“My mother turned to me and said,
look, his skin is so soft, touch him,
and she held his hand, stroked it
in a way I’d never seen her do in life.”
Enjoy this audio recording of “When My Father Died” by Laura Rosenthal from Vol. 35:2 of CALYX Journal! Buy your copy here!
Laura Rosenthal holds an MFA from Pacific University. She lives in Sacramento, CA, and has published, or has poems forthcoming, in Boog City, Buddhist Poetry Review, Driftwood Press, Chicago Quarterly Review, Raleigh Review, Tampa Review, and other journals. She leads workshops on writing and spiritual practice and is a member of the Community of Writers.