Suddendeath poetry Challenge: Ode to Dads!
By Jekca
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
Centralia, Missouri
June 18, 2016 6:59am CST
Welcome to this weekend’s Suddendeath poetry challenge, Ode to Dads! Anyways, rules are as follows, write a poem in any style using the five words that I give you. Write it in one sitting or in under an hour (only to quash your inner editor, rules are loose there). Add it here, OR link in a comment so we can enjoy each other’s poems. The words can be in any plurality or tense. Today’s words are papa, dad, father, parent, pop.
My entry is below: -------------------------------------------------------
Some had a father, and some had a dad,
Some had a papa who was just a young lad.
We all come from someone even if we don’t know who
Even if our other parent themselves never knew.
It’s a fact of life that one simply cannot escape,
It takes donations from two for a person to make.
That doesn’t make them parents, no for that you need more,
That’s who that loves you and during growing cares for,
The children they are tasked with both their own and others,
No matter who was the pops, or the mothers!
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25 responses
@sallypup (60954)
• Centralia, Washington
18 Jun 16
White Stetson on the kitchen table meant Dad
Papa the stuff of Italian TV movies
Soda not pop;
guitar twang and Hank Williams
fathered loosely by you
as you parented errant horses,
carving my nature even as you trimmed their hooves.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
19 Jun 16
oh I like this, like memories rolled out in free form!
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
20 Jun 16
@sallypup I dont either, sometimes I dont even know the subject minutes before I pick em!
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@sallypup (60954)
• Centralia, Washington
19 Jun 16
@Jessicalynnt I never know what will trot out when I run into your list of words.
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
18 Jun 16
very good - we are a product of both our parents and as you show, it is way beyond just their DNA that makes the bond
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
18 Jun 16
@Jessicalynnt you certainly succeeded
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
18 Jun 16
Thanks! I wanted to make that point and have a good rhyme going, well and rhythm
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@savak03 (6684)
• United States
19 Jun 16
It's easy to be a father.
That it don't take much is sad.
There is a much harder job.
And that is being a Dad.
No matter if you call him pop
or maybe even papa
The thing that matters most
is that he really loves ya.
Making children is the easy part
Being parents takes your heart.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
4 Jul 16
this was really good! sounds like it should be on a greeting card!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
18 Jun 16
Hum, can't get into this one...sorry.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
18 Jun 16
Lol, it's ok, not all lists are for everyone
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@Tampa_girl7 (50179)
• United States
18 Jun 16
I hope that your day is going well
I will skip this one. Nothing really pops in my head.
I will skip this one. Nothing really pops in my head.6 people like this
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
19 Jun 16
being fathers day weekend had to do a quick shoutout
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
20 Jun 16
@just4him not everyone was cut out to be a parent sadly
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@just4him (317040)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
19 Jun 16
@Jessicalynnt My dad was my father, but I wouldn't consider him my dad, not in the aspect that he did anything with us kids, or gave us a lot of praise, or made us feel special. No, he was my father. He did what he was supposed to for us and that was about the size of it.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
19 Jun 16
My father, I never knew.
No one to call Pop, Papa.
My only Parent was my Mother, who often took the role of Father.
Then one day, she met a man.
He was the one and only, whom I could call Dad.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
5 Jul 16
@Jessicalynnt thank you Jessa Lyn! Poetry scares me. To even get me to write something is like pulling teeth.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
6 Jul 16
@ElusiveButterfly no need for fear here, people better not be judging harshly or I will delete comments!
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
4 Jul 16
This told a very neat story, and was well done!
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
19 Jun 16
Happy Father's Day to all the dads, pops, fathers, daddies, reading this poem!
Great read!
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
18 Jun 16
That's fine too, there are no statue of limitations
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@Butchcass4 (5895)
• United States
19 Jun 16
Great job. I will refrain from trying to put a poem together as I'm just not good at it but I will suggest yours as it is really a great job!
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
4 Jul 16
We have all sorts, from good to bad and in between, I love them all
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@Drosophila (16571)
• Ireland
22 Jun 16
papa, dad, father, parent, pop.
Not everyone is cut out to be a parent.
It is more than just pop out a kid, that's apparent!
I do wish more people give it a thought...
Before they father a kid without any forethought!
Not every father can be called "papa" or "dad".
As parents, some of them are just simply too mad or too bad!
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
4 Jul 16
this was also lovely! And very true.
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
18 Jun 16
What a nice idea for fathers day.... I can't join in ... as I cant do poetry in any form...but I have enjoyed reading yours which I enjoyed very much and look forward to others who contribute....
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
19 Jun 16
oh there is no judging, there are a few on here who's poems really...arent. but it's all in good fun either way!
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
4 Jul 16
I missed SO many comments on this one somehow!
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@Inlemay (17713)
• South Africa
6 Jul 16
@Jessicalynnt its ok - it was at a time that you were offish
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@Chellezhere (5701)
• United States
26 Jun 16
Okay, It's a little late and incomplete, but...
Gram’s father’s name was Papa.
I called my grandpa Pop.
My parent was just Dad to me.
Each man was the cream of the crop.
Papa was a farm hand.
Pop was a laborer too.
My daddy was a journalist.
They were the greatest men that I knew.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
27 Jun 16
actually, that had a really good flow to it, I loved it! It was one made to be read outloud
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
20 Jun 16
An excellent poem @Jessicalynnt . Every line is perfect.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
21 Jun 16
I have to admit, I rather liked the flow on this one
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