The Epistemology of Cheerios by Geffrey Davis

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend September 26, 2014   The Epistemology of Cheerios   Geffrey Davis

this the week of our son’s first upright wobble from kitchen to living-room    and he begins planting tiny Os wherever his fleshy fingers can reach    each first shelf    each chair cushion      each pair of shoes    he goes to bury a piece behind the TV inside the pool of exposed wires we’ve been saving him from since he took to motion      and I let him go for it    he survives    but why this risk    how costly this whole- grain crumb    back from the wilderness of worry    for whom            Copyright © 2014 by Geffrey Davis. Used with permission of the author. About This Poem   “This poem is part of a new series on fatherhood, tentatively titled The Daddy Notebooks. A recurring tension of the series is the struggle to balance the forces of belief and worry.” —Geffrey Davis   Geffrey Davis is the author of Revising the Storm (BOA Editions, 2014). He teaches at the University of Arkansas and lives in Fayetteville. Most Recent Book by Davis   Revising the Storm (BOA Editions, 2014) "King Lear" by Lisa Sewell "Toad" by Diane Seuss "How to Be a Lawyer" by Jordan Davis Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends. Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit Poets.org.   You are receiving this e-mail because you elected to subscribe to our mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe, please click here.   © Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038