It’s unusual to find a blog that’s a tribute to a parent. Rarer still, a tribute to a parent who was a very good poet. Here’s that exceedingly rare blog: Words of My Father. Words of My Father is very simple: every few days, the son posts one of his father’s poems, poems he discovered after his father died.
I wish the son would say more about the father, who seems to have been the kind of man who wore a suit and was a business traveler like lots of other men — the kind of man who probably didn’t say very much about what he noticed and felt. Except it turns out he wrote poems.
They’re good poems. I especially like the one about the statute of Christopher Columbus. And Raisins. Some of them are funny, and some of them are a little sad. As the father says, “knowledge/is/sadness.”
If you have a chance today, stop by and tell Jonathan (the author of this blog) he’s a fine man and a good son, and then enjoy his father’s poems.
And Happy Father’s Day (yes, I know, it’s a day early!) to all you fathers out there.
From son #2, thanks for the tribute.
Hey Son #2 — You’ve really honored your dad by devoting this blog to his work, which is really evocative and fun to read. I’m sure many people would love to know more about him (including me!). But the poems themselves say quite a bit. Happy Father’s Day! Best, BL
It is a great blog
it realy touch me
and blolily you’ve compleety right
Thanks son #2
To set the record straight. Jonathan, son #3 runs the blog. I just appreciate it. Dad was a very interesting man. One of these days, I will post more about him. His writings are an interesting window.
-Son #2
Happy Father’s Day. Words of My Father is one of those unique, inspiring blogs one runs into once in a long while.
Son #2 again. Jonathan did post a bit of a description of the old man, but if you want just a taste of the type humor he was known for, look at SONG OF THE POTATO, SONG OF THE PLUM and SONG OF THE SHOE, posted on May 22.
what wonderful poems. too bad we only get to read them when he’s gone. Like any artist I guess