Father Poems - Examples of all types of father poetry to share and read. This list of father poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. People say that fathers are the key to a prosperous family and that we cannot minimize the importance of a father. These poets have written poetry about the paternal bond between a father and son, father and daughter relationships, about a dad who passed away in death, the love children have for their father, and more. These relationships can have far-reaching social ramifications. Read
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Broken promisesPromise me your hands will reach out
Resilient attachment starts in childhood
When the brain has colic outside the womb
A mother’s unconditional love soothes worries
When a birthday missed slices the cord
Like two neurons missing a connection
Like a...
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Categories:
addiction, father, mother, mother
Form: Free verse
Ewe Called
Repaper the walls of the loo
Bob got messy, covered in glue
Such sagas to be had
So Bob rang up his dad
But Dad’s busy lambing a ewe
His dad said, “I’ll visit you later”
As Madam ewe, I must...
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Categories:
birth, farm, father son,
Form: Limerick
Surviving co-dependenceI’m done with co-dependence or so I say
I’ve burnt so many effigies for others
I’m the giver in my codependency
The taker burns all my oxygen
She used to grant just a puff to breathe
Her flame used...
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Categories:
divorce, father, love, mother,
Form: Free verse
The Man Obsessed with Statistics
Dad writes articles chock-full of stats.
Just refer to his latest on rats!
Both my brothers, my sis,
Mom, and I all say this:
We'd prefer sagas starring cute cats.
Name now one man but Dad who would say,
"Evil...
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Categories:
family, father, write,
Form: Limerick
the good fight
* death is a process of many stages, and dementia can be one of the ugliest … Dad taught me many lessons in life, and he fought to the last to retain what sensibilities he...
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Categories:
age, analogy, father son,
Form: Rhyme
River's Magic
I learned to love the river
waves lapping ‘neath our boat
Glint of sun set the scene a-sparkle
as over the waters we’d float
...
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Categories:
father son, growing up,
Form: Rhyme
Bob the BuilderYou apologize over and over,
Yet do it again cold shoulder.
In church every Sunday saying you’re a “righteous” man,
But at home you’re the devil’s right hand man.
It’s crazy how your so smart and calculated with...
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Categories:
father, addiction, anger, childhood, dark,
Form: Narrative
Last QuestionTime an elusive thread,
Unraveling mysteries, yet time remains unread and unknown.
From birth to death, its secrets keep winding,
Yet its origin, and ours, reprove our theories.
A journey through aeon, our pale...
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Categories:
destiny, father, humanity, imagination,
Form: Other
the ' PALINDROME' for me
Categories:
christian, father, father son,
Form: Bio
CurtainsSetting: A parlor with money hanging on a wall hosts an engagement on legal tender
Characters:
T: Teen, (spoiled boy) in puke shorts and bigoted shirt, and he's loaded {burp}
W: Woman, (nut all there) varied Degree...
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Categories:
appreciation, beautiful, change, father
Form: Verse
DON'T CRY ANY TEARS AROUND MEDON'T CRY ANY TEARS AROUND ME
Don't cry no tears around me
As I passed away and now I'm finally free
You won't see me anymore
But this soul of mine will always soar
So please don't cry any tears...
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Categories:
death, emotions, father son,
Form: Rhyme
Buckle My ShoeOne, two, buckle my shoe, a lesson to be learned;
Three, four, and so many more - times the world has turned.
Cross the laces, make some loops, feed the laces through;
Tighten them up...
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Categories:
childhood, education, father son,
Form: Couplet
NightingaleThe beckoning call of the Nightingale
Like the whistle of wind in a sail
Arrives on a spring days tail
And nestles like a cotton ball
Inside a trees hidden cloud
The hatchlings are so loud
Bumblebees covered in a...
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Categories:
bird, father, flying, happy,
Form: Sonnet
Fit In MasqueFit In Masque
It's as
Flimsy
As that
Film
You
Wear:
FEAR
All
the
Time.
[STOP.]
-Gray Squirrel
05-03-2024...
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Categories:
dad, endurance, father, how
Form: Free verse
Father's Memorial dayThe world has indeed been forgetting me
Forgetting me cruelly
As waste that neither grow nor breathe
It is a fermentation of anger and despair
As Despairing as it struggles with anger
At the unknowns in dark...
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Categories:
appreciation, blessing, father, father
Form: Free verse
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