Two Sonnets for My Daughter's Wedding
A father's loving wishes at his daughter's wedding1If this were paradise--fall would never fade;the leaves so red and orange would always glowin the wonder of the autumn light, and the shadeof shadows from the trees would never go,and the ancient sun and moon would always shineand fill our endless days with fragrant air,and we would laugh and never think of time,or see our wrinkling skin and graying hair.But we are here on this October dayto see two lovers standing face...