Less Fortunate Pirates: Poems from the First Year Without My Father

On December 10, 2009, Jimmy Borland gave his son, Bryan, $1,000 so that Bryan could begin a small press. Ten days later, Jimmy was killed when his vehicle left a one-lane bridge and plunged into a lake. Sibling Rivalry Press - and all that we've published - grew from a last gift from father to son. Less Fortunate Pirates is a map to surviving the first year following a loss, but more than anything, it's Bryan's way of repaying his father for the gift that changed his life.

These are the poems from Bryan's first year without his father: the grief, the love, the memories, and the discovery and exploration of a new landscape.

Sooner or later, we all become pirates.