Dad’s Bad Poems: Beyond the Laughter, Between the Lines
Do his humorous verses carry a hidden meaning?
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6 min readAug 23, 2023
I am sure you know Dad jokes — the cringy, cheap, and in-your-face relatives of humorous prose. But what about Dad poems?
My father (and my grandfather) have some classics in their repertoire, appropriated from or at least inspired by old local wordsmiths. Their…
