Imagining Ourselves Fatherhood Exhibit

17 January 2007

When my wife found out the International Museum Of Women asked me to submit a poem, she didn’t miss a beat: “You go girl!” In actuality, they are preparing an exhibit featuring the art of young men as an analogue to their recent and highly successful “Imagining Ourselves” exhibit featuring young women.

I just learned that the poem I wrote specifically for the Fatherhood part of this series has been accepted as part of the exhibit. Audio of me reading the poem as well as commentary and conversations about the work are available here. (Note: the website misrepresents my line breaks–all lines with only 1-3 words on them should be a continuation of the previous line.)

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Posted in Fatherhood, Grief Recovery, Poetry, Publications | Comments (8)

http://www.pagehalffull.com/humanyms Pearl

Good on ya. You really get your pieces out there and read and heard!
http://thelettershaper.blogspot.com lettershaper

So much enjoyed the time I spent here that I have returned; I enjoyed the museum link especially…. I thank you…
Robert

Hey Pearl,

Thanks for the pat on the proverbial back. It was actually a pleasant surprise to be approached by IMOW and asked to write about Fatherhood. At first I was taken aback, but the representative was so kind and understanding of our situation, and in some sense that is what convinced me it was time to tackle the most important subject I had been avoiding in my writing for some time.

The next stretch was submitting poems for the M.F.A. workshop on the same theme. But I can’t turn away from what compels me right now, which is coming to terms with loss and with art.

Best,
Robert
Robert

Thanks again for stopping by. Things have been a bit slow here lately due to my MFA residency intensive and then developing this nasty cold. Hope to have more interesting tidbits to share soon. You can also subscribe to the site RSS feed to be notified of new postings.
http://www.collinkelley.blogspot.com Collin

Great poem. The imagery is brilliant.
Robert

Thanks, Collin. I’m glad you liked it.
http://www.catharcyst.blogspot.com billy

congrats.
http://www.pagehalffull.com/humanyms Pearl

Good to go where you are compelled. Resistance is exhausting.