“My Papa’s Waltz” and “Those Winter Sundays” “My Papa’s Waltz,” by Theodore Roethke, and “Those Winter Sundays,” by Robert Hayden, are two somewhat similar poems about respected fathers. To most people a father is not just the man who fertilizes their mother’s egg, but a man that spends time with and takes care of them. While doing this, he gains their love and respect. In these two poems Roethke and Hayden take an admiring look back at the actions of their fathers, although; they both imply that their parents were not perfect. In “My Papa’s Waltz,” Theodore Roethke de