{"id":197410,"url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/197410-only-a-dad-poem-by-edgar-guest-1921-honoring-all-fathers","short_url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/197410","headline":"\"Only a Dad\" || Poem by Edgar Guest (1921) - Honoring all Fathers","content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Only a dad, but he gives his all\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eTo smooth the way for his children small,\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eDoing, with courage stern and grim,\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe deeds that his father did for him.\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is the line that for him I pen,\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eOnly a dad,\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003ebut the best of men\"\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLast Stanza from Edgard Guest's Poem \"Only a Dad\"\u003cstrong\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://d38mdkpoqqkhbh.cloudfront.net/files/00edca1b-3097-4cee-b3f5-884035cdf29a/rNLa1AiaSPGmbasI4d3W_Only%20a%20Dad.pdf\"\u003eSee complete poem\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","content_plain":"\"Only a dad, but he gives his allTo smooth the way for his children small,Doing, with courage stern and grim,The deeds that his father did for him.This is the line that for him I pen,Only a dad, but the best of men\"Last Stanza from Edgard Guest's Poem \"Only a Dad\" See complete poem","published_at":"2026-06-21T11:14:19-07:00","updated_at":"2026-06-21T11:14:19-07:00","author":{"type":"Person","name":"Poetry Alley","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/100043-poetry-alley"},"description":"Stay up-to-date with Poetry Alley on Kudos 365. View their photo published Jun/21/2026 on Poetry. Browse your favorite topics and share your expertise, too.","type":"photo","image":"https://k365fs.imgix.net/media/56JMj22FSXJTTbVlF1ih_father-713690_1920.jpg?auto=compress,format\u0026fit=max\u0026w=1200\u0026h=1200\u0026q=48","likes_count":16,"comments_count":1,"categories":[{"name":"Poetry","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/942-poetry"}],"schema":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CreativeWork","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/197410-only-a-dad-poem-by-edgar-guest-1921-honoring-all-fathers","headline":"\"Only a Dad\" || Poem by Edgar Guest (1921) - Honoring all Fathers","image":"https://k365fs.imgix.net/media/56JMj22FSXJTTbVlF1ih_father-713690_1920.jpg?auto=compress,format\u0026fit=max\u0026w=1200\u0026h=1200\u0026q=48","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Poetry Alley","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/100043-poetry-alley"},"datePublished":"2026-06-21T11:14:19-07:00","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/LikeAction","userInteractionCount":16}],"subjectOf":[{"@type":"Thing","name":"Poetry","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/942-poetry"}]}}