Thought for the Day

But I learned there's no shortage of suffering—

that a father's no shield for his child

when life is, in fact, a walk across a field.

~ Tom Sleigh

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Quoted from Tom Sleigh, "Apology to My Daughter" in The King's Touch: Poems (Graywolf Press, 2022), p. 63

Tom Sleigh, Poet, Essayist, Dramatist, Academic