Delighted that three poems about my late father from my pamphlet, ‘Beyond the Tune’, have found a new readership on the Good Dadhood site, thanks to Sharon Larkin. While you’re there, do check out poems by other poets in this project.
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Suave and debonair
your wisecrack
on the hallway mirror’s viewpoint.
Brylcreem-slick, that wayward quiff
has aspirations – think Rock Hudson, Tony Curtis.
Weathered jaw line, razor-tame, Old Spiced.
Laundered shirt, worn
open-necked with the signature cravat,
always paisley, burgundy on gold.
Daddy’s girl, my angle’s blind
to a thinning crown, the comb-over;
a weak heart under peacock swagger – and
you’re taller, somehow, out of overalls
in slacks with knife-edge creases down
to spit and polish; hands in pockets
weighing small change possibilities.
You shrug your shoulders
into a houndstooth blazer, square
the broken checks of green and cream;
leather buttons left undone, token casual.
My formative years in toughened hands:
our lifelines grafted, till you learn the art of letting go.
20 Park Drive
Not a classy street address
but those budget smokes he switched
from cardboard box to nickel case
on Thursday nights. He’d posture
at…
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Jayne Stanton POETRY 
I love there, Jayne. Clever and full of love. Reminded me of my own dad. Thank you.
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Thank you, Rachel 🙂 x
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