| Muses Review - Poetry Winter 2006 |
| Poetry of Doug Holder. |
| Doug Holder Poet from Massachussetts |
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| Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 21:53:22 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: From Doug Holder 4 poems ------------------------------------------------ What inspired Doug Holder to write his poems below: These poems are related my late father. They deal with his life and death; and his affect on me. Many of them were included in my collection "Wrestling With My Father.' The book deals with the ying and the yang of my relationship with him, a relationship we all have with our fathers, to one degree or the other. ------------------------------------------- Father's 3AM Vigil by Doug Holder Source: Wrestling With My Father (2005) My room was more of a tomb preserved mementos settling in-- a sediment of summer camp pictures orphaned snapshots scattered around the room. As I unpacked my bag I could hear the ancient tribal call of my late father from the backyard and my comic, chaplinesque descent, down the staircase a chubby boy in pursuit of the carbon-crusted meat the sting of vinegar on the roof of my mouth from the fascist whip of German potato salad. It is 3AM during my 38th year my elderly father's light still burns in his room he rubs the gray stubble of his weathered cheeks so tired but still scheming in the early hours still planning another assault on Madison Ave afraid to turn the lights out and face the dark. He walks like the lonely sentry he once was in Liverpool during the war between bedroom and bathroom. I no longer hear a youthful stream pierce the water all is tentative and a struggle and I barely contain my tears when I see his shrunken frame hunched over pressing out what is left of him so late in the night. ------------------------------------------ Saturday, February 07, 2004 ----------------------------------------- Editor's rating: 5 laurels out of 5. Readers' rating: not yet rated. ---------------------------------------------- Why Did He Leave Her? by Doug Holder Source: Wrestling With My Father (2005) Because of the terminal certainty of the itinerary-- his course redlined with an actuary's passionless calculation, a replay of his father's descent. And with her-- so young he reinvented his flame but of course the outcome is always the same. ------------------------ Wednesday, May 07, 2003 --------------------------------------- Editor's rating: not yet rated. Readers' rating: not yet rated. -------------------------------- |
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