Funny Poems for Kids – My Dad’s Poems will make you and your family smile!
Website design By BotEap.comMy dad is 71 years old and retired. He was a fitter and turner by trade and preached in his spare time. He has been happily married for 39 years this year and has been my hero all my life. Nobody builds things like him either. If my dad made a shelf, you could swing it and he wouldn’t break. He is also an inventor and is always working to make life easier.
Website design By BotEap.comHis first invention was a cake pan that he made more than 30 years ago. He was in the process of patenting it when he stole the idea and made money off my dad’s concept. It is a sad story, but what can be done.
Website design By BotEap.comBack to the reason I wrote this article. My dad, tough as he is, has a real sense of life and his mishaps. I’m sure he could have been a comedian if he wanted to because he notices the little things that most people miss. My dad wrote a poem to his mom when she was with us and she was like this
Website design By BotEap.comToday Lord I am eighty
Website design By BotEap.comLord, today I am eighty years old and although I am almost finished
Website design By BotEap.comI would like to do the comrades before eighty-one
Website design By BotEap.comOf course I’d need a little start that old ladies always do
Website design By BotEap.comWho cares if I’m done when I’m eighty-two
Website design By BotEap.comAlso Lord, there’s this longing deep inside of me
Website design By BotEap.comBungee jump off a bridge when I’m eighty-three
Website design By BotEap.comAfter this Lord, there is this little task
Website design By BotEap.comI’d like to repaint my ceiling when I’m eighty-four
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Website design By BotEap.comI want to do limbo when I’m eighty-five
Website design By BotEap.comAfter this Lord when I’m eighty-six
Website design By BotEap.comI want to train seriously to be able to do the splits.
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Website design By BotEap.comI want to do aerobics in a class of teenagers.
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Website design By BotEap.comI’d like to do some hang gliding when I’m eighty eight.
Website design By BotEap.comShould you Lord still forgive me, and if I feel alright?
Website design By BotEap.comI want to join the paratroopers when I’m eighty-nine
Website design By BotEap.comAnd if Lord I do, dear Lord I ask you
Website design By BotEap.comI’d like to dance all night when I’m ninety-one
Website design By BotEap.comBy Gerald Reinke
Website design By BotEap.comMy mom saw a competition in the newspaper and my dad entered without him knowing. We were not surprised that he won first prize. Although my dad was surprised. The poem was included in a poetry anthology and published with other poets.
Website design By BotEap.comI guess I just want to show how proud I am of my dad. So, if you like his poems, comment in the comments section of my blog. It would really make your day.