Friday, January 3, 2003
On The Beach At Fontana Comments
Rating: ★4.7
Wind whines and whines the shingle,
The crazy pierstakes groan;
A senile sea numbers each single
Slimesilvered stone.
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7/20/2025 1:34:01 PM # 1.0.0
This is one of the great poems in English about father-son love. It also reflects, I think, a feeling men in general (even and especially Charles Dickens!) have for boys in our care, although it so rarely expressed. And, unfortunately, there are not many fathers like James Joyce. Perhaps that is changing. Let us hope so.