After we shower our moms with flowers, love, and gifts on , Father's Day can get put on the backburner when it arrives the next month. Show Dad some extra appreciation this year with these Father's Day poems.

If you're looking for a message but can't quite get the words right, let a poet do the heavy lifting. Whether you need a or you're looking for the perfect wishes to tell him in person, these poems are a meaningful route to take. If you're feeling sentimental or you're in the mood for a laugh, there's a poem for you, and if you're mourning the loss of a father this year, you can find solace in a beautiful poem in loving memory of your dad.

This year, show Dad you love him, say thank you, or simply dazzle him with a few favorites.

Fathers Are Wonderful People
By Helen Steiner Rice

Fathers are wonderful people
too little understood,
And we do not sing their praises

as often as we should…

For somehow Father seems to be
the man who pays the bills,

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