Dad Couplet Poems

Open your Gmail. You have exactly
3,895 new messages unopened since

Four years ago. They all sell shoes,
College application tips and remind you

That you used to send...

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Now he speaks with words so clear,
His aims increase with every year.
He’s growing up with height and grace,
Yet, gives us all the same embrace.
The world...

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Decades ago, we met one afternoon
the talk was of change that was coming soon.
Betty Jean's dad gave his insightful view
that the elite life may not...

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Doctor Fell taught at University Park, like stars gather for enlightenment;
And was stern, diligent and upright, like pink cactus bloom environments.

He was dedicated to his...

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My two neighbors' homes view my full yard in the back. 
The younger man has a dog and the elder man has a cat.

They knew...

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Mom! Dad! Mom! Dad! The young girl was inconsolable that night.
I know I saw a faerie zooming around my room; can I turn on the...

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Hey, little lost Lamb,
get with the program.

Which Ewe you belong,
there'd Ewe's graze beyond.

Be there just one Ewe,
one Ewe that you knew.

Why'd you look at me,
for...

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                    12/7/2023

  No more am...

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Gum trees standing tall amid the scorching sun.
Home for Christmas day, each and every one.

Old Sam from the house next door,
Accepted our invite to share...

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Our featherless angels have no wings;
Each one- a blessing to us brings.
Heavenly spirits, they are not;
from earthly beings, they are wrought.

A special friend, or maybe...

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My dad and I never argue anymore-- we get along in my dreams :)
does this mean he's trying to tell me he's in Heaven?-- so...

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"There is nothing more heartfelt than the enriching sound of children’s laughter." Quote_by poet 

Colorful world display of spring unfurls
Painted bright and vivid, fragrant buds...

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I was robbed! She said
Every brain in my head!
They came in the night
Stole my gray matter bright

I had nothing to add
as she is quite mad
a...

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Erin Healy is her name
  Congresswoman is her game

  She tweets 'bout what's 'extreme'
  You can almost hear her scream:

  Kids...

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Year after year
    all I would ever hear
  "Dad, I'll never get married"
    at 26, the subject was...

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