Skinny Parental Palindrome

John Peter Beck

Though            Mom                coming
god                   and                   and
mirrors             Dad                  going.
dog,                  remain
                         steadfast,


John Peter Beck
Raised in a milltown on Lake Michigan in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, John Peter Beck is a recently retired professor in the labor education program at Michigan State University where he still co-directs a program that focuses on labor history and the culture of the workplace, Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives. His poetry has been published in a number of journals including The Seattle Review, Another Chicago Magazine, The Louisville Review and Passages North among others.

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