Missing You Father Daughter Poems

The t.v. series,
A Little Princess,
reminds me
of my dad's gift
of a dark-haired
porcelain doll...

...I gave away
to compensate
for feeling spoiled
--that I begged
for her at all

Being a generous
gift-giver was...

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He guides her hand from just beyond
With a ready black ink pen they share this bond
The words flow effortlessly as if not her own
Seems to...

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                    12/7/2023

  No more am...

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One time my dad bought me a yellow rose in New York City
Took a photo in front of St. Patrick's-- felt loved & pretty. :)...

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she crossed my threshold and went to his house,
my only daughter, wed and his dear spouse,
a girl once, a beautiful woman now,
history is witness to...

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Days have flown,
Months are gone..
Theres never been a day which was lacking your thought;
I even see your smile dropping down to a frown..

I have your...

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My dearest Son
I want you to know
How much you are loved
We are missing you so
The first Father’s Day
Since the day that you died
Oh so many...

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The bench where we sat and talked is still there,
and when I am missing you I go sit to weep;
"take care of my dad, God,"...

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The smell of pipe smoke and engine oil
were occasional markers
of an occasional man.

A constant in it’s slightest form he runs
from those in last, and those...

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(Aborted attempt to mend fences, -
which version overly pedantic for
her minimal leisure/down time as
full time student at University.)
no...no...no...this tree
mend dose electronic
    ...

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I want to turn back the pages of life,
back, back, back to when I was a young girl;
before life had stabbed my heart with a...

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Fox glove tangos with the evening winds
My little Nicole had grown
What cradle doth she now lay without fatherly kiss?
How is my fairest one now turned...

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Tonight it is quality time, a family gathering;
Cousins running playfully, but you are missing,
To me the "you" is the most precious of all, 
I reach...

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 For My Daddy 

Quickly came months, disintegrating years to gone.
In that way, time did alter-sway my grieving sphere.
My initial crying mainspring long ago stopped
though,...

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Let me hug and kiss you 

before I go
                ...

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