skipping stones?
the weight
of father?s words
Published by
Jessica Malone Latham
Jessica Malone Latham, M.A. is the author of cricket song: Haiku and Short Poems from a Mother's Heart (Red Moon Press) and chapbooks, clouds of light (wooden nickel press) and all this bowing</em. (buddha baby press). Her poetry has appeared in dozens of journals and anthologies, and she is the recipient of several awards. Most recently, Jessica's poetry has been featured in the Seasons of Haiku path at Holden Arboretum in Ohio, and on Mann Library's Daily Haiku. To see more of Jessica's work, to purchase her collections, or consider taking one of her poetry courses, visit her website: www.jessicalatham.com View all posts by Jessica Malone Latham
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
thank you