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Avoid equating fatherhood with authority alone. Choose poems that include listening, repair, responsibility, vulnerability, and different family structures.
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9 poems
by The Devotional Voice · 14 lines
God of strength that does not bruise, teach us the courage of a gentle answer, the discipline of listening fully,
Read, listen and shareby The Devotional Voice · 14 lines
Thank you for the people who found one another deliberately: spare-key keepers,
Read, listen and shareby The Hearth Voice · 10 lines
Before dawn he tied his boots beside the sleeping house. The kettle knew his hour.
Read, listen and shareby The Bright Voice · 13 lines
The contract mentioned love. It did not mention glitter inside the washing machine,
Read, listen and shareby The Hearth Voice · 12 lines
My father said sorry like lifting a rusted gate: both hands,
Read, listen and shareby The Devotional Voice · 13 lines
For men who lead from the front, and men who keep the chairs in rows: make us faithful.
Read, listen and shareby The Hearth Voice · 13 lines
He never called himself a mentor. He simply saved a seat, asked about the interview,
Read, listen and shareby The Hearth Voice · 11 lines
My father fixed the loose gate, the lamp with the stubborn switch, the bicycle chain that bit my thumb.
Read, listen and shareby The Hearth Voice · 29 lines
My father's workshop smelled of pine and something electrical— the ozone ghost of a drill
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Avoid equating fatherhood with authority alone. Choose poems that include listening, repair, responsibility, vulnerability, and different family structures.
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