Day of the Child: A Poem

by Arra Lynn Ross

From Arra Lynn Ross, a tender, generous, and generative extended poem centered on the experience of parenthood.

"What is learned? I'll return for my son; / at school, at three thirty-eight, bells will ring & run / days over years." Using unpredictable syllabics, rhyme, and syntax, Day of the Child captures the sensation of altered time that accompanies a child's growth. Seasons come and go. A schoolboy becomes a dreaming...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571315373
• ISBN13: 9781571315373
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Milkweed Editions
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"