A love poem for a friend's wedding - HELP!

Hi,

I need a poem for a friend's wedding and I don't know where to look. Has to be easy to read aloud so nothing that is too old fashioned as it may not come across as easy to hear.

Open to all suggestions, so post away, old or new, full versions or excerpts.

Thanks,

Lemily

Reply 1

Mask Of Sanity

14

"You are, her fire, her one, desire, believe, when we say, she wants it that way."

I need to finish that; started for my friend's wedding. :laughing:

Reply 2

queen_georgie

10

"How Much Do I love Thee" Elizabeth Barret Browning. Lol
X

Reply 3

little_green

11

How about a reading from Captain Corelli's Mandolin - am having this at my wedding and thought it was nice without being too slushy and fairly modern.

http://www.weddingideasmagazine.co.uk/content/view/164/158/

Reply 4

Walnut Whipp

8

Either Corinthians 13:4-8 or 'On your wedding day' author unknown.

Reply 5

Ash Rox Rocks

I only wrote one poem for my friends gay wedding and they loved it however it would be too personal to quote.

How about?

Through the years and tears,
happiness and joy,
Iv never seen a happeir couple than __ and __
They are the penultimate couple you adore
for their warmth, hilarity, romantacism and l'amour.
Im honoured to be your friend
and be here to see your special day
For you's to accept each other in the most loving way
the giving of rings, the happy ever after
which i know will truly last
So i give you my congratulations, a cheers
and the Wedding will be a blast.
Congratulations and All my Love
_________________

Hope that helps :biggrin:

Reply 6

Ash Rox Rocks

If you think its crap well i wrote it in 2mins. . .but if you like it . . .then woohoo :biggrin:

Reply 7

Evenstar

13

little_green

How about a reading from Captain Corelli's Mandolin - am having this at my wedding and thought it was nice without being too slushy and fairly modern.

http://www.weddingideasmagazine.co.uk/content/view/164/158/

Oh my gosh I just read that and it is so lovely, it brought a tear to my eye! I must remember that one... :smile:

Reply 8

buttercup_10

'Let me put it this way' by Simon Armitage. One of my favourite poems :smile:

Let me put it this way:
if you came to lay

your sleeping head
against my arm or sleeve,

and if my arm went dead,
or if I had to take my leave

at midnight, I should rather
cleave it from the joint or seam

than make a scene
or bring you round.

There,
how does that sound?

Reply 9

StotheL

Like someone else has already suggested above, I love 1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 i.e. 'Love is patient, love is kind..' etc. I also love the quote used in Sex and the city, 'ever thy, ever mine; ever ours' - it isn't exactly a poem, but it's still beautiful.

Reply 10

StotheL

little_green

How about a reading from Captain Corelli's Mandolin - am having this at my wedding and thought it was nice without being too slushy and fairly modern.

http://www.weddingideasmagazine.co.uk/content/view/164/158/

Oh wow, I've finished reading that there. You definitely will cry when that's read at your wedding! haha.

Reply 11

ormaybeitsjustnarcissism

14

If it can be jokey then: (this is actually a song)
We’ve got years ahead of us
We’ve got people who care for us
We’ve got Sunday morning coffees in the sun
We’ve got Monday night television

We’ve got years of happiness
We’ve got decades of laughter ahead of us
We’ve got Christmases with family by the sea
We’ve got wine and vintage cheddar

Yeah, I have everything a man could ever want
And all I’ll ever need is you

Nothing can stop us now
Only the good times left
Nothing can stop our love
Except terminal illness
Or sudden accidental death

Just change the "us" to "you" or whatever and you're away :smile:

Reply 12

thetopnotch

16

queen_georgie

"How Much Do I love Thee" Elizabeth Barret Browning. Lol
X

Isn't this the poem about the women wanting to poison her husband???

Reply 13

hykim1

1

His hello was the end of her endings
Her laugh was their first step down the aisle
His hand would be hers to hold forever
His forever was as simple as her smile
He said she was what was missing
She said instantly she knew
She was a question to be answered
And his answer was "I do"

Carrie Bradshaw haha. But you have to be fighting tears at the end for the full effect x

Reply 14

prettyblueeyes

13

I think "The Art of Marriage" is a lovely reading.

A good marriage must be created.
In the marriage the little things are the big things.
It is never being too old to hold hands.
It is remembering to say 'I love you' at least once a day.
It is never going to sleep angry.
It is having a mutual sense of values and common objectives.
It is standing together and facing the world.....
It is forming a circle of love that gathers in the whole family.
It is speaking words of appreciation and demonstrating gratitude in thoughtful ways.
It is having the capacity to forgive and forget.
It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow.
It is a common search for the good and the beautiful.
It is not only marrying the right person.
It is being the right partner.

Reply 15

Musash1

No new yearss day
To celebrate
No chocolate covered candy hearts to give away
No first of spring
No song to sing
In fact heres just another ordinary day
No april rain
No flowers bloom
No wedding saturday within the month of june
But what it is
Is something true
Made up of these three words that I must say to you

I just called to say I love you
I just called to say how much I care
I just called to say I love you
And I mean it from the bottom of my heart

Tell em to sing it, she'll love him

Reply 16

No Longer_Active

hykim1

His hello was the end of her endings
Her laugh was their first step down the aisle
His hand would be hers to hold forever
His forever was as simple as her smile
He said she was what was missing
She said instantly she knew
She was a question to be answered
And his answer was "I do"

Carrie Bradshaw haha. But you have to be fighting tears at the end for the full effect x

ohhh i love this. so much better than the initial 'love is like a fuzzy glove'

Reply 17

getinthevan

15

I Carry Your Heart With Me
E. E. Cummings.

I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart)
I am never without it
(anywhere I go you go, my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing, my darling)

I fear no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet)
I want no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you

Here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart

I carry your heart (I carry it in my heart)

(used in the film In Her Shoes)