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    5/9/2021 Advice to My Son by Peter Meinke - Your Daily Poem

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    Poetry News Peter Meinke
    Poet Profiles The trick is, to live your days
    as if each one may be your last
    (for they go fast, and young men lose their lives
    in strange and unimaginable ways)
    Search for poems but at the same time, plan long range
    (for they go slow; if you survive
    the shattered windshield and the bursting shell
    you will arrive
    at our approximation here below
    Want Your Daily Poem of heaven or hell).
    delivered right to your mailbox
    every morning? To be specific, between the peony and the rose
    plant squash and spinach, turnips and tomatoes;
    Enter Your Email Here: beauty is nectar
    and nectar, in a desert, saves,
    Go but the stomach craves stronger sustenance
    than the honied vine.
    Therefore, marry a pretty girl
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    after seeing her mother;
    Show your soul to one man,
    Company Email: work with another;
    info@YourDailyPoem.com and always serve bread with your wine.
    But son, always serve wine.

    From Liquid Paper: New & Selected Poems (University of Pittsburgh Press 1991).
    Used here with the author's permission.

    Peter Meinke is the former Poet Laureate of St. Petersburg, Florida, and that
    state's newly named Poet Laureate. He directed the Writing Workshop at Eckerd
    College for 27 years, and has been writer-in-residence in dozens of schools,
    including Old Dominion, Davidson, and Hamilton College. His wife Jeanne has
    illustrated many of his books, including his popular book on writing, The Shape of
    Poetry, and the cover of his most recent collection, Lucky Bones. When not
    elsewhere, they’ve lived in the same tree-shaded cottage in St. Petersburg for
    almost 50 years. Learm more about Peter at www.petermeinke.com.

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    exaggeratedswagger:
    My eyes have never seen so much pog
    Posted 02/03/2021 10:49 AM

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    Posted 02/03/2021 10:48 AM

    Gilbert Allen:
    Tender and touching, with no false sentiment along the way. A lovely poem!
    Posted 06/18/2015 09:58 AM

    Walcottjm:
    Oh, this is lovely. For many, many years, I have used an essay by Meinke in my creative
    writing class. He practices his own advice in "What Makes Good Poetry?"
    Posted 06/18/2015 09:51 AM

    Larry Schug:
    A poem of reality, beauty and good advice. I hope all sons heed it.
    Posted 06/18/2015 08:00 AM

    John:
    Fine internal rhymes interlock the lines.
    Posted 06/18/2015 07:45 AM

    paradea:
    I love this poem!!
    Posted 06/18/2015 07:29 AM

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