weddings
Cavafy at the wedding
Song of the Heart by Cavafy With you, I think, all that is pleasant smiles on me, in the mirror of your eyes there is reflected joy. Stay, my light, and still I have not told you even half of all that presses down upon my heart so amorous, that rushes to my […]
MoreAnother reason cellphones kill romance
Marriage By Lawrence Raab Years later they find themselves talking about chances, moments when their lives might have swerved off for the smallest reason. What if I hadn’t phoned, he says, that morning? What if you’d been out, as you were when I tried three times the night before? Then she tells […]
MoreFriends along the way
Wedding Cake by Naomi Shihab Nye Once on a plane a woman asked me to hold her baby and disappeared. I figured it was safe, our being on a plane and all. How far could she go? She returned one hour later, having changed her clothes and washed her hair. I didn’t recognize […]
MoreNow and later: best wishes from Poem Elf
My nephew got married a few weeks ago in a joyful rumpus of a wedding followed by a mellower brunch the next day. I waited till the last minute to poem-elf the couple, and then I was disappointed I couldn’t get in their locked car to hide poems. But it worked out. In the absence […]
MoreHere comes the bride and a few poems too
My niece and goddaughter got married last weekend in Maryland. It was a great occasion to celebrate with my family (70 and counting), and a great occasion for poem elfing. There’s no poem hidden in this picture but I do think I captured one in her expression. Look how she grips her father […]
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