1. My Dad
I know this man
Who is dear to my heart.
Suddenly one day
It was torn all apart.
Loss of Father Poems
Poem for Dad Who Passed Away
The death of someone close to us leave us shocked with grief. We cannot understand how one minute this person was here and the next they are gone. The truth is that those we love are never truly gone. The body may have run its course, but the soul lives forever. Human beings have been cognizant of eternal life since the beginning of time. Every culture has its own traditions about death and reincarnation. The anxiety commonly felt about death in our culture is a result of a scientific schema which says that "if I don't see it, it's not there".
48 Poems about Losing a Father
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When I lost my dad to suicide, I read this poem to my family. I then decided that I wanted to share this with our close family at his service. Any day when I really miss him and when it's...
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2. For My Daddy
Have you seen my Daddy?
I don't know where he's gone.
Sometimes it hurts so much
I can't seem to carry on.Featured Shared StoryI lost my dad in 2015; it was so very painful. My father had been admitted in hospitals many times, and so I, being a little girl of 10 years of age then, thought he would be just fine this...
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My precious daddy died on April 9, 1967, at the age of 68. He, too, had pancreatic cancer. I was a young married woman with a toddler. He was one of nine children, born in Georgia. He was a...
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4. My Dad, My Angel
Your battle is now over; no more tears flowing down your cheek,
no more pain, no more suffering; now you are no longer weak.
I still do not understand why this had to happen to you,
but I am proud to say you are my dad, the greatest man I ever knew.Featured Shared StoryI lost my dad 2 years ago on the 22nd of July. A week after his birthday and 4 days after mine. He was battling stage 4 bone cancer. I miss him a lot, and when I was growing up he was in and...
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5. I Hope I Make You Proud, Dad
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.Featured Shared StoryI 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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6. Can't Accept That You're Gone
I hate that I can't see your face,
except for a picture on my mirror.
But I love that when I look at it,Featured Shared StoryI'll be honest, this really hit me hard. It made 7 years that my dad has been gone on April 8th. He died April 8th, 2015, due to stage 5 pancreatic cancer that spread to the lungs. According...
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7. Keeping My Daddy With Me
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.Featured Shared StoryI 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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8. Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Famous Poem
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rage at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Featured Shared StoryI like this poem. It reflects the general reaction of the majority of people not wanting their loved ones to go and if so at least they put up a fight, along with being poetically exquisite...
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9. Wish You Were Here
Three months have passed.
I'll never forget the day
Someone rang to tell me
That you'd gone away.Featured Shared StoryAbout two months ago I lost my father. I cannot say that it was unexpected, yet now I realize that there is nothing in life that can prepare us to bear this void. He remained in the intensive...
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10. The Gift God Gave Me Was You
I will never say goodbye to you, my father,
because I know this is not the end for us to see each other.
You will only be going to a place where there's no pain or suffering.
I am happy for you, for you will be with God.Featured Shared StoryThis poem is the most beautiful thing I have ever read. I just lost my Dad. I was a Daddy's Girl, and he was my very best friend. I became an engineer because he was an engineer. I looked up...
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11. Dad, What's It Like In Heaven?
If time exists in heaven,
Do you still rise with the sun?
Do you and Mom share breakfast
Before your day has begun?Featured Shared StoryThis is a wonderful sentimental poem. It depicts a loving relationship between father and child. My father came into my life as an adult and unfortunately we did not get to make many...
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12. I Love You Dad
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 forgottenFeatured Shared StoryI 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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13. Dear Pop
Once you had told me
When you were gone
I'd pick up the pieces
I would go on -
14. You Had To Go Too Soon
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.Featured Shared StoryMy 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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15. Goodnight Dad, God Bless
You used to spoil me rotten
With all your love and care
But now each time I look for you
You suddenly aren't thereFeatured Shared StoryMy 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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16. Why Dad Did You Choose Suicide?
Why Dad?
Why did you chose to die?
You left no note but left me asking why.
You thought you were doing what was best and right.Featured Shared StoryI came to this site looking for a comforting suicide survival poem to send to my brother whose fiancé of 12 years with young 4 children hung herself. I just have to say that your comment left...
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17. To My Daddy, On Your Birthday
Today was the day
So many years ago
You came into this world,
Bringing a special glow.Featured Shared StoryMy dad passed away in 1997. He was shot 4 times in his back. There is still not a day that goes by that I don't think about him.
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18. Each And Every Day
Another year has come,
and you're still so far away.
You're always in my heart
each and every day.Featured Shared StoryIt 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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19. Child Of Mine
He's walking towards me surrounded by light
I can't believe this miraculous sight
It can't be him, I know he is dead
But as I look towards him, he's shaking his headFeatured Shared StorySeven years ago my dad passed away. My son and him were very close. After he passed, my son would get up in the morning and say I saw grandpa last night. I was always a little skeptical. As...
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20. 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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