father's advice
. . . the faded blue
of his ball cap
Acorn, 41, Fall 2018
Elliot Nicely
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
父親的忠告
... 他的球帽
褪色的藍色
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
父亲的忠告
...他的球帽
褪色的蓝色
Bio Sketch
Elliot Nicely is the author of two chapbooks: The Black Between Stars (Crisis Chronicles Press, 2017) and Tangled Shadows: Senryu and Haiku (Rosenberry Books, 2013). He resides in Lakewood, Ohio in the United States.
L1 sets the theme while enhanced by the use of a synecdoche, the image of the faded blue ball cap in Ls 2&3 is visually evocative and symbolically rich, implying that the speaker's father plays the role of a life coach who offers the speaker the wisdom of the ages.
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