Loss of Father Poems - Page 2

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  1. 21. Dear Dad

    • By Abundance Nwosu
    • Published by Family Friend Poems April 2020 with permission of the Author.

    Dear Dad, I can't believe it's been two years;
    It feels like it was only yesterday.
    I wish you were still here,
    But the sky is the place you stay.

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  3. 22. I Hope I Make You Proud, Dad

    • By Jodie Ogle
    • Published by Family Friend Poems December 2013 with permission of the Author.

    I hope I make you proud, Dad; even though you're no longer here,
    Your memory grows stronger with every passing year.

    At the end it was a battle, one you weren't to win.

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    I was 15 years old when my dad left us. I could not believe it. I love you for being you and raising us differently than others. The way you guided me was very different. Though I am a girl,...

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  5. 23. I Love You Dad

    • By Diana Doyle
    • Published by Family Friend Poems January 2009 with permission of the Author.

    I love you Dad with all my heart
    And hate that we should be apart
    Our love is a bond that can't be broken
    You may be gone but never forgotten

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    I lost my dad last week. I never got to say goodbye. I'm lying here wishing that I had one moment to tell you I love you. I lie here thinking about when I was a little girl and you were...

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  6. 24. Daddy

    • By Shariefa Hendricks
    • Published by Family Friend Poems July 2008 with permission of the Author.

    The day you answered God's call
    Left an empty space
    My world came crashing down
    I couldn't breathe...couldn't talk...

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    I lost my dad a month after my 16th birthday. He was a my very best friend and hero in many ways. I can relate to this poem because I still love him even if he's not around physically. I...

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  7. 25. Miss You Dad

    • By Dwayne Hillman
    • Published by Family Friend Poems April 2011 with permission of the Author.

    Dear Dad;

    Another year has passed that you have been gone
    Oh how I wish that I could turn back time;

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    I lost my dad nearly 20 years ago. As a parent myself, all I would want for my child when I die is that he continues in the vein I have taught him. To embrace life and accept reality. Go on...

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  8. 26. This Christmas

    The golden lights are twinkling
    With Christmas in the air;
    Bing Crosby sweetly singing,
    And snowflakes in my hair.

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    You could have written this poem for me - it will be my first Christmas without my husband. I've written a similar poem myself, but if you check it out you will find it's not as good as...

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  9. 27. Always In My Heart

    Dad,
    You have been gone one whole year and nothing is the same.
    It seems like it was just yesterday that the angels called your name.
    Every morning when I wake up, I think it was just a nightmare,

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  10. 28. You Had To Go Too Soon

    • By Natasha
    • Published by Family Friend Poems December 2013 with permission of the Author.

    During the day I have to be strong
    I try so hard to show that nothing is wrong.
    But at night my tears will flow.
    It was just so sudden you had to go.

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    My father, Peter, died on May 29, 2016. He was everything to me, and he made my life so much better. He always listened to me. He always stayed by my side in good and bad times. He was my...

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  11. 29. Goodnight Dad, God Bless

    • By Fiona Tunilla
    • Published by Family Friend Poems June 2014 with permission of the Author.

    You used to spoil me rotten
    With all your love and care
    But now each time I look for you
    You suddenly aren't there

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    My daddy passed away recently from pneumonia after fighting lung and bone cancer. It's been a difficult time but knowing that he's not in pain anymore and that he's at rest has really helped....

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  12. 30. As My Tear Softly Falls

    • By Breton Delayne White
    • Published by Family Friend Poems November 2008 with permission of the Author.

    And he puts his boat in the water for the last time
    A tear will fall for the last time
    I wipe the tears from my face with your old shirt for the last time
    I cry about the last time I said goodbye to you

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    My dad has cancer and he is probably going to die like my Aunt Rose did. She died of the same thing I've had way to many people die in my life everytime I get to be close to them they die. My...

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  13. 31. Heaven Is Never Too Far

    • By Elisha L. Garner
    • Published by Family Friend Poems August 2006 with permission of the Author.

    Words cannot explain
    how much you mean to me
    nothing could ever compare
    or even ever be

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    An hour ago, I received a call from my sister that my dad had just passed away. I had visited my dad 2 months ago, and he wasn't looking well then. I knew that would be the last time I would...

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  14. 32. No Longer Here

    • By Jennifer English
    • Published by Family Friend Poems June 2017 with permission of the Author.

    I'd tell you about my dad
    if only I knew where to start.
    No longer here to see me,
    but forever in my heart

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  15. 33. Keeping My Daddy With Me

    • By Lisa Gardner
    • Published by Family Friend Poems February 2015 with permission of the Author.

    My heart changed when you left.
    Time froze and I wanted to hide.
    It was a moment that will stay with me forever...
    the day my Daddy died.

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    I lost my dad last March in 2016. It will be a year in 2 days. I too had a strained relationship with my dad and had just re-connected before Thanksgiving in 2015, just 2 1/2 months before he...

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  16. 34. Moments Before

    • By Kelly Horn
    • Published by Family Friend Poems July 2006 with permission of the Author.

    Moments before our walk that afternoon,
    I realized the path ended too soon.
    Not long enough to hold his hand,
    this amazing person, this loving man.

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  17. 35. Dad, I Promise In Your Memory

    • By Bailey Fitch
    • Published by Family Friend Poems January 2009 with permission of the Author.

    I promise to carry on your contagious smile.
    The same one that would light up a room the minute you walked in.
    I promise to laugh and never take myself too seriously.
    I promise to love harder and forgive faster.

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    I was 19 when my brother Brian, 21(a soldier), was killed in Afghanistan. He'd been married for 3 1/2 months when he died, and left behind a giant number of people who love him. This poem...

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  18. 36. A Prayer For My Dad

    • By Danielle
    • Published by Family Friend Poems May 2011 with permission of the Author.

    I can't believe I'm standing here,
    Saying my goodbyes
    To a Dad who meant the world to me,
    My Dad with big brown eyes.

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    I am poem fanatic...I am truly touched by your poems of death of a father/ grandfather!!!! Please continue to help all that grieves a loved one...Your poems are heart felt.

  19. 37. Each And Every Day

    • By Gloria
    • Published by Family Friend Poems March 2010 with permission of the Author.

    Another year has come,
    and you're still so far away.
    You're always in my heart
    each and every day.

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    It is so hard to lose the one you love. When I am 11 I got lazy to visit my best friend and I asked him that he will be the one to come over my house. When I texted him, he replied that he's...

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  20. 38. A Mighty Warrior

    I didn't leave you alone, Dad.
    I stayed close to your bedside.
    I held your hand and talked to you.
    You were waiting to join your bride.

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  21. 39. Heaven's Not That Far

    • By Julie A. Case
    • Published by Family Friend Poems June 2021 with permission of the Author.

    I have no words that can express
    How much love I have for you.
    You taught me everything I know,
    Through the years as I grew.

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  22. 40. My Bestfriend, My Father Died

    • By Jera Mossalli
    • Published by Family Friend Poems August 2010 with permission of the Author.

    No one can hear my screams
    In my thoughts or in my dreams
    As I lie here waiting patiently
    I wait for the day you come back to me

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    I lost my father on April 4, 2015. I miss you a lot, Dad!

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