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Dad Elegy Poems

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


To the flames that stole the fire burning in my soul
The day they kidnapped you
Was the day I found myself lost
I found myself mostly numb
In a frosted layer of my own tears --
My eyes now...

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Categories: emotions, faith, grief, jesus,



Premium Member Elegy for a Kitchen Table

The kitchen table 
was the centerpoint of childhood,
a place of gathering, 
an easel for artworks, battleground
for homework and Eden 
for the creation of lifeforms
moulded from...

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Categories: elegy, childhood, poetry, time,

Eulogy For A Loved One
Poem for Dad

Of flesh and blood
that nature gives to our breath
must one day be given back
for life was lent by Earth's hand
and now it is...

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Categories: dad, death, dedication, eulogy,

To A Sky
         star in the sky
        there before me
 I thought...

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Categories: dad, death, eulogy, father,

Premium Member Thanks Dad
I appreciate, more than grieve, you.
If I have a regret,
it's that I didn't convey my appreciation
when you were here.

We had our disagreements,
on different sides of...

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Categories: appreciation, dad, thanks,



Premium Member Goodbye Dad
Quote By Poet: "Tears are rain from the eyes."

When the phone rings,
it is 1:30 AM.
A doctor saying,
your dad is gone.
How did I manage to say,
thanks...

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Categories: beach, girl, love, mentor,

Premium Member Dear Mother
Father said I was two and a half to three. I'm not sure.
A serious illness, he said, which no doctor could cure.

Glance at your mom...

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Categories: mother,

Premium Member To The Dad I Once Knew
* Note My dad passed away today, a little over seven months since my mom passed. After a thirty year estrangement my dad and I...

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Categories: 1st grade, death, father,

Premium Member Elegy to a promised land
In the quiet twilight, we gather here today,  
To honor my dad, remember him, and pray.  
From the promised land, he flew with...

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Categories: america, culture, dad, father,

Purity
(for CFD, 1944–2023) 

Something blinked inside my soul
I used to be half but now I’m whole
To me, the diamond ring is coal –
That’s purity of...

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Categories: dad, death, father, loss,

Dear Papa
I was not able to write poems for a long time now
And on this dawn my thoughts of you urge me to write one
Papa, ...

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Categories: bereavement, dad, death, poems,

My Greatest Pain
Making ends meet, dad was always boxing mum
For all i can trace and gun
Mighty hand when will mum and dad stop punching in this ring...

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Categories: 1st grade, 2nd grade,

My Hero
‘Twas he, ‘Twas he,
  Who fought for the free,
‘Twas he, ‘Twas he,
  Was how a man should be.

He was betrayed by his own,
...

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Categories: absence, analogy, christian, courage,

Charlie
On his Mum’s lap Charlie sits so quietly 
Cuddling close with a lick for her occasionally 
At other times he is together with Lucy
Exploring their...

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Categories: death, dog,

Premium Member Elegy, Anniversary of My Fathers Funeral
9/22/1983

I drove your shining,Cadillac, Daddy!
The lead car to the cemetery.
A stuffed bear, your Borsalino,
In the August, back window,fino!

You, in the hearse, a few feet behind..
Tears...

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Categories: chicago, death, father daughter,


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