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[Laura007]

could you all cast your eye over these for me, and give me an idea of what might work.

 

thanks

 

Number 1

 

What is that feeling of your heart pounding inside your chest?

What is that look that says every day you’re the best?

What is that memory that brings a smile to your face?

What is that excitement that makes you quicken with every pace?

What is that longing that you want to be together?

What is that certainty that you know it will be forever?

What is it that means all of the above?

It is a four letter word, and that word is love.

 

 

Number 2

 

Joy is in the simple things: touching,

Embracing, chattering on for hours about nothing,

Sure of your place within another's heart.

Simple things: like coming home knowing

Exactly where the treasure lies; like being

At ease with what you do and who you are;

Needing what you already have; accepting,

Desiring what you have been given; feeling

The gratitude of someone who is loved;

Investing goodness instead of money; giving

For the pleasure of giving pleasure; seeing

Fortune come to take you in its arms.

All this joy is yours for the price of loving,

Not only well but long, days of willing,

Years and years of wise and patient love.

 

Number 3

 

Love. What a small word we use for an idea so immense and powerful. It has altered the flow of history, calmed monsters, kindled works of art, cheered the forlorn, turned tough guys to mush, consoled the enslaved, driven strong women mad, glorified the humble, fueled national scandals, bankrupted robber barons, and made mincemeat of kings. How can love’s spaciousness be conveyed in the narrow confines of one syllable? Love is an ancient delirium, a desire older than civilization, with taproots spreading into deep and mysterious days. The heart is a living museum. In each of its galleries, no matter how narrow or dimly lit, preserved forever like wondrous diatoms, are our moments of loving, and being loved.

 

 

Number 4

 

Scattered from hands of love like bread for wild birds

Flung like rainbows of confetti from hands of joy

Released like drops of warm and living rain

We shower you with blessings

May companionship sustain you

Love be your walking guide

Joy the bricks that build your house

Laughter the cement that makes you strong

Compassion the roof that shelters you

In its strong and caring arms

May the path you walk together be the quiet path of harmony

Respecting each other’s differences

May friends and children gather at your table

May life be long and, at its human end

May the gaze that falls each upon the other

Be still alive with love

And twinkle yet with laughter

Health, gladness and love always

Dear……. and Dear………

With hearts filled with joy we celebrate

Your wedding day

[Mel (& Paul)]

Ahhhh ......... Bless .......... made me go all goo-ey

I voted number 2

[ubereglu]

I voted for No. 3, No. 2 was a bit too slushy for me and I think that No. 1 had just a few too many rhetorical questions...

 

That's just my opinion though.

[Mel (& Paul)]

but you are so young to be so cynical ubereglu

[Seagazer]

I thought no 2 was lovely!

[ubereglu]

but you are so young to be so cynical ubereglu

 

Meh, it's not all my fault...I'm just a very down to earth and practical person really. Anyway it depends what you think the people getting married would like best. I just know that my sister and her fiance Dave wouldn't like something like that!

[lisaroo2]

I've voted for number 4 and may pinch it for our wedding next year as we both like it so much. We're struggling to find suitable readings so this might fit the bill.

[Laura & CTB]

Number four here too

[Guest]

number 2 for me, the others are a bit cheesy

 

I had Adrian Henri's 'Love Is' http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/love-is/ read at my wedding, it raised a smile or three

[Jules.]

no 4 cause it sound the best

[Tessa the Duchess]

They are all a bit cheesy for me I'm afraid.

 

Love the poem Poet I think if I ever got married again, heaven forfend , I would have this

 

 

Tessa

[lisaroo2]

I love the clip on youtube! very hmmmmmm. How can I include that in my wedding next year?

[Chickvic]

Number 2. It was really lovely *sigh* .

[Guest]

They are all a bit cheesy for me I'm afraid.

 

Love the poem Poet I think if I ever got married again, heaven forfend , I would have this

 

 

Tessa

 

I love that!

 

Did you ever get hold of that anthology you were looking for? None of the poets I know (would you believe!) could help me track down a copy!

[Guest]

I love the clip on youtube! very hmmmmmm. How can I include that in my wedding next year?

 

how about reading it out!

[Cate in NZ]

Number 3

 

Love. What a small word we use for an idea so immense and powerful. It has altered the flow of history, calmed monsters, kindled works of art, cheered the forlorn, turned tough guys to mush, consoled the enslaved, driven strong women mad, glorified the humble, fueled national scandals, bankrupted robber barons, and made mincemeat of kings. How can love’s spaciousness be conveyed in the narrow confines of one syllable? Love is an ancient delirium, a desire older than civilization, with taproots spreading into deep and mysterious days. The heart is a living museum. In each of its galleries, no matter how narrow or dimly lit, preserved forever like wondrous diatoms, are our moments of loving, and being loved.

 

 

 

It was the reference to Diatom that did it for me , not sure what a little bit of diatomaceous earth has to do with weddings, but if it's good enough for the chickens it'll do for me too

 

Good luck with making the decision.... not an easy one I'd guess

[Tessa the Duchess]

I love that!

 

Did you ever get hold of that anthology you were looking for? None of the poets I know (would you believe!) could help me track down a copy!

 

I didn't I'm afraid. I was kind of hoping you would find a couple of copies,but haven't hassled you because I know you have been tied up with real life

I'll have to buy it new from his website when they have some copies for sale.

 

Tessa

[Couperwife]

number 3

 

mentioning Bank robbers and monsters at a wedding

 

it has so got to be done

 

cathy

x

[Egluntyne]

No 2.

[Lesley]

No. 4

[Helen&Lee]

Definately No 4

 

Helen

[lisaroo2]

Hi Laura

 

Myself and hubbie-to-be went to meet the reverend who will be presiding over our wedding last night. He's lent us a really useful book called 'Poems and Readings for Weddings - Edited by Julia Watson, ISBN 0-141-01495-4. Hope this is of help as we've already chosen one or two from it!

[Laura007]

They are all a bit cheesy for me I'm afraid.

 

Love the poem Poet I think if I ever got married again, heaven forfend , I would have this

 

 

Tessa

 

any suggestions that are not cheesy???

[Guest]

any suggestions that are not cheesy???

 

here's one that mentions chickens!

 

"O Tell Me the Truth About Love" by W.H. Auden

 

 

Some say love's a little boy,

And some say it's a bird,

Some say it makes the world go around,

Some say that's absurd,

And when I asked the man next-door,

Who looked as if he knew,

His wife got very cross indeed,

And said it wouldn't do.

 

Does it look like a pair of pyjamas,

Or the ham in a temperance hotel?

Does its odour remind one of llamas,

Or has it a comforting smell?

Is it prickly to touch as a hedge is,

Or soft as eiderdown fluff?

Is it sharp or quite smooth at the edges?

O tell me the truth about love.

 

Our history books refer to it

In cryptic little notes,

It's quite a common topic on

The Transatlantic boats;

I've found the subject mentioned in

Accounts of suicides,

And even seen it scribbled on

The backs of railway guides.

 

Does it howl like a hungry Alsatian,

Or boom like a military band?

Could one give a first-rate imitation

On a saw or a Steinway Grand?

Is its singing at parties a riot?

Does it only like Classical stuff?

Will it stop when one wants to be quiet?

O tell me the truth about love.

 

I looked inside the summer-house;

It wasn't over there;

I tried the Thames at Maidenhead,

And Brighton's bracing air.

I don't know what the blackbird sang,

Or what the tulip said;

But it wasn't in the chicken-run,

Or underneath the bed.

 

Can it pull extraordinary faces?

Is it usually sick on a swing?

Does it spend all its time at the races,

or fiddling with pieces of string?

Has it views of its own about money?

Does it think Patriotism enough?

Are its stories vulgar but funny?

O tell me the truth about love.

 

When it comes, will it come without warning

Just as I'm picking my nose?

Will it knock on my door in the morning,

Or tread in the bus on my toes?

Will it come like a change in the weather?

Will its greeting be courteous or rough?

Will it alter my life altogether?

O tell me the truth about love.

[lisaroo2]

here's our favourite!

 

I know that you were made for me

And I was made for you

A wise old owl up in a tree

Told me this was true

 

I asked him only yesterday

If I should marry you

He answered - 'I can safely say

You're not a twit too woo.'