Father Poems
Verses for what he showed instead of said.
These poems notice fathers who taught through example rather than instruction - fairness modeled instead of preached, mornings begun before anyone else was awake. For a direct tribute, see Quotes.
My father's hands were large and sure,
built for the work that work required,
the kind of hands that held a hammer
and then held me when the day retired.
The same hands that turned the wrench in cold
were...
He never gave a speech about his values,
never sat us down to make it clear—
he simply lived them in the daily,
showed us what he meant by being here.
Quiet strength is the most powerful kind,
the kind...
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He was gone before I woke on schooldays—
the kitchen still held the warmth of his coffee,
the door softly closed against the morning cold,
the world unready and him already in it.
Before dawn, before the house had opened,...
We fished beside each other without talking—
the water spoke enough for both of us,
the line and the waiting and the patience
the whole curriculum of the fuss-less.
He didn't need to fill the silence teaching,
the teaching happened...
Mother Poems
I saw him cry exactly once—
the day they carried his father out,
and in that single unguarded moment
I understood what he was all about.
He was made of the same material as grief,
as love, as missing, as...
He didn't lecture. He demonstrated.
He didn't advise. He showed up and did.
Every principle he wanted planted
was first lived before it was said.
He taught fairness by being fair himself,
taught generosity by giving what he had,
taught...
His chair still sits in the same corner
where he sat for decades without change,
the upholstery shaped by his particular sitting,
the angle of it set within his range.
No one sits in it. We leave it open.
Not...
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