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March 24, 2022March 24, 2022 Vanessa Able

BY JOANN STEVELOS - What happens when an abandoned child grows up and one day buries her estranged father

Tagged abandonment, Compassion, Death, father, grief, Loneliness, metta meditation, parents1 Comment
Kelly Joslyn
Featured Poetry

Kelly Joslyn – Before the Hunt

June 27, 2021June 22, 2021 Nicholas Trandahl

Kelly Joslyn's quiet and simple poem Before the Hunt is a childhood reminiscence of her father. The child's early-morning attentiveness to her father extends to the dim lighting and the smell of the tangerine, like looking at an old Polaroid of something from childhood.

Tagged child, childhood, father, fatherhood, gentleness, memory, moment, morning, parenthood, Quiet, Simplicity2 Comments
M. Christine Benner Dixon
Featured Poetry

M. Christine Benner Dixon – Portrait of Dad at the Cutting Board

May 30, 2021May 24, 2021 Vanessa Able

M. Christine Benner Dixon's poem is an intimate portrait of her father, remembered from childhood.

Tagged childhood, father, memory, portrait, ritual, tribute2 Comments
Todd Williams
Featured Poetry

Todd Williams – Lost Socks

November 29, 2020November 27, 2020 Vanessa Able

Todd Williams wrote this poem shortly after the death of his father, having gone through his clothes and belongings.

Tagged father, generations, loss, memory, remnantsLeave a comment
Way-Seeking Mind

Dad Too Late

November 12, 2020November 12, 2020 Vanessa Able

BY KENT JACOBSON My father clomped through life with boots—“Your mother will turn you into a softy”— and died early.

Tagged childhood, family, father, memory1 Comment
Dane Cervine
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Dane Cervine – The World is God’s Language

April 8, 2020April 10, 2020 Vanessa Able

'Poetry is one way of reading this world,' according to poet Dane Cervine, whose new collection, The World is God’s Language, takes its title from a quote by French philosopher and mystic, Simone Weil.

Tagged Dying, father, god's language, Growing old, mother, parents, Poetry, Practice, Shiva, yogaLeave a comment
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