In honor of Father’s Day, coming up on Sunday, June 16, this week’s contributors honor fathers.
Jean C. Howard’s poem, “My Dad Comes Back as a Sparrow,” is a gentle remembrance of a father who’s passed away.
In Lenny Levine’s humorous fiction piece, “Questionable Behavior,” parents cope with a common parenting dilemma.
Jay Carson’s poem, “Elevator,” takes an imaginative trip through one family’s history.
Lyn Lifshin’s poem, “Photograph,” describes a beloved family snapshot.
Scott Miller’s poem, “To My Son, At 7½ Mos, From First Class,” is a father’s ponderings on his son, still in the womb.
About Alyce Wilson
Alyce Wilson is the editor of Wild Violet and in her copious spare time writes humor, non-fiction, fiction and poetry and infrequently keeps an online journal. Her first chapbook, Picturebook of the Martyrs; her e-book/pamphlet, Stay Out of the Bin! An Editor's Tips on Getting Published in Lit Mags ; her book of essays and columns, The Art of Life; her humorous nonfiction ebook, Dedicated Idiocy: How Monty Python Fandom Changed My Life, and her newest poetry collection, Owning the Ghosts, can all be ordered from her Web site, AlyceWilson.com. In late 2019, she published a volume of poetry by her third great-grandfather, Reading's Physician Poet: Poems by Dr. James Meredith Mathews, which also contains genealogical information about the Mathews family. She lives with her husband and son in the Philadelphia area and takes far too many photos of her handsome, creative son, nicknamed Kung Fu Panda.
