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The Emma Press Anthology of Fatherhood Sue Kindon were both shortlisted for theFathers consider their children and children consider their fathers in this powerful, nuanced book about masculinity, legacy and distance. Poems by Hugh Dunkerley and James Harris depict the joy of new parenthood, casting a poignant light on poems depicting estrangement between poets and fathers, including Jerrold Yam's heartbreaking poem 'Ornament': '[the pond] seems, as I grow older, to be more perfect for my fathers affections than I can ever be.'