Poetry – Pierre Minar

Flowing cedar roots


Dear Dad 

You gave me everything 

I suppose 

Except your blood 


I never see my face  

In yours 

Except when you smile 


Your face taught 

Me how 

Pierre Minar was born in Lebanon and grew up in New Jersey. His work has appeared in HobartFlora FictionBruiser, a collection called Giant Robot Poems by Middle West Press, and a chapbook called Transmissions From My Yearning Chair by Bottlecap Press. When he is not writing poems he investigates Medicare fraud by big companies. He lives in Dallas.