Loss of Father Poems - Page 2

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  1. 21. 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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  3. 22. To My Daddy, On Your Birthday

    • By Danniele Berkley
    • Published by Family Friend Poems March 2012 with permission of the Author.

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

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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.

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  5. 23. Wish You Were Here


    • By Diana Doyle
    • Published by Family Friend Poems May 2008 with permission of the Author.

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

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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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  6. 24. My Dad

    • By Lisa34
    • Published by Family Friend Poems June 2018 with permission of the Author.

    We miss your face; you were taken too soon.
    Your beaming smile that lit up the room,
    Them cheeky dimples and twinkle in your eye.
    We keep asking ourselves why, oh why.

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    I woke up early many, many times. I just couldn't sleep. I was sitting in my room looking at my dad's picture, wondering why he couldn't be a part of my future. Uncontrolled tears stream down...

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  7. 25. Father

    • By Jodi M. Kucera
    • Published by Family Friend Poems April 2019 with permission of the Author.

    Forever in my heart,
    Always on my mind.
    Together again we will be, all in God's time.
    Heaven gained another angel the day you left.

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    I am so sorry for your loss. I was searching for words to add to my father's tribute. My sister sent me this poem. I would like to use it with your permission.

  8. 26. The Greatest Man

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

    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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    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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  9. 27. 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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  10. 28. 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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  11. 29. 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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  12. 30. 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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  13. 31. 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.

  14. 32. Requiem

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    Under the wide and starry sky,
    Dig the grave and let me lie.
    Glad did I live and gladly die,
    And I laid me down with a will.

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  15. 33. Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

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    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.

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    I 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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  16. 34. 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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  17. 35. Let Go Dad, Give In

    • By Denise N. Thorndale
    • Published by Family Friend Poems January 2018 with permission of the Author.

    My darling Dad, you suffered
    More than we could bear to see.
    "Please let go, Dad; give in.
    Your soul then can be free."

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    Hi Denise,
    My father passed November 25, 2017 at 10:28pm. This is exactly the same experience that I had, and he always called me his Baby Girl. Everything you said in here was like a...

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  18. 36. 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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  19. 37. 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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  20. 38. 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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  21. 39. 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!

  22. 40. I Called You Dad

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

    It was a month ago on a warm spring day,
    When you said "Goodbye Sugar" then slowly slipped away.
    A giant of a man to which no one could compare,
    Handsome and tall with silver gray hair.

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    It will be 10 years next month that I lost my Dad. I was the middle of the three girls he had. I wasn't his oldest and I wasn't his baby, but he counted on me when I grew up. He knew he could...

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