but it doesn't, quite: it touches too many once parental (now grandparental) nerves. Complex with parentheses (there's surely a Hoodish pun in there) this early 19th-century domestic ode makes a stunningly modern and poignant footnote to Father's Day 2010.[by Thomas Hood]
A Parental Ode to My Son, Aged Three Years and Five Months
from Carol Rumens: The Guardian: Books blog: Poem of the week: A Parental Ode to My Son, Aged Three Years and Five Months by Thomas Hood
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