Ok lets just start this review by stating that I am not a Wordsworth. I just find that I can write a good straightforward poem. I like a poem to rhyme. I know that this is not very intellectual, but it is just simply my taste. A simple poem can make somebody's day a little brighter. I find it more special to sit and write a personal verse for someone rather than just write thank you in their card.

on the 23 of November my darling and dear father passed away. my sister asked me to write a poem that she would read at the funeral. I found it quite therapeutic to write my feelings down on paper. I was determined that it was going to be quite a humorous poem as my dad was only 55 and loved a good laugh. It was an honour to write this poem and have it read out in his funeral as he was my best mate and I just wanted the whole congregation to know that he was so very special to us. I was so chuffed when people came up to me afterwards to say how touched they had been by the poem.

Our father
Our daddy our mate
Loving, supportive and
Down right great

A laugh a minute
A real true gent
Loved and admired
Wherever he went

You'd hold our hands
If we'd have a fall
But you could also
Scream and ball

If we came home late
There would be hell
You treat this house
Like an hotel

And when we got older
And boyfriends came by
Daddy you'd turn into the FBI

you'd grill them intently
and give them a stare
they'd be so afraid
they would quake in the chair

So today we will cry dad
But tears of pride
For all the memories
Well treasure inside
We wont say goodbye
Cause its not the end
Our fabulous daddy
Our wonderful friend.

Hope you liked the poem. As I said it is not Shakespeare but surely poetry is what each individual person interprets it to be. I loved my dad so very much and I just felt that this poem would show people how special he was to both me and my sister. x