Category: Poetry: Fatherhood

Hey hey! We made it to the end of the first week of the Muggo Writing Contest. For those of you who have stuck with

“Fatherhood”, by Kevin Mouillesseaux Angst, Anxiety, Stress, and Nerves; Before I met my First-Born Girl. Barely born – so new, so small. And in a

“Love and Panic at Big Box”, by Carl Schreiber Big Red Box. Mission? Obtain toys. M and 2.0 will make it rain green paper. Plastered-on

“The Kids Are Alright”, by Sam Gapinski He runs wildly, waving arms catch my face Nose aching now, blood doth trickle a trace His warm

“Like Father, Like Son”, by Matt Kelley My son really had to go, but we were on the expressway, I had to tell him “NO!”

“The Longest Nights”, by Sam FlederFinally I settle in,Weary body wrapped in sheetsWork day’s finished, few beers alsoAt long last a well-earned sleepAnd just before