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Father's Day is the day for sending cards and gifts to dads, husbands, grandfathers, and all the important "just like a Dad" men in your world.

This is the time to say thanks for all the support and love they give to the family throughout the year. The words to tell a dad how special he is can be hard to find. These collections of poems and quotes will help you find the inspiration for creative saying to include in your gifts and cards. If you still can't think of a better way to express just how wonderful he is, you can always borrow one of these...

We may not shower him with praise
Nor mention his name in song,
And sometimes it seems that we forget
The joy he spreads as he goes along,
But it doesn’t mean that we don’t know
The wonderful role that he has had.
And away down deep in every heart
There’s a place that is just for Dad.....

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Father's Net - Father's Day Poems - A limited collection of poems about Fathers with most credited to unknown authors, but there are some real gems listed here...

Father's Day Poems for Free - Take your pick of this cute, serious and heartfelt collection to include in custom greetings for fathers, grandfathers and stepdads.

Homespun Poems for Father's Day - Some nice poems for Father's Day and a very long list of "Dad sayings" that should bring a smile to your face as you remember your dad saying things like...Am I talking to a brick wall? - If I catch you doing that one more time, I'll... - Act your age. - Two wrongs do not make a right. - Wipe your feet! - Enough is enough!

Adoption Poetry - Adoption, as well as biology, creates fathers and the gift of love is just as strong whether it is passed through the genes or through days of care and nurturing. These poems are by adoptive parents, birth parents and people who have been adopted, and if you fit one of these categories you may find that these word express your own feelings...

Father's Day Poems & Songs - A mix of simple poetry and songs ideas perfect for young children to add to a card or to learn as a special surprise for dad as a treat on Father's Day.

Donna's Father's Day Poems - A nice selection of original poetry for and about fathers is available for you to use for your Father's Day cards, or to make a note for the breakfast tray when you serve dad his special Father's Day breakfast in bed! Stepfather's are included here too!

Marvel Creations Father's Day - Poems and stories that put the words together that you want to say. One very nice poem " It Takes More Than Blood" is great for those stepdads who were not there for the beginning, but became dads through giving their love. There are also a few extras like recipes and gift ideas...

The Board of Wisdom's Best Father's Day Quotes - Not just the usual range of quotes at this site. There are pages of quotes from the famous and the not-so-famous, short poems for dads and lots of inspiration for you...

Quotes for Father's Day - A different approach to indexing quotes, this site lists the Father's Day quotes with links to search for similar quotations or others by the same author. Interesting idea. There are also pages and pages of good short quotes to choose from...

A favorite quote is from a letter of condolence that was written by Abraham Lincoln to a young woman, Fanny McCullough, daughter of Lincoln’s long-time friend, Lieutenant Colonel William McCullough who died during the Civil War...

"It is with deep grief that I learn of the death of your kind and brave Father; and, especially, that it is affecting your young heart beyond what is common in such cases. In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and, to the young, it comes with bitterest agony, because it takes them unawares. The older have learned to ever expect it. I am anxious to afford some alleviation of your present distress. Perfect relief is not possible, except with time. You can not now realize that you will ever feel better. Is not this so? And yet it is a mistake. You are sure to be happy again. To know this, which is certainly true, will make you some less miserable now. I have had experience enough to know what I say; and you need only to believe it, to feel better at once. The memory of your dear Father, instead of an agony, will yet be a sad sweet feeling in your heart, of a purer and holier sort than you have known before."

Also see feature story -> Top 50 Quotes for Father's Day