In your arms
One day, when you're six years old you may watch your Dad leave, and have just the
Read the poemPoems about fathers, fathering, and the shape a father leaves behind.
These poems return to fathers directly and indirectly: care, absence, instruction, memory, and the strange way a father's voice can keep sounding inside later years.
Some of these poems are gentle. Some are harder to stand inside. Read them like letters left open on the table.
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You're such a beautiful child
One day you'll watch From the back seat of the car Your Dad grab your Mom's hair
Read the poemTo shape your heart
When you leave home for the first time, Someone might recognize you by The sound of your voice, the way you wear your
Read the poemComes from love
I watched you with a 4-crayon pack, Filling letters with a careful hand, Each stroke a single color.
Read the poemOn the steps outside of music class
On the steps outside of music class You taught me how to jump through time. The wrought-iron handrails,
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