F ather to S on E lizabeth J ennings About the poet Elizabeth Jennings, ( Elizabeth Joan Jennings) was born on 18 th July in 1926, in Boston, Lincolnshire, England She died on 26 th October, 2001, Bampton, Oxfordshire, She is one of the most famous English poets Her works relate intensely personal matters. She is plain and traditional in her style. Her early poetry was published in journals. She published her first book when she was just 27 years old. I do not understand this child Though we have lived together now In the same house for years. I know Nothing of him, so try to build Up a relationship from how He was when small. Yet have I killed The seed I spent or sown it where The land is his and none of mine? We speak like strangers, there’s no sign Of understanding in the air. This child is built to my design Yet what he loves I cannot share. Silence surrounds us. I would have Him prodigal, returning to His father’s h...