Father’s Day is Sunday, June 19

The third Sunday in June is Father’s Day. This year the holiday falls on June 19. This gives me some time to find a picture of my father to accompany a post and a Father’s Day poem. I have written several poems on this subject, but this year I want to write a new poem. My father is no longer living; he died several years ago.

I have many memories of my father. All of these memories are from my childhood in Blackwell, Oklahoma. My parents divorced when I was a child, so the memories I have are scattered and sometimes faded. I still miss my father; I will always miss him because I did not get to say good-bye. Missing Dad has nothing to do with saying good-bye, but I think it would have brought closure.

I have several pictures of my father. I am not sure which I want to include with the Father’s Day post. This post I have to consider carefully because I want to include some of the memories, even though they are faded. Faded memories sounds like a good title for a poem.

Maybe I will write a Father’s Day poem about my grandfather. Grandpa Newland, my mother’s father, was a father figure to me. I miss Grandpa, as well; I did get to say good-bye to Grandpa before he died.