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Of Being Fathers

Released Tuesday, 17th August 2021
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Of Being Fathers

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Poem #2,142: Of Being Fathersby Mike Bell

13 August 2021

For WM

There is a sudden urgencyamong my things – my sonis here – my youngest – notan ours – he brings his cold

& sniffles [tested okay] – tosit with me [& his device isflicked at – phone & game]& my day is tacked toward

one of value – I interact – tohead into that thing I havebeen good at – for some – acareer as a father – as other

parents bury themselves inother parents & dismissingfortuitousness to head intothat thing [of being fathers]

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10,000 Poems

This is my daily writing ritual. It started on the 5th of November 2015. It is a 30-plus year experiment to see if writing a poem a day, my ongoing commitment, can contribute to maintaining mental skills and avoiding those growing ravages of ageing upon the brain.These poems form a narrative of my life, politically and emotionally, fact and fiction, with which I hope to find engagement with other individuals who are also just trying to get by, with, or without any concerns.My inspiration comes from daily events, connections, films, books, and real interactions – ten thousand small things – which all seem to demand bigger attention from me.I have been published in the UK & USA, although submissions often are not chased, and appearing on this site my poems are regarded as ‘published’ by editors, so make themselves excluded from the usual poetry game. But then I don’t play to those rules.Other WorkMy pre-lockdown day job found me designing weird stuff for weird people – experiential, exhibition, event and other designs in 3D.This can be found at www.freelancevisuals.co.ukDuring lockdown, I lost all that work, so I created maps of data, which continue to flourish – primarily about bands, but also plots, sports, politics and lies.This can be found at www.mikebellmaps.com

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