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Dad Sad Poems

These Dad Sad poems are examples of Sad poems about Dad. These are the best examples of Sad Dad poems written by international poets.


Just One More Turn
To break a man's life down
into digits, to numbers,
might seem strange to you;
distant, or heartless, or just odd.

But that was just our way;
we'd both been...

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Categories: sad, death, death of a



At the Crux
4/8/24

Aww shucks
Still at the crux
In a state of flux
With reality still out of touch
I've been puzzled much
So I smoke a couple blunts
That's a double dutch
From...

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Categories: sad, dark, deep, life, poetry,

Premium Member I Wish I Had

I wish I had...
      the power to change
      a broken man's circumstances. 
  ...

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Categories: sad, desire, introspection, perspective, power,

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: sad, cry, dad, father son,

Premium Member I wish I had--
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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Categories: sad, dad, father daughter, i



Premium Member Bunnies Welcome Spring
As a kid I had three bunnies,
they were free I paid no moneys.
It was Easter time,
I had won them and they were all mine.
I had...

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Categories: sad, animal, child, dad, easter,

Premium Member Unwilling
You're broken and 
your mom don't get it and
your dad don't want to and 
your family don't see
that you lost your voice 
someone took your...

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© Sam Harty  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: abuse, discrimination, sad,

Premium Member Undone
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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Categories: sad, cat, dad, heart, love,

Premium Member My Son Remember This
Coloring when you're younger is letting each shade have it's alone time
They say elders deserve it
But I never had the opportunity to see your hair...

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Categories: sad, beautiful, divorce, family, i

As a Kid
As a kid, I couldn’t have known 
I could have never understood how short our time would be 
I couldn’t have known how painful it...

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Categories: sad, absence, childhood, cry, dad,

Premium Member Divorce
Death of a marriage 
Impacts a family, divides a house;
Very stressful experience, no doubt.
Once happy state of a union now 
Reduced to a heap of...

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Categories: sad, break up, conflict, divorce,

Premium Member Life's Untorn Page
I moved to San Francisco from across the bay in early 1977. At 19 years old, dad got me a two-bedroom house in the San...

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© Hilo Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: sad, america, analogy, bereavement, children,

Premium Member The Last Squeeze of Dad's Hand
This is a heart touching moment of sad farewell
To my dear old dad at too younge an age
He was sixty-seven, I was a younge eighteen
Last...

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Categories: sad,

Premium Member The Last Organ Grinder
I can still remember visiting a small musical town,  
a young boy holding his hat and singing his heart out for money.  
His...

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Categories: sad, boy, dad, dog, music,

Premium Member Tears a Sad Sad Day
Now what comes among tears
an experience that is all sad
even various times aplenty
makes one realise so really bad

There's a young boy Tom
an only son who's...

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Categories: day, grief, sad,


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