Fathers consider their children and children consider their fathers in this powerful, nuanced book about masculinity, legacy and distance. Poems depict the joy of new parenthood, casting a poignant light on poems depicting estrangement between poets and fathers. Silence dominates, as poets explore words unspoken and feelings suppressed, but reconciliations also emerge from unlikely places: through wearing a father's gloves; through ghostly meetings in pubs and train stations; and at the bottom of the garden by the shed. This is a deeply moving, honest and truthful book about fatherhood.
ISBN: | 9781910139004 |
Publication date: | 29th May 2014 |
Author: | Rachel Piercey, Emma Wright |
Publisher: | The Emma Press |
Format: | Paperback |
Series: | The Emma Press Poetry Anthologies |
Genres: |
Poetry anthologies (various poets) Relationships and families: advice and issues |