Ten Poems about Fathers

by Harry Hill

Ten Poems About Fathers

Genres: Poetry

16 pages, Paperback

First published March 30, 2012

Reviews

[Satendra Deo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Father’s Day 2023, from my daughter Shastra

[Mar · Rating 3 out of 5]

Accidentally inherited this back from my dad, who died not long ago. I cried reading it; There were two or three of the poems that hit home for me. As the intro says, they tried to cover a range of scenarios (within the limit of ten poems in this slim volume) and include a variety of authors. It makes me wonder what my top ten poems about fatherhood would be, if I was curating a collection like this. These mini collections on selected themes are a lovely idea as a small pamphlet of ten makes for easy reading, though it is inevitably tricky to have the broad appeal they are hoping for with so few poems to work with.

[Simon Fletcher · Rating 3 out of 5]

A short enjoyable collection of poems about fatherhood.

[Chris Baker · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ten celebratory poems about fathers from differing perspectives. A healthy mix, including classics by Seamus Heany and C Day Lewis and the more contemporary voices of Roger McGough and Michael Rosen. This was a lovely gift from a friend and easily digestible in pamphlet form.