Monday, January 13, 2003

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My friend says I was not a good son
you understand
I say yes I understand
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William Stanley Merwin
father
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Michael Walker 10 August 2019

A strained, but often typical, father-son relationship. It could be better.

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Kelly Kurt 24 March 2015

I was moved. I have been that son and that father

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Michael Shepherd 28 November 2008

This poem gives me that 'beautiful pain' that comes with truth-telling..

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William Stanley Merwin

William Stanley Merwin

New York / United States
William Stanley Merwin
William Stanley Merwin
New York / United States
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