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Dear Matafele Peinam" [needs IPA] is a poem by the Marshallese poet Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner. Written in English, the poem is a letter to her then seven month old daughter, Matafele Peinam. [ 1 ]
"Come Up from the Fields Father" is a poem by Walt Whitman.It was first published in the 1865 poetry volume Drum-Taps.The poem centers around a family living on a farm in Ohio who receives a letter informing them that their son has been killed, and chronicles their grief, particularly that of the boy's mother.
Kristiana Gregory (born 1951) is an American children's author. [1]Gregory grew up in a small town by the sea near Los Angeles with her parents and two younger siblings. Gregory is a popular author of children's historical fiction, including several for the Dear America and The Royal Diaries ser
Fred D'Aguiar was born in London, England, in 1960 to Guyanese parents, Malcolm Frederick D'Aguiar and Kathleen Agatha Messiah. [2] In 1962 he was taken to Guyana, living there with his grandmother until 1972, when he returned to England at the age of 12.
John Keene was born and raised in the city of St. Louis, Missouri, and in Webster Groves, in St. Louis County.Raised Catholic, he attended parochial schools, and graduated from the Saint Louis Priory School.
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Opening his poem with verse by Pablo Neruda, Patten's poem argues that it is the act of remembrance which offers family members the best antidote to the anguish of loss. In tackling the subject of grief, Patten views poetry as performing an important social function: "Poetry helps us understand what we’ve forgotten to remember.
Sometimes, parents can be the source -- because they themselves are worried. One principal in a private school in Pakistan recognized this, and sent a letter to ease their worries.