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# don't preach, papa
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/dont-preach-papa/
- Published: 2022-05-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-05-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: papa, don't preach poems are for catching the scent of a rose and the iodine smell of waves crashing into ancient rocks on a crisp spring morning.
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

papa, don't preach  
poems are  
for catching the scent of a rose  
and the iodine smell of waves  
crashing into ancient rocks  
on a crisp spring morning.

don't preach, papa,  
poems are  
for the brush of lips  
sending tingles to your toes  
and a shy look  
from behind a bar room pint  
taking your breath away

don't preach, please  
poems are  
for forbidden music  
and the steady drumbeat  
of seductive notes  
melting your insides

don't preach, papa  
I already know  
it's wrong