Reviewed on 1/9/2025 ★★★★☆ A perfect/ track of boards/ floating on the water/ that first day/ the ice has melted. In this short and sweet poem by Miller, the speaker gives shape to childhood with his daughter’s “project.” A notable conflict in the poem is between adult maturity, childish imagination, and the daughter’s fatalistic transformation … Continue reading Review: “The End of Childhood” by Wayne Miller