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Swimming the Mirror
In this collection of poems chronicling the birth and growth of his daughter, poet Brad Buchanan offers a double portrait of father and growing child. The volume's 56 poems range from the earliest apprehensions of begetting to the mysteries of a young child's own language play.
69 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2008
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July 26, 2009
Most poems involving children are hopelessly sentimental, but Brad Buchanan's poems depict the full range of parental experience: from hope and pride to fear and frustration. He does it all through vivid imagery, as in these lines from "The Feral Child": "The womb has produced these faint traces of wolf: / dark hair on the tailbone, and fuzz on her elfin, / elephant's ears." Through his words, he captures his daughter's first days with an intimacy not possible in photographs.
December 5, 2012
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