Sons

With Kit, Age 7, at the Beach by William Stafford We would climb the highest dune,

Fishing in Winter by Ralph Burns A man staring at a small lake sees

Yesterday by W. S. Merwin My friend says I was not a good son

Odysseus to Telemachus by Joseph Brodsky My dear Telemachus,

Deer Hit by Jon Loomis You're seventeen and tunnel-vision drunk,

On My First Son by Ben Jonson Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy;

Come Up From the Fields Father by Walt Whitman Come up from the fields father, here's a letter from our Pete,

A Boy and His Dad by Edgar Guest A boy and his dad on a fishing-trip

Epigrams: On my First Son by Ben Jonson Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy