Dad Success Poems

To The Love of My Life—My Daughter,

You can do whatever the heart desires

Though you may stumble, tumble, and fall

Rise! Like a phoenix from the fire

And...

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Planning requires grit and devotion to succeed,
Does triumph make you shiver down your spine?
           ...

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My pop was called, when he was young -- a “Jack of many trades”…the type of guy who’d gladly take on any kind of task.
And...

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Dear Son,

As you read this letter
I believe you are fully fledged
And perhaps you have already selected
A straight soulmate among your flying flock
I know my absence's...

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Looking backward one can see so clearly. 
The priceless diamond held loosely in hand. 
Did not seem as vital but merely
What most every kid had...

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I am the stepfather
in a family of grown children.
Where they like to remove 
the word (step) from my title.
But neither do they call me 
Dad,...

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Success
by Michael R. Burch

for Jeremy

We need our children to keep us humble
between toast and marmalade;

there is no time for a ticker-tape parade
before bed, no award,...

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Elvis he's a hero, he's a super star,
and I hear that Paul McCartney drives a Rolls Royce car.
Dylan sings for millions, and I just sing...

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I ain't gonna brag, boast, blab...,
lest yours truly suffers demise from backstab,
resignedly taking wheel of our automobile
donning, (but NOT trumpeting) 
role as taxi cab

shuttling the...

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My dad, born today, the 17th of February
   bucked fate head-on, courageous and daring

Raised in a home on a block so poor
 ...

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There once was a boy named Brad
Loved to wear a bowtie made of plaid
He looked like a nerd the way he was clad
But he barely...

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To forgive is like taking a plunge into a nightmare. Its worse to hold a grunge but I  may find a temporary solution to...

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His result slip showed  he had failed
Friends celebrated their success
But his parents and some he shamed
Had pinned  on him their hopes and focus

His...

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It all started with a dad who didn't love him
a mum who wouldn't hug him
a sister and brother who are addicted to smack
This isn't even...

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"We've Only Just Begun",
A song that rewinds back, 
to my childhood that I used
to listen to with mom and dad.

Sometimes on the radio 
or the...

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