The Pallbearer

Authors

  • Jay Hopler Author

Keywords:

grief, death of a father, funeral, night sky, father-son relationship

Abstract

A pallbearer carrying his father’s coffin scolds the glittering night sky for its showiness and wishes it could be as quietly decorous as the banyan trees.

Author Biography

  • Jay Hopler

    Jay Hopler is the author of two books of poetry, Green Squall, published by Yale University Press in 2006, and The Abridged History of Rainfall, forthcoming from McSweeney’s Poetry Series in August, 2016.

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Published

2016-09-28

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 1 (2016): 10th Anniversary Issue

Section

Creative Works

How to Cite

Hopler, Jay. “The Pallbearer”. The Mailer Review, vol. 10, no. 1, Sept. 2016, p. 513, https://mailerreview.org/journal/article/view/594.