Pages That Have No Lines, a journal poem

November 24, 2025Luke Austin Daugherty Poems, Poetry Tags: 1656 Club, coffee, dad, Indie, inspiration, journal, journaling, kids, letter to kids, Luke Austin Daugherty, mom, Motivation, parenting, Poetry, self help, therapy, Writing Leave a comment

Soda Bread and Beer for Breakfast at Noon (a poem)

September 25, 2016Luke Austin Daugherty Poetry Tags: Author, Beer, Birthday, blog, charity, dad, Daughter, Foodie, Hangover, humanism, Indiana, Indie, Irish, kids, Killians, Late Night, Life, love, Luke Austin Daugherty, Marriage, Motivation, My Time Again, Original Poem, poem, Poet, Poetry, Romance, Royal Mercury, Rumjacks, Soda Bread, Sunday, Teen, The Typewriter Revolution, typecast, typewriter, Walking, Weekend, Wife Leave a comment

Thanks to the Rumjacks for providing some background music in my headphones while writing this poem! (particularly the song below)

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Mixed Fruit Jelly and Razor Blades (A Poem)

August 18, 2016August 18, 2016Luke Austin Daugherty Poetry, Typecast Tags: America, Author, blog, Breakfast, Cut, dad, Death, Father, Galaxie, grieving, Indiana, Indie, inspiration, Jelly, Life, loss, love, Luke Austin Daugherty, Mixed Fruit Jelly and Razor Blades, Original Poem, Photgrid, Photography, poem, Poet, Poetry, publishing, Razor, Sadness, smith-corona, son, true story, typecast, typewriter, Waffle House Leave a comment

This is one of those poems, like almost all I write, that just came into existence when I was busy doing something else, but available all the same.

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An Untitled Poem About My Father (Written for His Funeral)

June 19, 2016June 19, 2016Luke Austin Daugherty Poetry, Uncategorized Tags: blog, dad, Death, Dedication, Father's Day, Funeral, humanism, Indie, love, Luke Austin Daugherty, Memorial, Original Poem, Philosophy, poem, Poet, Poetry, son, typecast Leave a comment

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Happy Father’s Day to the dads we are, the ones who we have loved, and the ones who we have lost! – Luke

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This poem was written by my dad, Joe Earl Daugherty, four years before he died and a couple years prior to his cancer diagnoses. His prescience is found in his words. I got being a poet honest, I suppose. Happy Father’s Day, dad! We poets may die (usually too early), but our prose lives on!