University of Central Missouri, Department of English and Philosophy
Article
My Father Disappears into Flowers
The apple tree in the backyard with white waterfall blossoms:
my father's body disappearing in his sickness down to 90 lbs,his hat floating on his head:
my father falling into the clothes rack trying to buysmaller pants to fit—
he's not gone
The air heavy with waterfall, and him—vaulting down the front steps in spring: [End Page 217]
Jan Beatty
Jan Beatty's new book, The Body Wars, will be published in Fall, 2020 by the University of Pittsburgh Press. She won the 2019 Red Hen Press Nonfiction Award for her book, American Bastard, which will be released in 2021. She directs the creative writing program at Carlow University, where she runs the Madwomen in the Attic writing workshops and is Distinguished Writer in Residence in the MFA program.
