His Smile You'Ll Recognize Poem by Susan Lacovara

His Smile You'Ll Recognize



In a fable long ago
A father spun
Perhaps to ease a daughter's pain
Stitch her torn soul
Back together
Dry her falling tears
He spoke of not a knight
Nor Prince
Not frogs to kiss
Or lamps to rub
He told of love
A truest kind
Not sought, nor searched
Not bought, nor perched
It would be hers
And hers...the prize
When he comes for you
And know he will
His smile you'll recognize

Thursday, August 28, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: love
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
(08/28/14) Remembering my father, on his birthday. Always he shared such beautiful tales, to touch my heart. They have served me well...as I go back to the well....when my soul is thirsting for love, for truth, for a place to belong. Dear Dad, I may have found the smile....Love ever, Your Little Girl. With all my heart.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Daniel Brick 06 September 2014

I like the emotional complexity that runs through this poem. The father is a loving man and wants to help his daughter through a heart crisis. He could have loftily declared, SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU TRUST YOUR HEART, WHEN YOU THINK YOU'VE FOUND TRUE LOVE. SO NOW PROTECT YOURSELF! But instead of trampling her belief he renews it, puts his fatherly authority behind it, gives what she most wants - confidence it will happen. Of course, he is complicating his life by doing so, because he may have to be her support in another heart crisis. And he is willing to be that refuge. I love the positive rapport between father and daughter in this poem. Morally speaking, he is the perfect father.

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Anthony Burkett 29 August 2014

treasured advice is the soul of a father's love...it touches the heart with gentle loving memories...

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Darlene Walsh 29 August 2014

I hope he is the smile, the prize. :)

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