Not A Legend - 1. Not A Legend

Lovely piece. Sweet sentiments. A clever twist on the theme.

Very beautiful. Indeed, a nice and unexpected twist on the theme.

Who is to say what makes a legend. I have yet to hear one of the good father. Nice change on the message and I enjoyed it a lot.

Beautiful ode to a very deserving knight in shining armour, i'm sure.

Wonderfully painted sentiments K!

Lovely Just lovely And why cant a dad be a legend? i'm sure there are many out there.

It's a curious thing, both practically and intellectually, that the writing of this little elegy actually, on the one hand, denotes the father figure as a legend in the making, so to be, and; on the other hand, sets him down in history, and therefore makes a legend of him.

This is a really nice little piece, written in an uncluttered sort of way, almost naive, but certainly simple. I heard a man talking on the radio tonight, reiterating that children often give you the truth as of fact, without the clutter of interposing narratives. This piece was rather like that.

I suppose, however, that I was a little disturbed, though, that you seemed to be denying the status of legend to the father, almost on behalf of the daughter. This brings an added dimension of interest, because it is contrary to the sentiment of the poem, even while existing. That in itself makes it a more provocative read, and further invigorates the question "why not?".

Actually, I think I'll put this in the discussion too, to see what others think. Meantime, thanks for this Krista. I'm currently embroidering a pillow for a baby due on December 27th, so my head is kinda in this space atm in other ways. Nice piece.

Thanks for your poem, I enjoyed reading it.