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BILLY and J.L.'S FATHER'S DAY CAFE
Have a
cuppa coffee and write a Father's Day Poem.
Cheer up DyingRose and YesYouCan
This contest is in memory of both of our dads as a tribute to OUR fathers and a celebration of honorable fathers. We have both lost our dads. Sara at a younger age and more recently than myself. Sara has lost her two best friends, Vicki and Megan, in auto accidents too.
1) Write a loving poem about your dad
2) Write a poem to cheer us up and ease our grief over the loss of our dads.
Sara's father was born April 9th 1932 and died August 13th 2002, at home. The hospice care nurse & Sara were there when he died & as a result she has post-tramatic stress disorder --- wonderful flashbacks that she gets on & near a coming holiday such as his birthday, anniversary & of course, good ol' father's day... Anyway, He enjoyed fishing, preaching, talking to people, singing creek & gospel songs, playing with his grandkids, and laughing at the funny things his loved ones did. He was very sociable & never met a stranger.
My dad LOVED coffee and both our dads LOVED fishing and horses.
My father too, like Billy and Will Rogers, never met a stranger. Dad loved Indian Paints and Dogwood Trees and Tulips. Dad played the clarinet and piano and loved the song a relative of ours wrote, "To a Wild Rose".
My father was born Christmas 1923 and passed Easter, April 19, 1992. Sara was only 16 when she lost her dad.
BILLY and J.L.'S FATHER'S DAY CAFE Have a
cuppa coffee and write a Father's Day Poem.Cheer up DyingRose and YesYouCan
This contest is in memory of both of our dads as a tribute to OUR fathers and a celebration of honorable fathers. We have both lost our dads. Sara at a younger age and more recently than myself. Sara has lost her two best friends, Vicki and Megan, in auto accidents too.
1) Write a loving poem about your dad
2) Write a poem to cheer us up and ease our grief over the loss of our dads.
Sara's father was born April 9th 1932 and died August 13th 2002, at home. The hospice care nurse & Sara were there when he died & as a result she has post-tramatic stress disorder --- wonderful flashbacks that she gets on & near a coming holiday such as his birthday, anniversary & of course, good ol' father's day... Anyway, He enjoyed fishing, preaching, talking to people, singing creek & gospel songs, playing with his grandkids, and laughing at the funny things his loved ones did. He was very sociable & never met a stranger.
My dad LOVED coffee and both our dads LOVED fishing and horses.
My father too, like Billy and Will Rogers, never met a stranger. Dad loved Indian Paints and Dogwood Trees and Tulips. Dad played the clarinet and piano and loved the song a relative of ours wrote, "To a Wild Rose".
My father was born Christmas 1923 and passed Easter, April 19, 1992. Sara was only 16 when she lost her dad.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on June 21, 2004
- Rewards: Gold: 300
- Final notes: This turned out to be a nice Father's Day Cafe for all of us to gather and talk about dads. Thank you for entering. I needed more than three gold trophy's so did a random drawing of my favorites so if you felt your poem should have gotten a gold trophy...you are right because I needed eight gold trophies yet only had one. Godspeed and best wishes 24/7 henceforth and forevermore.
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You help us every way you can
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Even though I am technically/medically four days away from making my GRAND entrance into your life daddy I can still wish you a HAPPY FATHERS DAY from inside mo• Commented on by judge.
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Dear Daddy
We've laughed together• Commented on by judge.
Gold trophy winner
Silver trophy winner
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Aw, I'm sure that DyingRose is smiling upon this page of yours Thanking god that she has a wonderful person in her life... YOU
You are a wonderful, caring person & I'ms ure you mean the world, no, the universe to her 
I am so glad that there are people like you on this earth, the world needs more people like you 
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There are some typo's in Sara's dad's info that she has made, if you could fix them for her, lol, perhaps maybe Sara needs some coffee
Umm Sounding good to me
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HERE YOU GO, I THINK PERHAPS SARA WAS SLEEP DEPRIVED & ITS TAKING ITS TOLL ON HER, HERE JUST COPY & PASTE THIS
Sara's father was born April 9th 1932 and died August 13th 2002, at home. The hospice care nurse & Sara were there when he died & as a result she has post-tramatic stress disorder --- wonderful flashbacks that she gets on & near a coming holiday such as his birthday, anniversary & of course, good ol' father's day... Anyways, He enjoyed fishing, preaching, talking to people, singing creek & gospel sogs, playing with his grandkids, and laughing at the stupid things his loved ones did. He was very sociable & never met a stranger.
ALSO WRITE MORE BOUT YOUR DAD, SARA MAY FEEL BAD IF SHE READS ALL OF THIS & IT YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT BOUT YOUR DAD, YOU ARE SO GENEROUS & HAVE SUCH A WONDERFUL HEART
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and "sogs" should be "songs" I know I must be confusing you & giving you so much work, you can delte have of taht paragraph if need be. I love the contest you have created here
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Yes, Sara's father liked coffee ya sogs, pretty lame huh She musy of not gotten any sleep last night & messin with her brain
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I'm seein' a perfect contest page
You're goin to put more bout ur beloved dad right?
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CHECK OUT THE PROMOTE BOX wonder who put that there?
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hey this was a well done story it made me raly reed it i hope you make moar like it all thew i raly dont like storys you made a good 1 well i got to go seee ya by
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Good luck!
This is a beautiful thing to do. I don't know if I can contribute a poem, but I wish you all the best anyway. We'll see. -
AW! THIS IS PERFECT! ME LIKES
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This is a very sweet little contest you're having. I will have to try to write something later and come back here. Great contest. Good luck.
~Miranda
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i just today wrote a poem for my dad so i can't enter this with it and i can't think of another one but this is a very good idea i'm sorry to hear about the loss of both of your father's and her friends it's terrible.but good luck in your contest's
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Can I write a speech in my memory of my father? He passed away last December actually it I been working on a speech. Can I enter that? It is a really thing.
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Sorry, I was slightly crying when I wrote that. I mean. He passed away last December a little before Christmas, and I been working on a Father's Day Speech to put on his grave.
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Sure you can write a speech about your dad.
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That's today and so your poem qualifies.
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You have no idea what seeing this contest has done to me. I am one of the five girls my father JIM had. My sister wrote a poem for your contest...Secret Sue.
All the memories we have of him came flooding back. It never gets easier..just seems like everyday we wake up the pain of reality smacks us hard in the face.
I am sorry for your loss...
Thank you so much for having this contest.
Chrissy
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First I would like to say how sorry I am for all the people that have lost their dads , and yes I know that when father's day rolls around...it seems abit harder . For I too have lost my dad , it was 12 years ago on the 17th of this month . The circumstances are probably a little different as in most cases , for my dad chose to end his life. I grappled with guilt for years and years , and finally now I know that there was absolutely nothing I could have done to prevent it. As a matter of fact , my dad was a very tortured soul and by preventing him from doing what he chose...I believe I might have sentenced him to death while he was alive . I might attempt to enter this contest if time allows , in the meantime all dad's will be in my thoughts ( they will be happy thoughts )
I wish you rainbows,
Reenie
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I would like to write something for this. My dad has been gone for 22 years. He passed when he was 49 years old....way too young. I am almost that old now, and I think of that so often. My mother was younger than I am when she was widowed with four children, how did she managed? How has she lived all these years for so long? I still miss him, I know your grief. I hope I can come up with something for your contest. Good luck judging the contest, I hope it doesn't you get what you want, and it doesn't make it more difficult. Cheryl
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Wow, that's so awful.
I will try to think of something good for this!
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Nice choices for a contest... I hope that you find what you are looking for. ~Melissa
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N HONOR OF BILLY WILLIAMS AND J. L. STEPHENSON AND ALL OTHER HONORABLE DADS.
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This great contest I think I will enter. Haley27
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I am so very sorry for your losses, but some of us never had dads at all. I know it is hard, but be thankful for what you had, it sounds like they were wonderful. Best of luck to you both, and I hope you are able to deal with your grief soon. I lost my grandfather 13yrs ago, and from time to time the pain still comes back and nudges me.
~whisper
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awwwwww... what a sweet idea for a contest. I could see a bunch of people writing poems about their fathers in Joe Muggs or somewheres... Interesting idea. To those who didn't get their fathers anything and still can, maybe the best thing to do is just print out the poem. I'm sure they'll appreciate it if you write it from the heart. That's all that matters. Best of luck to everyone in the contest. Happy holidays and especially to all those fathers out there!
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Sending prayers for healing comfort
Ouch! I think this is one of those days as you said "and from time to time the pain still comes back and nudges me". I am thankful for my dad and sorry, but truly understand, why you are projecting since sounds like you didn't have a dad. Yet did have a father figure it sounds like through your grandfather. I hope you will join us in dealing with your grief and write a poem about your father figure...your grandfather. Or...about how all of us should be thankful for having had a dad and not take dads for granted. This has been an interesting contest. Of course, I miss my dad since he passed yet Sara lost her dad 22 years before I lost my dad and two poets (who have poems entered here) lost dad two years before Sara and the other nine years before Sara. And sounds like by your comment you never had a dad. Then there are those like in the World Trade Center disaster September 11, 2001, who will never see their dad too. Life has twists and turns. The owner of Dominos Pizza grew up in an orphanage and the owner of Wendy's was adopted. It is often said that what doesn't destroy us makes us stronger and these two men (and you) are testimony to this. Our contest is a contest to celebrate fathers and the memory of fathers "and" father figures. I hope you will contribute poetically.
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this would be fun BUT there is nothing good about my dad he commited suicide when i was 6 and before that he was addicted to drugs and wasn't around NE ways but i do like the idea of the contest
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Thank-you very much for the gold! My father really appreciated the poem I wrote. This was even more special for me because I just started writing poetry a month ago, and prior to that had never wrote anything. Thanks again, and I hope all you fathers out ther had a great day yesturday! -Brett
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