Poems About Fatherhood by Top Critiquers
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Poems about fatherhood by top critiquers. Poems written by members who have given lots of feedback to other poets this month.
I Carry Their Shadows
#love
#sex
#daughter #fatherhood
#daughter #fatherhood
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he was too quiet
and prone
to tears
and his
daddy
knew what
hard truth
waited
and did
what he could
to toughen
the boy up
and
it wasn't mean
like his mama
said
but a heartfelt
kindness
as he was
only watching
out for the boy
because
a boy
has got to
shake things
off
and make things
work
and hold his own
and keep
whatever is
meek and
mild
and tender
tucked in tight
lest the world
see it
as...
and prone
to tears
and his
daddy
knew what
hard truth
waited
and did
what he could
to toughen
the boy up
and
it wasn't mean
like his mama
said
but a heartfelt
kindness
as he was
only watching
out for the boy
because
a boy
has got to
shake things
off
and make things
work
and hold his own
and keep
whatever is
meek and
mild
and tender
tucked in tight
lest the world
see it
as...
#masculinity
#fatherhood
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love songs of innocenceno. 4
soft reflections on paternal love
“Fathering is not something perfect men do,
but something that perfects the man.”―Frank Pittman
i loved my father with a special love,
as if a soldier, burnishing his boots,
were looking at a glowing from above
that penetrated life back to its roots.
he was not giv'n to suave romantic airs,
nor withering, soft-spoke words that had no spine;
tough love, whose bristles melted into cares,
poured forth as embers from his cutting wine.
his discipline was handsome as a sword, ...
“Fathering is not something perfect men do,
but something that perfects the man.”―Frank Pittman
i loved my father with a special love,
as if a soldier, burnishing his boots,
were looking at a glowing from above
that penetrated life back to its roots.
he was not giv'n to suave romantic airs,
nor withering, soft-spoke words that had no spine;
tough love, whose bristles melted into cares,
poured forth as embers from his cutting wine.
his discipline was handsome as a sword, ...
#strength
#father
#relationships
#family
#fatherhood
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