Today would have been my father's 82nd birthday. I do not know how to describe how much I miss him, nor how thoroughly he will always be a part of me.

Sonnet to My FatherFather, since always now the death to come ( Read more... )

for Warsop's Uncle Mike, because I have an Uncle Mike, too, and do not want to lose him, and for E., who's father is ill, and for me, because my father (currently healthy) is the most important person in my life and I am grateful every day for the ways in which he's shaped me...

Sonnet to My FatherFather, since always now the death to come ( Read more... )