Tag: children
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“The neighbours” – My latest poem, also translated into Catalan
The neighboursLike shortchanged construction workersThe neighbours shout down onto their kidsMost of the dayThe older boy(His name is Jonay, which rhymes with cry, and he does a lot)Well, he shouts back these days, heaving and aggrieved Then bellows at his brother Who is 3 or 4 years oldAnd he makes the noises of a dog…
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“The Snowflake Effect: How the Self-Esteem Movement Ruined a Generation”
Just reading the contents page, I had the feeling this could be a good read and I wasn’t disappointed. In this punchy little book, Trey Willis makes logical, well-researched and largely convincing arguments for why his own Generation Y is essentially selfish, especially when compared to previous generations of North Americans. He looks at popular…
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Singular two
A recent poem of mine the baby at the edge of his change tablea leg lolling over the sidelimp wrist, fingers curledto lick and pullmemory is seeking formmind is seeking matterthen those fingers find rounded bumpsbut the tongue waitslike silence always waitsbreath at the hole it needspunctures she’s thereself contained unit of the childelbows are…
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Short video of a short story: What’s it like being a piece of furniture?
The boy ran his slim fingers along the chest of drawers. His eyes passed across the garish green lacquered wood. The world of things. He wanted to be this thing. To have objects put inside him, to stay there. The boy was entering a different world by being here with an adult thing like this.…
Brett Hetherington 