Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LIVELIHOOD: PROEM, by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Audrey, these men and women I have known Last Line: In old incredible days before your birth. Subject(s): Fathers & Daughters | ||||||||
Audrey, these men and women I have known I have brought together in a book for you, So that my child some day when she is grown May know the friendly folk her father knew. Wondering how fathers can be so absurd, Perhaps you'll take it idly from the shelves, And, reading, hear, as once I overheard, These men and women talking to themselves. And so find out how they faced life and earned, As you one day must earn, a livelihood, And how, in spite of everything, they learned To take their luck through life and find it good. And, maybe, as you share each hope and fear And all the secrets that they never told, For their sake you'll forgive your father, dear, Almost, for being so absurd and old. And may it somewhat help to make amends To think that, in their sorrow and their mirth, Such men and women were your father's friends In old incredible days before your birth. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AFTER DISAPPOINTMENT by MARK JARMAN DRESSING MY DAUGHTERS by MARK JARMAN READING ALOUD TO MY FATHER by JANE KENYON NOT BAD, DAD, NOT BAD' by JAN HELLER LEVI A WOMAN WAKING by PHILIP LEVINE MYRRHA TO THE SOURCE by HEATHER MCHUGH MY FATHER'S DIARY (2) by SHARON OLDS |
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