Poetry: Father - by Joseph C. Alkire

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by Joseph C. Alkire

Created on: July 08, 2009

Dad, I wish you enough love. Love from my heart so you know I am always close and never far away. Enough caring so you do not feel cramped or confined, but free enough to know my feelngs for you. Enough respect so you know you are honored and held in high esteem no matter where I am or who I am with. Enough heart to know our bloodlines are melded together by the same spirit.

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by Michael Bettencourt

Chisels

Summer: the sizzling hiss of boiled air
like a handsaw in new-kilned pine.
The heat siphons off my pen;
my hand leaves
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by Michanne Reese

DAD
I think because I'm a girl,
people naturally compare me to Mom.
How they fail to see I'm identical to you;
is a mystery
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by Doreen Angell

Heavenly Wishes

All of my life, whether present or apart,
Father was held dear in my heart.
I think of all the things you had
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by Terri Lynn Court

With weathered hands
and nails bitten to the quick
you still manage
to button up your shirt
and lace up your shoes
with only
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by Moeze Lalji

Father
You are the best

In the honesty
Of the best

You have spoken
Of life

To do the best

But never to
Push

To topple yourself

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