Hal Sirowitz
Auteur de Mother Said
A propos de l'auteur
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Œuvres de Hal Sirowitz
FISH NET STOCKING...APPEARANCES NO.20 1 exemplaire
Terapistim Diyorki 1 exemplaire
Sagði sálfræðingurinn minn 1 exemplaire
Sagði mömmu 1 exemplaire
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The Davidson Miscellany: Spring 1983 — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1949
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Professions
- special education teacher (New York City public schools)
poet - Relations
- Krotzer, Mary Minter (wife)
- Prix et distinctions
- former Poet Laureate of Queens, New York
Frederick Delius Award
Susan Rose Recording Grant for Contemporary Jewish Music
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (Poetry, 1994)
New York State Foundation for the Arts Fellowship (2003)
Membres
Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 12
- Aussi par
- 6
- Membres
- 198
- Popularité
- #110,929
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 5
- ISBN
- 17
- Langues
- 4
Here’s an example...
Getting Rid of Her
You won’t have to worry about where
you’re going to be buried, Father said,
because I got you a cemetery plot. It’s
too bad I can’t find you a girlfriend,
because it seems like you need me
to take care of that too. You haven’t
done well in that department. I hope
you get rid of the one you have.
She didn’t know what to say when
I asked her if she liked taking care
of you. It seemed like she was
waiting for you to marry her before
she’d even start. She should
at least have given you a preview—
cook you dinner instead of making you
take her out to restaurants every night—
& not leave it to your imagination.
The poems were well done and food for thought. Much of what “father said” could be applied to families in general and the way that family members relate to each other. The toughest part of the book for me was the last chapter. That was where the son was recalling the words of his father who, at that time, was dying of prostate cancer.
Although the direction of this book was different from what I initially expected when I picked it up, it made for interesting reading and even the need to pause for personal reflection.… (plus d'informations)