As we move through life, we are bound to encounter conflict in one form or another. No matter what the circumstances, it is important that we keep our cool and avoid using violence in any form. The following poem by Rita Ann Higgins examines conflict within a family. In it, the speaker alludes to a conflict between father and son.
As you read the poem, try to find the source of conflict.
It Wasn’t the Father’s Fault By Rita Ann Higgins
His father him hit
with a baseball bat and he was never right since.
Some say he was never right anyway.
Standing
behind the kitchen table one Sunday before Mass his mother said,
