The Swing
by C. S. Fuqua
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title:
The Swing
author:
C. S. Fuqua
genre:
Poetry
isbn-
13:
978-1-60174-023-6
price:
$3.99
~Moments of Tegan's life, through her father's eyes. Is anything more rewarding--and difficult--than being a parent?~
A father documents intimate moments with his daughter from birth into adolescence and contemplates the challenges, sacrifices, and rewards for all parents and children.
"I loved the poems. Although we have sons, these poems elicited thoughts and feelings from many experiences. A must for any father who has gone through the joys of fatherhood." MyShelf.com
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Tornado Season
Always late, beyond bedtime,
cowering in the hallway under
blankets and pillows,
straining to hear the train
through rain pounding the roof.
She wails "The Farmer
in the Dale," bouncing rhythm
against my legs,
and my hands bleed
with images of pine
straw piercing siding,
of bricks tumbling like dust,
of trailers crumbling like beer cans.
They say we're too easy on her,
let her get away with too much,
but I can't stand her cries
when I shout for silence
and the wind batters
and the rain soaks
and the cats prowl the
kitchen for food.
C.S. Fuqua's books include Big Daddy's Gadgets, Walking After Midnight, Divorced Dads, Notes to My Becca, Music Fell on Alabama, and the Deadlines audio novel series. His short fiction and poems appear widely in publications such as Chiron Review, Pearl, Dark Regions, Mainstreet Rag, Brutarian, Christian Science Monitor, Cemetary Dance, Bogg, and Year's Best Horror Stories XIX, XX and XXI.
Visit C. S. Fuqua at http://www.knology.net/~csfuqua
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