(This poem was inspired by a conversation I had with a concerned father today.)
My daughter's going to college this year in September,
tomorrow we'll look up on the best college that deserves her
I am feeling so tensed and nervous
my little girl's all grown up and gorgeous
Seventeen she is so innocent and young
seems like yesterday she was just born
I held her in my arms wondering about her future
and now to college she's just about to enter
As her father of course I'm very concerned
to send her to a college with a very good reputation
the principle I'll ask so many questions that need answers
like whether the surroundings there are PROPER
and if the cafeteria will provide nutritious food for her
I hope the students there are very well behaved
so that my daughter settles in well and is never swayed
challenges so many she will have to face
but I know that she'll NEVER fall from grace
I've raised her well enough to trust her own instincts
and to go through life and brave its hardships
yes it's time for letting her go
and not to worry and take it slow
I've been told by a friend to go with the flow
Her future's bright with blazing glory
she'll study hard and pursue her degrees
she's very intelligent just like her dad...that's me!
I'm her father, a happy man am I... definitely
So go to college my daughter dear and make me proud
for you know I'll stand by you... there is never any doubt
it is your time to stand on the educational stage
for going to college dear is your coming of age.
-SHF-
15 comments:
What a touching poem. It is as though the father is reciting it in person.
YOu are a genius Neneps. In you there is a parental side.
Anne Markefka (Regensberg,GERMANY)
Wonderful. A very different side of you Neneps. This is on love too but a father's love for his daughter.
He is a good father. He's even concerned about his daughter's college's cafeteria? How thorough he is? He's really concerned for his daughter.
Alex Dorairaj (Ipoh,Perak,MALAYSIA)
I can understand what the father in this poem is going through. Believe me I have been through it 3 times. I have 3 daughters whom I raised alone. Every time it was time for each one of them to go to college, I was worried and tensed.
I had sleepless nights. A word of advice. Just trust your child and guide her. Be there for her. Advise her and don't be too strict on her. She'll do fine. Don't worry. Go with the flow.
Gerald Cherian (Kerala,INDIA)
Neneps! What a different poem you have written? Very different from your other poems.
You can actually write this poem based on a conversation you had with the father? Is this really true or is the daughter in this poem your own daughter? I think that she's your own daughter because you wrote in such detail.:)
Thelma Suhari (Bali,INDONESIA)
Oh Neneps? Is this your own daughter? I think that you don't want to reveal your true self and so you created a father in your poem.
So you must be a more mature lady then? I thought that you were at least in your late twenties or perhaps early thirties.
Anyway, a heart-warming peom.
Ramesh Varma (Chennai,INDIA)
Neneps! Are you actually a man and is this your daughter you're talking about? Just curious to know.
A very nice poem. You portrayed the father very well. They always praise mothers more than fathers. You have changed that.
Thanks Neneps.
Ronald Rozario (Manila,PHILIPINES)
I didn't know Neneps that you could write family stuff apart from your beautiful love poems.
You are versatile and that's a good thing.
Enjoyed reading this peom. I am also a father and my son is just 10 years old. I'd be like the father character in this poem in another 6 to 7 years time. I had better prepare myself.
CONCERNED DAD
The father is fussy about the college that he wants to enroll his daughter in. He has so many questions to ask the principle?
Well, there's no perfect college, I can definitely tell you that but I hope that he finds one that satisfies his requirements. Good luck dad.
Gene Daughtry (Anaheim,California,USA)
Hei Neneps. Cute poem. If there's a father's day award, this father in the poem deserves it. It's obvious that he wants his daughter to have the best and I am sure that college fees are very expensive and he'll slog hard so that his child will have a bright future.
By the way, are you talking about your husband and daughter here? ;)
COLLEGE PROFFESSOR
Well written poem. Straight from a father's heart. Quite touching too. Good work.
Hello to Neneps.
Jose Eduardo Silva (Lisbon,PORTUGAL)
Kudos to you Neneps for writing this poem. Enjoyed reading and re-reading it.
TABLOID TORRENT
At last a father speaks out! Us dads love our kids too.
Motherhood is so overrated compared to fatherhood. This man is even concerned about the cafeteria of the college his daughter will be going to. How many of us are like that?
I like the way you wrote about the time when he held his baby in his arms and before you know it, she's going to college. So touching. I've gone through it. I know exactly how he feels.
I say to the father that no matter what sacrifices you make now for your daughter, in time it will ALL be worth it. Just you wait and see.
Good luck Mr Father!!
Kemal Kahraman
(Istanbul,TURKEY)
Nice father the man is. A responsible father too. Hope his daughter does him proud. :)
Turhak Galori
Beautiful,beautiful poem. Your choice of words are very well executed. You've managed to amplify the father's quandary very well. I like his advice to his daughter about 'standing on the educational stage'...and his 'daughter's coming of age..'. Very good simile.
I applaude you for this poem Neneps. Take a bow please.
GRADUATE POET (University of Rhode Island,Kingston,RHODE ISLAND,USA)
A very good father. The kind of dad tht all of us would want. I come from a broken family and my dad is in jail. I am working part-time and paying for my college fees all on my own.
The father in this poem is my ideal dad. His daughter is very lucky and I hope that she appreciate all that he will do for her education.
UNLUCKY DAUGHTER
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