Dad North Poems
These Dad North poems are examples of North poems about Dad. These are the best examples of North Dad poems written by international poets.
The Mad Fiddler of the North, Part IIn the year of 1880,
in Watertown, northern New York,
a man walked into an almshouse,
looked no different from other poor.
The man’s dress was quite slovenly,
he was...
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north, appreciation, beauty, character, crazy,
Torch Lake - Passing On the TorchHe walked up from the lake
Throwing open the door of the glorious day
Like a smiling OB-GYN snapping off his gloves
With a toolbox in hand
Delivered to...
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Categories:
north, boat, celebration, courage, family,
Torch Lake - No More TroublesI swear the seagull’s cry
Mimics the tantrum
Of a waddling toddler in diapers
Who’s stepped on a thorn on shore
I listen from a distance
Not my trouble
How many...
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north, dad, love, peace, remember,
Torch Lake I - Built of InconvenienceHuddled under the Northern Michigan
Umbrellas
Popped open
With cherry bows of pink blossoms
Is our little family cabin
Not so much
Made of brown brick and mortar
Glued pounded and squared...
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north, feelings, goodbye, heart, heaven,
Torch Lake Iii - Fishing For TimeOur boat is first to slice
The green snake skin of Clam Lake
This Saturday morning in May
Heading east to the mouth of Grass River
Where angry Pike...
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north, father son, fish, fishing,
Torch Lake Vii - Local IntrudersMy boy and I hung over the Elk Rapids dam railing
Shirtless
With lines swung in the churning water
The iron hum of turbines rattling through our elbows
He...
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north, dad, fishing, friendship, humor,
Up NorthYou were a little house
A home away from home
A place I’d go to visit
To spend some time alone
I’d listen to the winds blow
The swaying of...
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north, bereavement, change, farewell, goodbye,
Joining Hands Across TimeFirst night in his final place
My dad called me weeping
“Please Bobby bring me home.”
His skin like ice cream
Melting on handle bars
Plopped in his wheelchair
Square
In the...
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north, dad, farewell, father, journey,
Cottage ClosingBack to the city we go
We leave you winter ghosts
To sway away on your hanger hosts
Until next year or never more
It depends on my poor...
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Categories:
north, longing, loss, moving on,
Moon Glow Ride On Torch LakeSteering our boat across the moon glow
Like a fork stabbed through cream
We careen in the sheen of upside down light at 3:30 A.M.
The July night...
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north, boat, freedom, good night,
North WoodsHe goes back across the Sioux River
and ambles around his old neighborhood,
Moves up the road from the corner house
...
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north, life, drug,
South To Northeggs and grits squash and shrimp cocktail
is what I ate living down South
living here had some lobster tail
sadly there’s no grits for my mouth
dad reminded...
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north, father, food,