered half of the garden, in the back and front,
cause the weatherman said there'll be 50% chance of rain today.

Our Monopoly gameboard...

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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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~ Once upon a long ago...
Three kids were raised on my family's farm
I am the middle child who spent more time 
working in the fields...

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I was just 12 years old
having had many a sore throat
so the Doc said tonsils out
to hospital I go, had no vote

This happened on pre-Christmas...

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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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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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Now having reached three score and ten
it sounds like fun to just look back
over the years that's gone by
it's a wonder all I've had on...

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“I don’t have to ponder my precious moments that always give me heart to carry on.
So firmly implanted in my heart, I will never let...

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