Without and Within
Remembering what my father means to me.12 total reviews
Comment from meeshu
You have created a feeling of longing for the readers, especially the ones who have lost their fathers. like me. but a positive feel comes out in the end of this powerful poem. great job, LisaMay. I am sorry for your loss...................meeshu
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You have created a feeling of longing for the readers, especially the ones who have lost their fathers. like me. but a positive feel comes out in the end of this powerful poem. great job, LisaMay. I am sorry for your loss...................meeshu
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reply by the author on 12-Feb-2019
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I hope you had a good father, meeshu. Thank you for your kind thoughts
The sense of longing and loss stays with me... my father died 20 years ago. I still imagine i catch glimpses of him sitting on the bench in my back yard. He lived with me for the last 8 years of his life, as he declined with Alzheimer's.
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my father (Big E) passed 7 yrs. ago. he was simply Wonderful. his hat hangs on my banister next to his walking stick and his urn is on my bookcase next to my mother. thank you for asking, that is nice. We both miss our Dads a great deal, LisaMay, that's a fact.........meeshu
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Nice that your mum and dad are side by side. I love that you have your dad's hat on the banister by his walking stick. My dad's hat is on a hook by my front door and his stick is beside my bed.
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that is just right, reassuring for both of us, I think.
Comment from patcelaw
This is a good poem in free verse for the contest. When someone has had a wonderful father, they do miss them when they are gone. My father was a cruel man and I have never shed a tear for his passing. Patricia
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This is a good poem in free verse for the contest. When someone has had a wonderful father, they do miss them when they are gone. My father was a cruel man and I have never shed a tear for his passing. Patricia
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Comment Written 12-Feb-2019
reply by the author on 12-Feb-2019
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Thanks for reviewing my homage to Dad. I feel so sad for anyone who has not had a good parent. You are right not to mourn a cruel man, they are better absent from anyone's life.
My father was 45 when he and mum adopted me. He was so supportive of my interests throughout my life. Mum died when i was 15 and dad and i became even closer. I looked after him for the last 8 years of his life when he had Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease.
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You were blessed to have parents who adopted you, I myself gave up a child for adoption, because I was too young, had conceive in a rape and I knew that the best thing for him was an adoptive family. I was blessed to find him when he was 35 and he had a wonderful life and thanked me for giving him life.
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Oh that is so touching Pat, an awful situation for you. I am so pleased things turned out well for your son and he was nice to you. When I made contact with my birth mother she was awful to me and refused to have me in her life. It's better that way as she was a very psychologically damaging person.
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I am sorry she was not a person that would be grateful that you ad grown into such a loving person that I know you are from reading your work, it come through your words.
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Thank you for your kind words Patricia. My birth mother is a particularly self-absorbed selfish woman... she ran out on a husband and 3 daughters aged 5, 3 and 2, got pregnant with me to someone else then adopted me out. Obviously not a nurturing kind of woman. I must take after my unknown father.
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I was married to the man of my dreams at 20, we were married over 36 years, had three lovely daughters and my children are to me the greatest honor that I could ever have received from God, even the son is an honor form God, I believe that God blessed my life beyond measure because I chose life for my son when my family had tried to make me abort him, and my mother tried twice to take my life while I was carrying him, all because I would not have an abortion.
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You certainly have not been lucky with good parents, but you have become one yourself. You have good values.
