This poem is for you, dearest dad
Today is father's day but you are not here
You have left us to go to another world
But you

I see you

in my children's laughter

I smell you

in a passing tendril of cigar smoke

I hear you

in the blast of a Sousa march

Memories

A memory has come along
Tugging at my heart,
A Father's Day from long ago
On a beach in California.

Dad was sick

Father's Day Prayer

(Ode to an elderly dad)

O Lord, we thank You for our dads

On this their special day.

May we remember

Daddy do you remember
The day that I was born
You took me in your arms forever
With a smile upon your face
Creating a special