Fatherhood

Acelebrationoffathersandfatherhood,thisanthologyfeaturestherichlyvariedvoicesofsonsanddaughters,andoffathersandgrandfathersthemselves.Fromeleventh-centuryChinesepoetSuTung-p'o'switty'OntheBirthofHisSon'toDylanThomas'spoignant'DoNotGoGentleintoThatGoodNight';fromSylviaPlath'ssearingpoem'Daddy'toYeats'stender'AprayerforMyDaughter';fromHomertoSeamusHeaney,fromShakespearetoMilosz,thepoetsandpoemscollectedhererangeacrossculturesandcenturies,anddealwitheveryfacetofthefather-childrelationshipfrombirthtodeathandbeyond.Gratitude,tendernessandaweinfusesomeofthepoems.Othersexpressangerorsorrow.Manyaremovingtributestothefirstmaninachild'slife.Andeachoneconveystheprofoundnatureoffatherhood.