Dan Chiasson’s The Math Campers, to come this fall, is a book in part about fatherhood and
Dan Chiasson’s The Math Campers, to come this fall, is a book in part about fatherhood and adolescence—his own, his kids’, and the new freedoms as well as existential threats that shape their world. Today’s poem, from a multipart piece entitled “Over & Over,” is dedicated to his sons.from “Over & Over”my awareness seems to extend this day past the trap my body set for mepast its small, pitiful adjustments of head here wings here antennae herewhat does it matter, the head and wings and antennae if my awarenesssoars over the tops of the pines with their spiny flowers still greenlike a drone flown by a teenage pilot over the rooftops, silent yawppast near meadows over the stop and shop its dragonfly landing gear readynow it zooms in on the roots which grip the soil and feed on its decayyour hand and mine at the same angle you there, in the future, fleeing meMore on this book and author:Learn more about Dan Chiasson’s forthcoming collection, The Math CampersBrowse other books by Dan Chiasson and catch up with him on Twitter, @dchiassoShare this poem and peruse other poems, audio recordings, and broadsides in the Knopf poem-a-day seriesTo share the poem-a-day experience with friends, pass along this link -- source link
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