About Poems for My Sons

24 February 2026, 7.10AM

Hello.

My name is Justin and I am a Partner/Dad/GP/Skin Cancer Doctor/Vasectomy Provider living in Adelaide, South Australia. I am a father to two boys (one of them is due to arrive into our world in under two months).

My father David passed away recently. I wanted to create something that would help me be able to continue remembering him. He used to enjoy (and at other times not so much) lecturing us with his sage “words of wisdom” at every possible opportunity. And so, I realised that this platform might be a fitting medium.

During high school and university, I had always enjoyed playing music, writing songs, reading and listening to poetry, collaborating and making videos with friends (I even remember sharing a Blogspot with two of my best friends in primary school). A lot of this fell by the wayside as I entered young adulthood and the busy life of being a junior doctor in the workforce. It hadn’t occurred to me at the time but this likely contributed partially to a sensation in this period of feeling a little lost.

My dad’s primary love was his family. He was considerate to us all up to the very literal end of his life. Even in his death, he has gifted me a return of my inspiration, motivation, and desire to be creative again. Now, I know as long as I write that I will be able to preserve him in my memory.

Living in an era in which there is increasing uncertainty, one of the things I can take comfort in is my certainty about the reality of my experiences, my thoughts, and my emotions. One of the things I know for certain is my love for my growing family and this is my tribute to them.