This Man Who Is Not My Father Is My Father Comments

I love this Dónall, you have measured this out well. Not just the manner in which you have laid the poem out but also when to draw back from over sentimentalising this (as many others would have done) . This has a harshness and pathos to it. I cannot understand why you censored yourself, unless I am misreading that part and that it is rather intricate to the narrative (the protagonist would not use bad language to his father, perhaps?) . All in all one of the best poems I have read on this site in a long while.

Tender funny amusing sad all the one and same time...I love the way your mind can hold all these things in such perfect balance and blend them into such a wonderful story of love and human compassion. I too have worked in homes and in mental health and it can be a cruel uncaring world sometimes brutally. For every one of you there are many others who don't have your love. I wouldn't like to grow old or be put in a home...there might not always be a you around. love Dee Dee