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Dad Not What It Poems

These Dad Not What It poems are examples of Not What It poems about Dad. These are the best examples of Not What It Dad poems written by international poets.


Real me Part one
Four walls are enticing 
Can't get out of my own head 
Who is that figure in the mirror? 
The face that haunts me 
Nimble and...

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Categories: not what it, abuse, angst, anxiety,



Premium Member A Place Not Meant To Be: 08
#8:  Time's Up

Renewed, a second, their forevermore,
a bobbing pin rethreads all in red threads,
the pedals are pressed up and down the floor,
the bobbing pin...

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© Hilo Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: not what it, allusion, analogy, appreciation, fate,

THE KING IS GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
THE KING IS GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

For the rest of my life, you will never be forgotten
Every day I will think of you again and...

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Categories: not what it, cry, dad, father son,

Prologue Mall Getaway
"It was a beautiful whore of a day", he reasoned, "maybe she will have even less on !"
The little band of misfits garnered the stares...

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Categories: not what it, art,

Not Blessed With Eyes Of Blue
I stand a while and ponder, my tummy sticking out
my heels a little cracked, my thighs a little stout 
my shoulders slightly slouched
my eyes a...

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Categories: not what it, dad,



Premium Member NOT EASY TO EXPLAIN
“Mom! You say you love me when you kiss my head as you tuck me into bed.
It’s something every night I’ve heard.
I was just wondering….how...

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© Jim Yerman  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: not what it, love,

Dear Stranger
It's odd to call you that but to be fair that is what you are. 

I only have three years of memory of you. The...

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Categories: not what it, dad, life,

Dad Did Not Quit
Can we talk over dinner?
I’ll be composed,
Salad a middleman
On orange china.
I won’t stare daggers
I’ll only look gently
You won’t upset me
You won’t cry
Tablecloth a barrier
Of polite...

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Categories: not what it, 12th grade, america, anxiety,

Premium Member To Err Or Not To Heir
the kid looked curiously at grandpa ~ who was struggling down the stairs 

he turned to the kid saying ~ one day you’ll be just...

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Categories: not what it, family, humor, perspective,

Premium Member My Favorite Hero
Every girl, every woman no matter the age will understand what I am about to say.

It is about my hero, my favorite hero.

My Father. My...

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Categories: not what it, dad, hero,

Things Are Not the Same - Father's Day Wishes
Things are not the same
People are out of my frame
Nothing is the same without you
Still, No one is to blame, I feel so...

Time will heal...

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Categories: not what it, dad, daughter, fathers day,

Premium Member Fathers Day Coming Up
Therefore, “Come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.” And, “I will be a...

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Categories: not what it, fate,

Premium Member Forget Me Not
Forget me not!
How could I?
It’s Mother’s Day…
The angel toppled over
alongside your house…
Dad’s house.
I upright her and lay
fallen red rose petals
on her lap.
I snap a picture
and...

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Categories: not what it, mothers day,

Premium Member Pet Walker Who Could Not Say No
My cousin Aliyah announced she is a pet walker to the cousins.
Why would she say that? She walks dogs by the dozens.
My friends have other...

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Categories: not what it, humorous,

Not Jazzed About the Funk I'm In
Smooth jazz playing
 on my car radio.
Finding myself reluctantly 
bobbing my head along
to the constant rhythm 
of the mild funk.
Reminding me of 
long car rides...

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Categories: not what it, absence, car, dad, how


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