Finding the Father at Table

About the Book

Thomas Wolfe in Look Homeward Angel asked, “Which of us has looked into his father’s heart?” In Finding the Father at Table, Cannon does this and clears a path for us with simple words and earthy images. Embodied metaphors of a boy’s prayer and a dancing girl dissolve mystery and reveal the sacredness of the commonplace. Longing splashed with hope and sadness washed with passionate concern reach the heart of the matter. There we “find the voice stronger than a whisper, more real than a memory”. This book is an important read for both men and women to embrace more firmly or for the first time the first man they got to know.

About the Author

About the Author Finding the Father at Table is Mr. Cannon’s second publication with X-Libris. The 2004 release of Jennifer Graf Groneberg’s anthology celebrating parenthood, My Hearts First Steps was his first publishing debut. In May 2008, he self-published a collection of poems entitled Traces of Passionate Leaves. The following December, Goose River Press released Intimate Witness: The Carol Poems, a testament to his wife’s courageous journey with cancer. Mr. Cannon has been a featured poet at Manchester Community College, CT and at local Worcester poetry venues. From 2007-2008, he collaborated with singer/songwriters John Small and Lydia Fortune. This creative venture harmoniously weaved together poetry and music. The CD, Small, Fortune & Cannon: Live at the Sturbridge Coffee House, captures some of the ‘60’s style’ coffeehouse happenings. It is available through John Small at http://www.myspace.com/johnsmallmusic. Mr. Cannon appeared in The Goose River Anthology: 2009. Presently, he contributes monthly essays of poetic reflections for The Sturbridge Times, Sturbridge, MA. Eros: Faces of Love, released in February 2010 was Mr. Cannon’s first X-Libris publication. For more information about other publications and readings, contact the author at http://www.d_rspirit@yahoo.com.