Most Read Poets January 1st to June 1st

We are pleased to share our top twelve most read poets between January 1^st and June 1^st of this year.

The Natural World by Judy Kronenfeld

https://northofoxford.wordpress.com/2019/02/13/the-natural-world-by-judy-kronenfeld/

Tell Them You Invited Me by Margaret A. Campbell

https://northofoxford.wordpress.com/2019/02/13/tell-them-you-invited-me-by-margaret-a-campbell/

2 Poems by Nasim Basiri

https://northofoxford.wordpress.com/2019/02/13/2-poems-by-nasim-basiri/

2 Poems by J.C. Todd

https://northofoxford.wordpress.com/2019/05/15/2-poems-by-j-c-todd/

2 Poems by Akshaya Pawaskar

https://northofoxford.wordpress.com/2019/02/13/2-poems-by-akshaya-pawaskar/

2 Poems by Byron Beynon

https://northofoxford.wordpress.com/2019/05/15/2-poems-by-byron-beynon/

Old Bones by Lou Gallo

https://northofoxford.wordpress.com/2019/01/14/old-bones-by-lou-gallo/

Alexander Pushkin Dies in a Duel by Charles Rammelkamp

https://northofoxford.wordpress.com/2019/05/15/alexander-pushkin-dies-in-a-duel-by-charles-rammelkamp/

Ally, aka Advisor Resigns by Stephen Page

https://northofoxford.wordpress.com/2019/01/14/ally-aka-advisor-resigns-by-stephen-page/

2 Poems by Arlyn LaBelle

https://northofoxford.wordpress.com/2019/02/13/2-poems-by-arlyn-labelle/

A Man Like Her Father By David Boski

https://northofoxford.wordpress.com/2019/04/15/a-man-like-her-father-by-david-boski/

Reprise by Frank Wilson

https://northofoxford.wordpress.com/2019/03/15/reprise-by-frank-wilson/

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A Man Like Her Father By David Boski

A Man Like Her Father 

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“I want you to stop drinking whiskey;

it changes you, you turn into a monster,

and I don’t want to date a man like my father”

she said as her eyes began to water.

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“Ok” I said, “I’ll keep it under control.”

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“No David, you won’t keep it under control;

that’s the point, you lose control; do you know

all the awful things you said to me last night?

do you know what my father would think?

my brother? my sister? or my mother?

if I told them? — they wouldn’t let me date you!”

she continued assertively.

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“I’m sure your mother’s heard much worse

from your father” I replied defensively,

yet speaking truthfully.

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“Well, that’s the thing, I don’t want to hear it” she said.

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A few short months later our relationship ended:

she moved on and married a man who

cheated on her: a man like her father.

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David Boski lives in Toronto. His poems have appeared in The Dope Fiend Daily, Under The Bleachers, Mad Swirl, The Rye Whiskey Review and elsewhere. His forthcoming chapbook “Fist Fight and Fornication” is being released by John D. Robinson’s Holy&intoxicated Publications in June.