SURVIVAL SKILLS FOR FATHERS

Here are some survival skills
I recommend---use them or not;
Work to keep your eyes wide open
---and your mouth, mostly shut.

Follow your heart where it leads you
Be true and faithful to those you love;
---Tell the whole truth no matter what
Spend time daily praying to God above.

Treasure your own fatherly sense of humor
Love God and Country with all your heart;
These aren't all a Dad's Survival Skills--
---But a great place for us to start!
2010 by Douglas Raymond Rose
Member Academy of American Poets

AMERICA ON PARADE

Babe Ruth---Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson----Willie Mays
----This is America on Parade.
George Washington---Betsy Ross
The Roosevelts and Kennedys
---This is America on Parade
Billy Graham---Martin Luther King
Bob Hope,Johnny Carson,Lucille Ball
------This is America on Parade.
Army--Navy--Air Force--Marines
Firemen---Policemen---Politicians
-----This is America on Parade.
Football---Baseball---Soccer
Hockey---Basketball--Volleyball
-----This is America on Parade.
Truck Drivers, Doctors and Nurses
Plumbers, Builders and Teachers too
This is our great America on Parade
God Bless the Red-White-and Blue.
2010 by Douglas Raymond Rose,
Member Academy of American Poets
Grand Prairie, Texas

SHRINE OF HOME

There's a sacred institution
The star of this important poem;
A place welcoming you with open arms
---It's called the Shrine of Home.

The Home is the first Family Altar
Where God could have fellowship sweet
Where personal prayers are offered
And with the Family, God can meet.

It's a place of warmth and welcome
Offering a special healing balm;
The model God himself instituted first
---It's called the Shrine of Home.
2010 by Douglas Raymond Rose
Grand Prairie, Texas
Member Academy of American Poets