Happy Father's Day
To the man who stood so tall,
Who picked me up with every fall.
In life’s loud storm or silent pain,
You stood like shelter in the rain.
When nights were long, and hopes ran low,
You still believed and let it show.
You taught me how to fight, to stand,
To build my dreams with steady hand.
Behind your silence was endless
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Categories:
papa, 11th grade, family, father,
Form: Rhyme
April 9th, 2025 birthday poem for dearly departed papa
April 9th, 2025 birthday poem for dearly departed papa
Elysian fields long since embraced dada's soul
which rocketed into aerospace
(courtesy General Electric satellite)
just a tad shy of
fifty four plus months ago,
nevertheless melancholia
still plucks mine heart strings.
Mine psyche still situated awry
placid countenance of yours truly doth belie
residual sadness easily prompted
can easily trigger me to cry
linkedin when grim
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Categories:
papa, absence, abuse, adventure, anger,
Form: Free verse
MY DEAR ONU
My dear Mama, oh so dear,
A mother true, always near.
From childhood's dawn till present day,
You guided us, showed the way.
With "Sugar Boy" by your side,
Together you led, with love and pride.
To "Oko Eti-ose" and "Oko Okuku" farms,
We trekked, with loaded arms.
The roads were long, the loads were heavy,
I cried, but you helped me be brave.
Coming
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Categories:
papa, care, caregiving, mother, mother
Form: Ballad
MAMA PAPA in ME-
mama
you are no longer
with me
with us but I have your skin
and I have your eyes
and I wear your hair
you and I are one
and you in you I'm alive
Mama Papa in me
Papa you planted a seed
I am he
from your loins I was birth
you planted in
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Categories:
papa, analogy, appreciation, father, god,
Form: Bio
Oh, My Papa
As I am writing this poem, my heart aches with sorrow.
Yet, a smile is on my face remembering you, knowing
that you loved me, wishing I could hug you tight and
bury my face on your shoulder and say “I love you.”
There are no “ifs” for you have been gone for ten years.
There are no “ifs” for
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Categories:
papa, appreciation, father, father daughter,
Form: Elegy
LETTER TO PAPA
When I was born, how I was born I don't know,
The date he gave me is what I hold.
He was there when I didn't know,
I fumbled and stumbled but you never let go.
When my motivation is gone and I've lost hope,
you've always been there for me, and for once you never let go.
Though I'm so
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Categories:
papa, father, tribute,
Form: Rhyme
Adieu Papa
Didn't know it would hurt this much,
I wasn't prepared for it. I loved your imperfections and the memories I
didn't think I had, flown in abundance
and that is what hurt the most. I'm
honestly left with the good ones and
the bad ones make it better. I'm tearing because I hoped to see
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Categories:
papa, cry, death, family, farewell,
Form: Elegy
C'MON PAPA
C’mon Papa
The gauntlet tossed
The challenge…
Ten rounds
With a 2 year old
Speed vs stealth
Experience vs enthusiasm
Age vs agility
Castle builder vs the siege
Best two out of three cookies
Co-Co melon is not a fruit
C’mon Papa
Let’s go OUTSIDE…..
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Categories:
papa, age, fun, grandson,
Form: Free verse
April 9th, 2024 would be ninety fifth birthday poem for dearly departed papa
April 9th, 2024 would be ninety fifth birthday poem for dearly departed papa
The following words crafted soon after the soul of me daddy set adrift into the empyrean realm joining the rank and file of entities constituting spiritus mundi.
Borne aloft into the netherland
the body bearing thee soul
of Boyce Brandon Harris
birth name given
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Categories:
papa, absence, age, anniversary, april,
Form: Rhyme
Re: viewing the emotionally prosperous papa razz zee life I did not live
Re: viewing the emotionally prosperous papa razz zee life I did not live
The following poetic account
written more'n a dozen
dirty dancing decades ago,
while I (a socially
withdrawn *****Sapiens)
one indigent Yahoo
groveled along (on a secret Msn
within webbed wide netscaped world)
along boulevard of broken dreams,
whereby yours truly forced to eat crow
quite challenging
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Categories:
papa, abuse, america, angst, bereavement,
Form: Rhyme
MY FATHER
My father always by my side,
My father who decided my existence,
My father who ensured my goodness in my life,
My father who ensured wellbeing in my life.
What can I give my father?
He acres just like no one else,
Where I need rescue
He becomes a lion
When I need happiness,
He becomes as playful as a puppy
Is there anything that
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Categories:
papa, 2nd grade, fathers day,
Form: Free verse
A Bad Poem About Christmas
Xmas is here tonight
At midnight, what a night!
Let's write a bad poem about Christmas
Before the Midnight Mass
As we offer our best wishes to all on the planet
This is it
Santa Claus is sliding in the chimney
Hurray, hurray!
Papa Noël is coming to town to bring gifts
Garlic, olive oil and onion
To everyone
Stop all types of cheats.
Long live Papa
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Categories:
papa, birth, celebration, child, christian,
Form: Rhyme
An Old Year is Gone, So is Santa Claus
An old year is slowly winding down
Where every minute and second count
Don’t hold our breath, just count down
Gently and slowly. A new year, a new bout
Is coming down the aisle, while an old year
Is disappearing or evaporating in the air
An old year is gone, an old year is out
A brand new day is in, please
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Categories:
papa, blessing, celebration, change, christmas,
Form: Rhyme
White Christmas Is Not
White Christmas is not what many people think it is
As we know Christmas is a lively annual festival
Celebrated seven days before the end of the year
Of the Nativity of Jesus. Christmas is a joyful, colorful
And wonderful feast, where stars glow and glisten.
People who live not too far from the cold North Pole
Always dream of a
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Categories:
papa, birthday, celebration, children, christian,
Form: Free verse
DADDY NICK AND PAPA RICK
There was in a Christmas play, Daddy Nick
Whose role was to wrap presents surely quick
Dressed in Sta. Claus' best...
But while showing his jest
Special kids had chosen their precious pick.
So Daddy Nick joyously changed his trick
To act as fantastic, yet looking sick
The children prayed with zest...
"Lord, keep us glad and blest
Heal Sta. Claus, grant him well-being
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Categories:
papa, appreciation, celebration, christian, christmas,
Form: Limerick
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