Fatherhood: poems about fathers (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets)

Fatherhood: poems about fathers (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets) by Carmela Ciuraru. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780307264589.

A celebration of fathers and fatherhood, this one-of-a-kind anthology features the richly varied voices of daughters and sons, and of fathers and grandfathers themselves. From eleventh-century Chinese poet Su Tung-pos witty "On the Birth of His Son" to Dylan Thomass poignant "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night," from Sylvia Plaths searing poem "Daddy" to Yeatss tender "A Prayer for My Daughter," from Homer to Seamus Heaney, from Shakespeare to Milosz, the poets and poems collected here range across cultures and centuries and speak to birth, death, and all the facets of the father-child relationship. Gratitude, tenderness, and awe infuse some of the poems. Others express anger or sorrow. Many are moving tributes to the first man in a childs life. And each one conveys the profound nature of fatherhood.