Editor’s note: WhitewaterWise and Fort Atkinson Online, with help from a poem by Ron “RadioRon” Stelse, wish our readers a happy Father’s Day.

Fathers everywhere

My dad was special   

 just ask my mom

he lost his leg 

fighting in ‘nam.

ever hear of

of being on time

that wasn’t your father

but it sure was mine.

If it wasn’t for mom

my dad would be lost

his only interest was

“how much does it cost”?

hug your father

and tell him he’s grand

hug him again

and strike up the band.

There’s a daughter’s father

we no longer see

and she said, “if love could have saved him

he’d still be with me.”

If your father is gone

may I lessen your gloom

by wishing that GOD

had a visitor’s room.