Here Comes The Bride Comments

luckily I've never repeated such accidental gate-crashing! At least the couple whos wedding we should have attended have not been affected by it. They've been very happily married for over 30 years now!

Thank you, Sara. Iy was what I would call a gradual process of non-recognition until the bride appeared! Think we made it to the proper wedding just as the vows were being exchanged. When someone asked, I just said Oh, the wife will explain.. and rushed off to the bar. Of course she used the old Car breakdown excuse.And she didn't forget to thank me for disappearing at the crucial time! Tom

It does us good to have a really silly day! . I think yesterday was another. But today I woke at five and thought it was high time I acted responsibly and immediately translated a beautiful poem called Lola by Federico Garcia Lorca. Whether this serious phase will last much longer? Ah, well. Weddings can be fun, except possibly one's own, which can be a sad and sobering occasion! Of course the booze andand the fights can liven things up. Reminds me of a poem by one of your great American poets, John Berryman, about a New Year's Ball. Glad you enjoyed it. Tom Billsborough

My wife's second cousin was the victim of these circumstance. I must say I was a totally innocent party. It was my wife who got the wrong church. Mind you my own wedding had its funny side. The Vicar was my future father-in -law who also insisted on giving away the bride. A double act that would have been riotous if it had not been for the sadness of the occasion! Regards Tom

Thanks Edward. I think I've had a silly day today! Still it does you good sometimes. I'll catch up on your poems in the next day or so. Regards Tom Billsborough