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Tag: fathers

Dadless by Elise Glassman
Non-Fiction / Poetry

Dadless by Elise Glassman

February 3, 2025January 27, 20250

“Dad was on his way, said, Trust me, Elise. Said stop your bellyaching, said For crying out loud I’m on my way.” – excerpt from Dadless, a poem by Elise Glassman #TheMetaworker #literarymagazines #poetrycommunity

A Knight in Shining Armor for a Dad by Maxine Flam
Poetry

A Knight in Shining Armor for a Dad by Maxine Flam

March 11, 2024March 11, 20240

A Knight in Shining Armor for a Dad by Maxine Flam #MetaworkerMonday #TheMetaworker

“25” by Eugen Spierer
Poetry

“25” by Eugen Spierer

December 18, 2023January 22, 20240

A poem by Eugen Spierer #TheMetaworker #MetaworkerMonday

“What Did I Know” by Adam Conner
Fiction / Micro

“What Did I Know” by Adam Conner

August 21, 2023August 27, 20230

“The bottom drawer in my father’s room contains his trash. Crumpled Budweiser cans and Marlboro ash, frayed photos from his childhood.” #TheMetaworker #MetaworkerMonday

“Blowing Out Candles” by Daniel Romo
Poetry

“Blowing Out Candles” by Daniel Romo

November 25, 2022November 25, 20220

For Devan Daniel Romo is the author of Bum Knees and Grieving Sunsets (FlowerSong Press 2023), Moonlighting as an Avalanche (Tebot Bach 2021), Apologies in …

“Dorset” by J.R. Barner
Poetry

“Dorset” by J.R. Barner

October 3, 2022October 2, 20220

The most beautiful woman my father had ever seen, Except, he kept insisting, my mother, of course, Hailed from Grimstone, Stratton parish, in Dorset. So, …

“Fireworks” by T.K. Howell
Fiction

“Fireworks” by T.K. Howell

July 4, 2022July 10, 20220

Vincent closed his laptop and stared at the wall. The afterglow of an Excel spreadsheet burned across his retina. He waited for it to fade …

“What Lay Beneath” by Christine Yount Jones
Non-Fiction

“What Lay Beneath” by Christine Yount Jones

April 29, 2022May 1, 20220

In the sweltering summer of 1966, I have a kitten who will not cooperate under the Arizona sun that glares at me from its cloudless …

“Indistinguishable” by Kenton K. Yee
Fiction

“Indistinguishable” by Kenton K. Yee

March 14, 2022March 23, 20240

When I was in eighth grade, Dad started feeling “neither here nor there.” The harder he tried to relax, the more violently he’d jitter. The …

“Lookalike” by Cameron Morse
Poetry

“Lookalike” by Cameron Morse

November 8, 2021November 15, 20210

It’s funny how franticallya few leaves appear tobe waving at me when I liftmy eyes to the maplethat tried to kill me yesterdaydropping a hefty …

“The Living Room Express” by Jared Cappel
Fiction

“The Living Room Express” by Jared Cappel

November 5, 2021November 4, 20210

You tell me I’m a bird. Calloused hands pinch into my ribs and lift me overhead. In your eyes, I’m soaring through the clouds like …

The Metaworker Podcast | 007 Minotaurs by Lane Talbot
Podcast

The Metaworker Podcast | 007 Minotaurs by Lane Talbot

October 6, 2021March 6, 20240

Episode Description: Matthew, Marina, and Melissa gush about Lane Talbot’s Minotaurs before asking him about how he approaches his craft, the art of writing the …

“The Surgeon” by Cameron Morse
Poetry

“The Surgeon” by Cameron Morse

July 5, 2021July 5, 20211

If I  check my Facebookfor likes I must want to be liked      but why no one who sends me wishes knows my birthday …

“Stripped” by James la Vigne
Fiction

“Stripped” by James la Vigne

July 8, 2019September 4, 20200

Having little to his name when he died, the reading of Henry Fromm’s will went quickly. Nothing surprising or contentious. On paper he never did …

“Canescent” by Jagari Mukherjee
Poetry

“Canescent” by Jagari Mukherjee

January 7, 2019September 4, 20202

1 These mornings, I wake to find silver threads in my hair — gleaming as if dipped in the winter moon. I have always loved …

“I Hid to Never Emerge” by Suvojit Banerjee
Poetry

“I Hid to Never Emerge” by Suvojit Banerjee

August 6, 2018August 19, 20200

The snow in my lawn isn’t white. It is rusty like the color of my flowerpot. “Papa, can I go out and make a snowman?” …

“The Clues Within an Adirondack Glade: Son to Father” by Greg Lucas
Poetry

“The Clues Within an Adirondack Glade: Son to Father” by Greg Lucas

March 19, 2018August 29, 20200

Now that you’ve passed-through woods deeper and darker than these — climbed into eternity — can you tell me, when our hearts stop, and we’re …

“This is What We Do Now” by Becky Shirley
Fiction

“This is What We Do Now” by Becky Shirley

September 18, 2017March 15, 20220

You come home, half gallon of milk in one hand, the other snaking around my waist. Head buried in my shoulder, no words, just small …

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