Loss of Father Poems

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".

46 Poems about Losing a Father

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  1. 1. The Greatest Man


    • By Derick Revane
    • Published: December 2013

    I knew a man, he was the greatest man
    I've known in all my days.
    Then one day God called on him,
    and now he's gone away.

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    • Stories 3
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    • Favorited 25
    • Votes 79
    • Rating 4.73
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    I'm sorry for the very late reply. I hope that you indeed did use my poem for your dad's memorial service. The process of writing this really helped me through my grieving process, and if my...

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  3. 2. Why Dad Did You Choose Suicide?

    • By Christina M. Butz
    • Published: April 2006

    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.

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    • Stories 44
    • Shares 540
    • Favorited 26
    • Votes 165
    • Rating 4.69
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    I 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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  5. 3. 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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    • Stories 0
    • Shares 532
    • Favorited 26
    • Votes 137
    • Rating 4.69
  6. 4. 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?

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    • Stories 4
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    • Favorited 48
    • Votes 418
    • Rating 4.67
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    This 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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  7. 5. The Gift God Gave Me Was You

    • By Lea Gomez
    • Published: August 2008

    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.

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    • Stories 60
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    • Favorited 57
    • Votes 197
    • Rating 4.66
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    This 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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  8. 6. Goodbye To My Dad


    • By Debra Marie
    • Published: July 2009

    Goodbye dad I had to say
    A few months ago on a cold winter day
    I'll remember the good times and try not to be sad
    But saying goodbye still hurts so bad

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    • Stories 12
    • Shares 1168
    • Favorited 13
    • Votes 149
    • Rating 4.65
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    I lost my Dad on February 17, 2019. Then on March 7, 2019, I lost my Mom. It has been so very hard for me. I don't wanna believe both my parents are gone. I want everyone to cherish your...

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  9. 7. Goodnight Dad, God Bless

    • By Fiona Tunilla
    • Published: June 2014

    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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    • Stories 7
    • Shares 816
    • Favorited 33
    • Votes 111
    • Rating 4.65
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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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  10. 8. Dear Dad

    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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    • Stories 0
    • Shares 148
    • Favorited 16
    • Votes 42
    • Rating 4.62
  11. 9. To My Daddy, On Your Birthday


    • By Danniele Berkley
    • Published: March 2012

    Today was the day
    So many years ago
    You came into this world,
    Bringing a special glow.

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    • Stories 7
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    • Favorited 29
    • Votes 311
    • Rating 4.61
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    My 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.

  12. 10. Goodbye Dad


    • By Leanne Brady
    • Published: January 2017

    It's never the right time
    To say goodbye.
    I will miss you, Dad,
    And here is why.

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    • Votes 1839
    • Rating 4.60
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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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  13. 11. 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.

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    • Stories 103
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    • Favorited 97
    • Votes 481
    • Rating 4.60
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    I 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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  14. 12. 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,

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    • Stories 6
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    • Favorited 78
    • Votes 348
    • Rating 4.58
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    I'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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  15. 13. For My Daddy


    • By Christina Caburnay
    • Published: January 2014

    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.

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    • Stories 41
    • Shares 4155
    • Favorited 113
    • Votes 714
    • Rating 4.57
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    I 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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  16. 14. I Hope I Make You Proud, Dad

    • By Jodie Ogle
    • Published: December 2013

    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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    • Stories 8
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    • Favorited 88
    • Votes 671
    • Rating 4.56
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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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  17. 15. My Dad


    • By Disarae G. Kuhn
    • Published: April 2006

    I know this man
    Who is dear to my heart.
    Suddenly one day
    It was torn all apart.

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    • Stories 70
    • Shares 7404
    • Favorited 134
    • Votes 972
    • Rating 4.56
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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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  18. 16. Moments Before

    • By Kelly Horn
    • Published: July 2006

    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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    • Stories 0
    • Shares 436
    • Favorited 2
    • Votes 61
    • Rating 4.56
  19. 17. Wish You Were Here


    Three months have passed.
    I'll never forget the day
    Someone rang to tell me
    That you'd gone away.

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    • Stories 171
    • Shares 4152
    • Favorited 57
    • Votes 1249
    • Rating 4.54
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    About 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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  20. 18. Forever And Always Your Baby

    • By Michelle N. Ballard
    • Published: February 2017

    The moment I heard the news that day,
    My heart sunk and my soul ached.
    It just felt so unreal to me.
    It couldn't be right; how could it be?

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    • Stories 0
    • Shares 307
    • Favorited 10
    • Votes 40
    • Rating 4.50
  21. 19. This Christmas

    • By Mary Denise Lyons
    • Published: December 19, 2022

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

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    • Stories 1
    • Shares 9
    • Favorited 1
    • Votes 6
    • Rating 4.50
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    Thanks for the reminder of what many people are experiencing during the holiday season.

  22. 20. 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 forgotten

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    • Stories 20
    • Shares 730
    • Favorited 49
    • Votes 91
    • Rating 4.50
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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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