Dad Missing Poems

Our Lovely Dog Snickers

I was directed today,
To a brand new web site.
It’s all about pets,
And some of their plights.

It got me to thinking,
Of a dog...

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He was the embodiment of love
And he was mine
Never knowing that one day
Heaven would beckon him

It's been two years and grief
Still clothes my body every...

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My heart I set on a dear companion
the cherished imprint on my soul, profound
how safe I felt in a tough kind bosom!
though I ceased to...

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The bench where we sat and talked is still there,
and when I am missing you I go sit to weep;
"take care of my dad, God,"...

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~  For Dad - some heroes don't wear a cape - I miss you dearly.  ~


There stood upon a trodden sod
  ...

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Poem by Koffi Mtonga

SEEING through the window, are clouds which move slow or maybe the dozing fellow has decided to recall of the vibrant days...

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I was not ready to lose you.
But you were taken from me, anyway.

Suddenly.

On a sunny day that started so normally.
Without any sign of the emotional...

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Well, 62 years ago,
both of my parents were 'lost for words' and were simply amazed--
"That I kept on finding them!"
In the sibling department, there were...

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The West

A gun, a holster, bullets…
A glass of whiskey and 
a ten-gallon hat.
A horse, a saddle, a bridle…
and bags to hold it all. 

Good guys,...

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Where are you mom? I am crying and there is no one who care about my tears
Where are you mom ?I have not ate my...

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COMING HOME
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS

I Was Just a Teenage, Yet I’ll Not Forget That Day
When We Were Notified That My Brother Was an MIA
That Chilling Notice...

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Mom's photo album (in the attic, somewhere?)
Ah! Found it by an overdue book (from a library, somewhere?)
There's mom with a Mountie (in Canada, somewhere?)
Mom by...

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Dear Mom and Dad, it's me, your son;
Out of my brothers, I'm the handsome one.
You've been gone for quite a while;
I'm glad you raised me...

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Luctor et Emergo

I try to suppress the desire
My sinful nature provoking me
I’m a fake with much impurity
God’s words are calling me higher

Searching for a home...

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Phone home.

Make things like they used to be
Playing cards til midnight
Laugh, talk, squawk, chips, dips, 
having a fit
Over lost rounds

Listening to Dad 
Expound on…
Doesn’t matter,...

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Maybe I'm a few years too late
Hopefully, I'm not
You were the person I wanted to be
But what I became, I hate
The air within my lungs
Tearing...

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I won a goldfish at the fayre,
 ‘twas in a bag, now it’s down there
Till dad comes back I’ll sit and stare,
it was my first...

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I miss you…
like prayer without the faith
a ghost without the wraith
like Twitter without a tweet
a heart without a beat

I miss you…
like music without the sound
a...

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Missing Kristen

Bright blue eyes that sparkle;
And gentle chestnut curls.
She dances through my heart strings;
My skinny baby girl.

So proud to be her Grandma;
Even though I'm kind...

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She kissed me as she walked across the floor
the kind of kiss that sets a lonely tone
my heart sank at the sound of closing door
and...

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