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o,papa is here!
Stanhope never stops overthinking, and in his second poetry anthology, O, Papa, he unleashes an emotional exorcism upon himself, unveiling a collection of visceral, personal poems about his mental state as a young adult shaping the desire, grief and yearning we all have within. O, Papa does not seek redemption - it simply refuses to look away. Here, suffering is not solitary;
A boy watches his father and learns how to stand.
A man watches his son and forgets how to kneel.
A grandfather watches them both
and remembers too late;
he should've taught them
how to fall.







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