My Precious Little Gift
By SM
I’m grateful for my daughter
Just as much as a farmer is for rain in Texas
I love her more than bees love honey
I love her because when I look at her
I see an innocent little girl
That I can show more things than my peoples showed me
I am grateful for my daughter
Because when I watched her mother give birth to her
I realized that life was as precious as a VVS diamond
Or a AP Rolex
I need her more than I need oxygen in my lungs
I love her so much that if there was a scale
I would break the scale
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This is such a powerful message, as a daughter I am touched that you can articulate the love you have for your daughter in such a powerful message. This is a wonderful poem and touches the hearts of many.
I loved reading this poem because I can feel the unconditional love that you have for your daughter. I’m pretty sure she feels it too.
SM, I think your poem is so precious! It is so amazing to hear about a parent’s love for their child because there is nothing greater. I love your poem. Keep on writing!
I love this poem, and especially the last lines, which I think any parent can identify with: that overwhelming, selfless love for one’s child: so great that it cannot be measured. (It “would break the scale.”) It reminded me of Shakespeare’s Sonnet #116, which I know by heart, and especially the lines:
“[Love] is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is a star to every wandering bark
Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken.”
These lines say that real love (like the love for a daughter you write about in this poem) is something immeasurably huge that can be absolutely relied on. It’s like the stars. When sailors in the 1600s were lost at sea (a “wandering bark” means a lost boat), they used sextants to figure out their position from the angle of the stars, because the stars were absolutely reliable and unchanging. But even though they could measure the stars’ “height,” they could never know their “worth” — their strength or volume. They couldn’t measure that, because it’s too huge—just as the parent’s love in this poem is so great that it can’t be measured without breaking the scale.
I hope you daughter will be able to read this poem some day. She will treasure it.
I really like this poem! You portray the way you feel about you daughter very well. I sense that constant and undying love for you child.
SM,
I love this poem! You do a great job describing your love for your daughter—and you give such a wide variety of examples too, which creates such a fun imagery. One of my favorite group of lines are: “I love her because when I look at her/ I see an innocent little girl/ That I can show more things than my peoples showed me…” I think that really does show your love of your daughter; you want to pass on your knowledge that was both gained from your childhood and adulthood. This is such a wonderful poem!
-Cameron
Dear SM,
This poem is so powerful and beautiful. Your love for your daughter is crystal clear, your passion transcends the page. I love that you want to give your daughter more than you had, and that you love her more than your own oxygen you breathe. Your daughter must feel so lucky and proud to have you as her parent. I hope that you and your daughter get to spend your lives loving and supporting each other, this sounds like a love that can overcome any hardship.
Sincerely,
Joyce
You love is so apparent and powerful. I love the comparisons to nature with the rain and honey, they bring personality.
I really liked the comparisons you used here for your daughter! They help to make the point even more clear, and I thought this poem was really well written!
SM,
Loved this poem! I enjoyed the story and could really feel how much you love your daughter. The bond between a man and his daughter is so important and strong and your poem really captures that raw emotion. I also loved the comparison to the rain in Texas, a great way to help the readers understand the feelings that they may not be able to personally relate to. Great work!
Dear SM,
Thank you for sharing this poem– I really liked the image of being grateful for your daughter as a farmer is for rain in Texas. That was such a clever and vivid image to use, and the rest of the poem was no less powerful. You’ve clearly articulated a boundless love for your daughter in such a beautiful way. I hope you continue to write and share.
Best,
Joseph
Beautiful! A parent will go through the toughest storm to let their child have a great future.
SM, this is a very special poem. It shows the unbreakable bond you have with your daughter. Thank you for sharing.
This poem was so beautiful and it made me very emotional. The love that you have for your daughter is so immense and clear through your words and I am so glad that she has someone like you to love her. This was amazing.
SM,
This was so sweet and endearing! It reminds me of the song “you are my sunshine,” but better. The love you express for your daughter speaks volumes in here and the repetition of the usage of similes and metaphors to convey your love for her is shown so descriptively and eloquently. My favorite line is “I need her more than I need oxygen in my lungs.” This use of symbolism reiterates the theme that you can’t live without her. Well done.
SM,
Thank you for sharing this with us! Children can be such a blessing. They teach us what selfless love is and challenge us to be our best selves. Keep writing!
KC
Hey SM! This poem makes me think about my relationship with my dad a lot. Being the only daughter in the family, I feel that your words are similar to how my father sees me and it is heartwarming. I also love all the metaphors you use to show your love and appreciation for your daughter because it helps your audience truly understand the major importance of your love for your child. Good work!
SM,
I really enjoyed reading this poem. The love you show for your daughter through your writing is so admiring and contagious. I especially love the first two lines, and I also really liked the line “I need her more than I need oxygen in my lungs.” This line in particular really shows how much you care for her and need her in your life. You are a very beautiful writer and I hope I can read more of your poems!
I love how you compared your love for your daughter is greater than other things such as bees loving honey. You use this to beautifully show how much you really love her and that is wonderful.
Hello SM, I can feel your emotion breaking through your words. You portray the love you feel for your little girl, but also the strong responsibility you feel for her, to teach her about the world in ways you were not taught. If you can be as honest and open with your daughter throughout her life as you were in this poem, I know you will succeed in being a great father.
Hi SM,
This was such a beautiful poem! Describing your love as being stronger than material things, such as a VVS diamond or an AP Rolex, shows that you can’t put a price on true, unconditional love! Your daughter is so lucky to have you in her life! Keep up the great work!
The power of your love is shown so well here. You will do anything for your daughter and I love the stylistic choices you made to portray that. I admired the line “I love her so much that if there was a scale
I would break the scale.” I love the aspirations you have made for her childhood based on your own.
SM,
This poem was beautiful! We can really sense the love and admiration you have for your daughter. I hope that she will read this one day and that it will be a continued reminder of how much she is loved by you! Thank you for sharing this wonderful poem with us!
Best,
Samantha
SM – This poem made me feel so happy! I hope your daughter is able to read it and know how loved she is. It is beautiful how you wish to share your love for your daughter with all who wish to hear about it, and she is so lucky to have that kind of love from you! Be well, and continue to spread compassion!
I enjoyed reading this poem as I am a daughter to my parents! I love how much you expressed your love for your daughter because it showed how amazing of a parent you are! It really feels amazing when you and your partner have created a life into this world. Thank you for sharing this with us! Keep writing!
I love the comparisons you had between the love for your daughter and the imagery/comparisons made. I think this is beautifully written, and is relatable on a familial sense (not just a mother to daughter but aunt to niece or older sibling to younger sibling). I think you were able to perfectly bring your words to life and express such a beautiful way of loving another.
Dear SM,
Thank you for sharing this poem. The love you have for your daughter warms my heart, and I hope she can see this poem and reflect on how much you both mean to each other. I hope you keep writing, and I hope you and your daughter are doing well.
Best wishes,
– Joe
SM,
This is absolutely beautiful! I love your final line about breaking the scale, that’s how every parent should feel about their child, your daughter is definitely lucky to have a father like you who loves her so much!
Wow! I love your descriptiveness and how powerful your poems. I could feel your emotion in every line, and although I am not a parent, I still felt close to the feelings you felt. It was very impactful when you explained needing her more than oxygen and when you stated you would break the scale if there was one. This poem was really interesting and empowering! I love it! Thank you for sharing and creating a beautiful piece!
SM,
This poem was beautiful. I don’t think there is any love quite like the love one has for their children. I can really feel the love, and I bet your daughter can too. The last line was the most powerful for me, “I would break the scale.” I got the chills when I read it SM. Thank you so much for sharing this.
SM,
A beautiful tribute to your daughter! She is so lucky to have so much love in her life. I loved reading your change in understanding the value of things in life – precious. I also want to say I loved this:
“I love her more than bees love honey
I love her because when I look at her
I see an innocent little girl
That I can show more things than my peoples showed me”. this stanza revealed a bit about you, and a lot of how much you love her, in the sweetest way.
Hey SM, I absolutely love this poem! It is so meaningful and I just know your daughter would love it! I can tell how strong your love is through reading this poem and that is so special. I love how you compared your love to other things so we can clearly see how intense that love truly is. Thank you so much for sharing this!
Hi SM!
I really loved your poem! I think it is beautiful how much you love your daughter. Although I do not have a child I can see this type of love in many parents. I wish you and your daughter well! Keep writing!
Hi SM, My name is Emily and I am a student at a university in Detroit. One of the classes that I am taking requires us to engage in service and community and that is how I came across this website. I think that the love for you daughter really shines through in this poem. It is a beautiful piece about the connection you have with your daughter and I can tell that you are a great father. The last line of this poem is incredible. If there was a scale your love would break it. That is truly breathtaking. I can tell that you loved your daughter from the very first time you met her and it has only grown from there. I hope someday I can find someone like you that will love my children as much as I do. The image you paint your daughter in is beautiful and she is lucky to have you. She is why you’re living and that is great to have someone like that. I wish you and your daughter the best and hope to read more from you soon.
Hello there! This poem was so touching to read. It is clear that you love your daughter very much. Thank you for writing such a beautiful piece!
SM,
This poem was beautiful! I loved your imagery and you really showed us the love you have for her! Your love for her is so deep that it supersedes love for material things, it is immeasurable! This images are so powerful and I hope that one day your daughter can express her love for you in the same way!
Thank you for sharing!
SM,
My name is Maria Griffin, and I am a second-year student at Wayne State University in Detroit. This semester, I am taking a class whose goal is to engage with the community, beyond the university and corporations.
Your poem, “My Precious Little Gift,” is beautiful. The relationship a father has with his daughter is her most important one. Your poem captures, fatherhood and love exquisitely. The gratefulness and love you have for your daughter is inspiring. I think the use of comparisons to describe this gratefulness and love for her is a very good way to give the reader at least an idea of the unconditional feelings you have toward her. My favorite part is “I love her more than I need oxygen in my lungs,” because it means you love her more than life and really sticks with the reader of the poem. Great job, SM! Keep loving your daughter this way because it raises a strong woman. I can speak from experience.
SM,
Your poem spoke to me, being that I am a daughter. The love for your daughter is immense and it is clear that you would do anything for her. The line “That I can show more things than my peoples showed me” was very impactful because it showed me that you learned from your parents/grandparents mistakes and wanted a different life for your daughter. I admire your heart and want to be half the parent you are in the future. Thank you for this piece.
CA
Hi SM, my name is Emily and I attend school in Detroit. My English class has a service and community component to it and that is how I came across this website. Thank you for sharing about your daughter. I can tell the real love you have for her. She is what keeps you going and that is beautiful to read about. You truly have an amazing way with words on how you feel about your daughter. I can see that you guys have a strong bond and that you have had a real relationship from the beginning. It is wonderful to see your support and love started with her from the moment her mom had given birth. I hope to find someone some day that loves my children as much as you love your daughter. I wish you guys the best and hopes that she can see the love you have for her because it is amazing.
Hi SM! Thank you for sharing your words and the love for your daughter with us. As the reader, I can really feel the emotions you are conveying and you’ve written this poem beautifully. You are very good at putting your emotions into words which makes your writing very strong, and I hope you keep writing.
I loved your poem. It was so heart felt. I love how much you made your daughter into a poem. Keep writing !
Dear SM,
I love this poem! You craft your words so beautifully, and your love for your daughter shines through so brightly here. Thank you for sharing this.
Wow. The passion and love that you expressed is so real and amazing. I loved how you used metaphors to compare things that need each other to your love for you daughter. I could really feel it, and your daughter is so lucky to be loved so well. Thank you for sharing with us.
Dear SM,
I really enjoyed your poem and thought that the similes and metaphors you used were very inspiring. I have a very close relationship with my father and this made your poem all the more enjoyable to read! When you said “Because when I watched her mother give birth to her I realized that life was as precious as a VVS diamond” That line really spoke to me because I could understand the love you have for your daughter. I know from experience that the love a dad and daughter have is very special and it is great to see you’re able to express it in this poem.
Dear SM,
You express your love for your daughter so beautifully. This poem is such a great example of how powerful a father’s love for his daughter is. Your emotion conveys your commitment to fatherhood. This poem is a great example of how to show strong emotions. Thanks for sharing, and keep writing!
Sincerely,
SS
SM –
Love this poem. I especially love the imagery around rain and honey – both phenomena of the natural world – rain for our survival, and honey for the sweetness that makes life something worth surviving for. Having a child is both for our survival (as a species) and for our pure joy (as individuals). Don’t know if that was your intention, but that’s how I read and enjoyed it. Well done!
SM,
this is a very sweet tribute to your daughter. Your analogies between farmers and rain, bees and honey, and the diamonds are written well. The poem is written very well and truly shows how much you care for your daughter.
Hello SM, your poem is truly amazing. I’ve never seen such bold, potent love shared between two people. The love that you express for your daughter throughout this pome clenches my heart with joy. the comparisons you use like how you said “ you needed her more then you needed oxygen in your lungs”. That was just powerful. And opens my eyes to what it may be like to have a child, I always heard it was an amazing experience. And that you didn’t know what you were missing out on until you had one. That you never know how much you could love something, or how someone so tiny could mean the world to you. Hearing all this happiness, and love come from something you create seems like an experience I’m so excited to have. You sound like a good parent, and your daughter is so lucky to have someone love her like you do. Thank you so much for sharing this.
I wish you the best!- Aaliyah
This poem is beautiful. Family is so important and I feel as though this poem truly shows the love you have for your daughter. The comparisons you use really ties the poem all together and creates imagery and emphasizes on how much your daughter means to you which I think is quite amazing. Thank you for sharing your poem and keep up the great work!
This is such a sweet message for your daughter. Your phrasing is so interesting, I love the comparison of your love to a farmer’s rain, a bee’s honey, or an expensive watch. I can feel the passion you have for her through your words. I’m sure she will love this if you share it with her someday. Keep writing for her!
SM, this poem is so sweet! I don’t have any kids but reading your poem makes me so excited for when I do. I can feel how much you love your daughter in your words. Your analogies also truly show me how much love you have for her. Thank you for sharing this!!
Dear SM,
This poem is so amazing! It oozes with love, family, and appreciation for the important people in our lives. I loved reading about your relationship with your daughter and how her birth has changed your life. I also love that you imply how you will teach her more than what your parents taught you. By stating that in your poem, you make such a delicate promise to your daughter and I think that is beautiful. Family is incredibly important, and I loved the metaphors you used in you writing to show that love and importance.
Great job!
Best,
CB
Hi SM,
This poem is so sweet. I could feel the love for your daughter expressed through your words. I love the message you send that people you love are worth more than any material object, and I think this is a super important realization for people. I also really liked all the comparisons you used, like more than bees love honey and farmers love rain. Thank you for sharing!
Ainsley
The love you have for your daughter is absolutely beautiful! What I thought was interesting was the comparisons you used for your love for your daughter. The way you say love to a farmer’s rain. It symbolizes just how much you need her and that you’ll do anything to take care of and protect her. It’s a beautiful message to her, but also a beautiful piece in general. Keep writing!