Daily Reading

This piece, "Knock Knock My Dad’s Dream for Me" by Daniel Beaty, addresses the issue of an absent father in a young man's life. He tells the story of how during his childhood, his father was incarcerated and consequently, Beaty was raised without a father figure. Beaty uses the name of a game he used to play with his father, "Knock Knock", as a recurring symbol throughout his recitation, which is an aspect that we have looked at in written poetry.