Daddy, Dance Me Comments

True fathers will always save one last dance before the girl has flown free. QtR

This pulls at the heart-strings, I think that it crosses the board in terms of age, Fantastic! Love Duncan X

This is lovely, Joyce - courageous.

Hmmm never thought of the Cohen song but now that you mention it I do remember that song pretty clearly. As for it having any connection to Plath if it does it's not a concious effort. This is about near death actually, I have asthma and some of the attacks bring me dangerously near death. I wrote this after a particularly dangerous attack, which left me weak and exhausted. My dad passed away a few years ago, I was a daddy's girl. I guess in a way this poem comforts me somehow, with the feeling that my dad is waiting for me, if I do die.

Joyce, this resonates with Plathian sentiments. Can't determine whether that's good or bad. Also, Leonard Cohen's 'Dance Me To The End Of Love' comes to mind. The best poetry derives from hardships endured and I feel this is no exception. This was true of Plath, Sexton and Thomas. What are your thoughts on this?