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 soulThe 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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emotions, faith, grief, jesus,
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 OnePoem 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,
Thanks DadI 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,
Goodbye DadQuote 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,
Dear MotherFather 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,
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,
Elegy to a promised landIn 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 PapaI 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 PainMaking 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,
CharlieOn 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,
Elegy, Anniversary of My Fathers Funeral9/22/1983
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,