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1. A Father’s Love. By Dan Higgins, 2024. In the quiet moments of dawn, A father rises, his sleep forsworn. His love, a silent melody, Unseen, unfelt, yet always born. His hands, weathered by time and toil, Craft our world, our fears to foil. In the shadows, he stands strong, His love, an unbroken coil. 2. The Guiding Star. By Dan Higgins, 2024.
- “A Man” by Jean Star Untermeyer. Often, when I would sit, a dreamy, straight-haired child, A book held gaping on my knee, Watering a sterile romance with my thoughts,
- “My Father” by Eduardo Moga. My father underlined and annotated books in biro. I often tasked him with this barbarous practice. To this day I still discover his scribbled traces in books I would never have suspected him of reading.
- “Content” by Charles Fred White. Toiling, toiling all day long. With his will and might, Humming tune, or whistling song. From the morn till night: Ever happy at his work,
- “To Her Father with Some Verses” by Anne Bradstreet. Most truly honoured, and as truly dear, If worth in me or ought I do appear, Who can of right better demand the same.
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Fathers Day is a rich holiday on the poetry calendar, and we present this selection for the dads as well as their kids. We’ve selected several poems about fatherhood, ranging from the classic (“ Only a Dad ” by Edgar Guest) to the contemporary (Maxine Kumin’s “Spree”).
- On the Beach at Night Alone by Walt Whitman. ‘On the Beach at Night Alone’ by Walt Whitman depicts the relationship between a parent and his child. With his normal focus on natural imagery, the poet’s speaker assures the child that they shouldn’t weep and that the “ravening clouds shall not long be victorious.”
- After Making Love We Hear Footsteps by Galway Kinnell. ‘After Making Love We Hear Footsteps’ is a beautiful poem about a family spending time together. The speaker and their partner make love with the “familiar touch of the long-married” and then hear footsteps as their child “flops down between us and hugs and snuggles / himself to sleep.”
- Poem to My Child, If Ever You Shall Be by Ross Gay. ‘Poem to My Child, If Ever You Shall Be’ is a contemporary poem written in couplets. It was written for a future child.
- A Child is Something Else Again by Yehuda Amichai. ‘A Child is Something Else Again’ uses repetition and allusions to Christian imagery to describe a child and how important their presence can be.
Hallmark staff. Father’s Day is the perfect time to express what is always in your heart but often goes unspoken. Gratitude, love or admiration—whatever you want to convey to your dad, we’ve come up with a few messages that may help. You can easily save one—or a few—of these Father’s quotes to your desktop, and post, tweet or email ...
Jun 14, 2021 · 20 Best Father’s Day Poems to Honor Dad - Poems About Fatherhood. Holidays. Father's Day Ideas 2024. 20 Moving Father’s Day Poems to Honor Your Relationship With Dad....
Jun 17, 2022 · Here's a sweet collection of poems for dads that say happy Father's Day better than anything else. These Father's Day poems are great for cards or to read out!
