skipping stones… the weight of father’s words
—Jessica Malone Latham
Issue 16.2 | 8 December 2016
This is beautiful.
Seems a tad whiny to me. Are a father's words so lightly applicable?
More the fathers words remembered when doing things shared in the past?
I love the use of association here; equating words (of a parent) with stones, the illusion of weightlessness, skipping the surface until they inevitably sink (in). This one will stay with me, thank you.
The weight of the father's words, the ultimately failed attempt to leave them behind, the once shared activity—this is a stunning poem. Thank you.
good done!
Thank so much, i like post
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December 8th, 2016 at 9:14 am
This is beautiful.
December 8th, 2016 at 9:58 am
Seems a tad whiny to me. Are a father's words so lightly applicable?
December 8th, 2016 at 11:53 am
More the fathers words remembered when doing things shared in the past?
December 8th, 2016 at 3:06 pm
I love the use of association here; equating words (of a parent) with stones, the illusion of weightlessness, skipping the surface until they inevitably sink (in). This one will stay with me, thank you.
December 9th, 2016 at 1:02 pm
The weight of the father's words, the ultimately failed attempt to leave them behind, the once shared activity—this is a stunning poem. Thank you.
December 18th, 2016 at 7:08 am
good done!
April 17th, 2017 at 2:24 am
Thank so much, i like post
May 17th, 2019 at 11:55 pm
thank you