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Poem: Final Poem for My Father Misnamed In My Mouth

This is one of many “Final Poems” in Phillip B. Williams’s latest book, “Mutiny.” These poems — with titles like “Final First Poem,” “Final Poem for the Crow” and “Final Poem for the ‘Black Body’” — ...
Irish Central

LISTEN: Liam Neeson reads Patrick Kavanagh’s “In Memory of My Father”

Originally released in 1964, "Almost Everything…" features the only recording of Patrick Kavanagh reading his most celebrated poems. This reimagined version of the album from Claddagh Recrods features ...
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My father was a Toltec and selected poems, 1973-1988 / Ana Castillo

The Toltec -- Electra Currents -- Red Wagons -- Saturdays -- The Suede Coat -- Dirty Mexican -- For Ray -- Daddy with Chesterfields in a Rolled Up Sleeve -- Alternatives -- For No One, Or Perhaps You ...
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Poetry offers space for tribal elders with dementia to express themselves

Victoria Smith places a comforting hand on the back of her 88-year-old father as they create poetry in a small room on the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa reservation near Duluth, Minnesota ...