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Today we will be looking at the poem "Words for Worry" by Li-Young Lee.
\\nBio: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/li-young-lee
\\nThe Poem:
\\nby Li-Young Lee
\\nAnother word for father is worry.
\\nWorry boils the water
\\nfor tea in the middle of the night.
\\nWorry trimmed the child\\u2019s nails before
\\nsinging him to sleep.
\\nAnother word for son is delight,
\\nanother word, hidden.
\\nAnd another is One-Who-Goes-Away.
\\nYet another, One-Who-Returns.
\\nSo many words for son:
\\nHe-Dreams-for-All-Our-Sakes.
\\nHis-Play-Vouchsafes-Our-Winter-Share.
\\nHis-Dispersal-Wins-the-Birds.
\\nBut only one word for father.
\\nAnd sometimes a man is both.
\\nWhich is to say sometimes a man
\\nmanifests mysteries beyond
\\nhis own understanding.
\\nFor instance, being the one and the many,
\\nand the loneliness of either. Or
\\nthe living light we see by, we never see. Or
\\nthe sole word weighs
\\nheavy as a various name.
\\nAnd sleepless worry folds the laundry for tomorrow.
\\nTired worry wakes the child for school.
\\nOrphan worry writes the note he hides
\\nin the child\\u2019s lunch bag.
\\nIt begins, Dear Firefly\\u2026.
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