These poems about fathers and fatherhood are appropriate for young readers.
“Afternoons” by Jorge H. Aigla
Those afternoons, the Saturdays of my tender childhood …
“My Father. A Tree.” by Tina Chang
Today, longing for my father, ...
“La suavecita” by Lupe Mendez
We dress my daughter in amarillo, not butter ...
“In the High Country” by David St. John
Some days I am happy to be no one ...
“My Father's Kites” by Allison Joseph
were crude assemblages of paper sacks and twine,...
“my father moved through dooms of love” by E. E. Cummings
my father moved through dooms of love …
From “Pieces of Kate” by Eamon Grennan
Her Junior High School graduation …
“A Boy and His Dad” by Edgar Guest
A boy and his dad on a fishing-trip …
“Only a Dad” by Edgar Guest
Only a dad with a tired face …
“Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden
Sundays too my father got up early …
“All the Thoughts at a Football Game” by Juan Felipe Herrera
There are baby thoughts …
“My Father’s Hats” by Mark Irwin
Sunday mornings I would reach …
“The Gift” by Li-Young Lee
To pull the metal splinter from my palm …
“Blood” by Naomi Shihab Nye
“A true Arab knows how to catch a fly in his hands” …
“Father’s Song” by Gregory Orr
Yesterday, against admonishment …
“Whose Mouth Do I Speak With” by Suzanne Rancourt
I can remember my father bringing home spruce gum …
“My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke
The whiskey on your breath …
“Soave Sia Il Vento” by Adrian Matejka
In the wobbly pirouette between song ...
“Working Late” by Louis Simpson
A light is on in my father’s study …
“Sara in Her Father’s Arms” by George Oppen
Cell by cell the baby made herself, the cells ...
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