Sounds I Cannot Hear Clearly Anymore Add Up to the Sum of Silence GetBooksUpdated Sounds I Cannot Hear Clearly

Sounds I Cannot Hear Clearly Anymore Add Up to the Sum of Silence

and mourners

He harnesses an hourglass on a string

tributes to literary guides like Linda Gregg

At the heart of this collection is a father who lost his hearing when his cannon backfired during the Second World War

Sounds I Cannot Hear Clearly Anymore Add Up to the Sum of Silence GetBooksUpdated Sounds I Cannot Hear Clearlyby Martin Willitts Jr. In Sounds I Cannot Hear Clearly Anymore Add Up to the Sum of Silence, Martin Willitts Jr. traces the many forms silence takes across a lifetime. The silence of a deaf father who refused to learn sign language. The silence between a parent and an estranged son. The silence that follows war. And the gradual quieting of the poet's own hearing. At the heart of this collection is a father who lost his hearing when his cannon