Jennica Rose, a state auditor and blogger, shares her appreciation for creativity on special occasions: “I always love how celebrations reinvent and promote artistry. Personally, I love to see works that are thoroughly crafted and thought about (i).” We will present you with our collection of 66 wedding poems to help you express your wedding sentiments. Choose whatever resonates with you, and enjoy your big day!
Romantic Poems For The Wedding Ceremony
As you prepare for your wedding, finding the perfect wedding vows for him or wedding vows for her can help you articulate your deepest feelings. Here are some poems that celebrate your bond:
1. Love’s Philosophy – Percy Bysshe Shelley
The fountains mingle with the river And the rivers with the ocean, The winds of heaven mix for ever With a sweet emotion; Nothing in the world is single; All things by a law divine In one spirit meet and mingle. Why not I with thine?— See the mountains kiss high heaven And the waves clasp one another; No sister-flower would be forgiven If it disdained its brother; And the sunlight clasps the earth And the moonbeams kiss the sea: What is all this sweet work worth If thou kiss not me?
2. A Wedding Toast – James Bertolino
May your love be firm, and may your dream of life together be a river between two shores— by day bathed in sunlight, and by night illuminated from within. May the heron carry news of you to the heavens, and the salmon bring the sea’s blue grace. May your twin thoughts spiral upward like leafy vines, like fiddle strings in the wind, and be as noble as the Douglas fir. May you never find yourselves back to back without love pulling you around into each other’s arms.
3. At Nightfall – Charles Hanson Towne
I need so much the quiet of your love, After the day’s loud strife; I need your calm all other things above, After the stress of life. I crave the haven that in your dear heart lies, After all toil is done; I need the star shine of your heavenly eyes, After the day’s great sun.
4. Love Song– Henry Dumas
Beloved, I have to adore the earth: The wind must have heard your voice once. It echoes and sings like you. The soil must have tasted you once. It is laden with your scent. The trees honor you in gold and blush when you pass. I know why the north country is frozen. It has been trying to preserve your memory. I know why the desert burns with fever. It was wept too long without you. On hands and knees, the ocean begs up the beach, and falls at your feet. I have to adore the mirror of the earth. You have taught her well how to be beautiful.
5. The Portrait Of A Lady (Excerpt) – Henry James
It has made me better loving you… it has made me wiser, and easier, and brighter. I used to want a great many things before, and to be angry that I did not have them. Theoretically, I was satisfied. I flattered myself that I had limited my wants. But I was subject to irritation; I used to have morbid sterile hateful fits of hunger, of desire. Now I really am satisfied, because I can’t think of anything better. It’s just as when one has been trying to spell out a book in the twilight, and suddenly the lamp comes in. I had been putting out my eyes over the book of life, and finding nothing to reward me for my pains; but now that I can read it properly I see that it’s a delightful story.
6. I Belong In Your Arms – Deborah Bridea
I belong in your arms Finally, I have found a place Into which I fit perfectly, safely And securely with no doubts, No fears, no sadness, no tears. This place is filled with happiness and laughter Yet it is spacious enough, to allow me The freedom to move around, To live my life and be myself. This wonderful place, which I never believed really existed, I have found finally Inside your arms, inside your heart, inside your love.
7. 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 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)
8. Love Listen – Ann Gray
Let’s love, listen, take time when time is all we have. Let’s be unafraid to be kind, learn to disregard the bad if the good outweighs it daily. Let’s make a gift of silence, the day’s hushing into dark, and when we hold each other let’s always be astonished we are where we want to be. Let’s hope to age together, but if we can’t, let’s promise now to remember how we shone when we were at our best, when we were most ourselves.
9. I Promise To Love You — Sean Short
I promise to Love you through the good times and bad I’ll Love you when I’m angry, hurt and mad Love is a choice I’ve made to devote my life To making you, my world, my wife Nothing will ever change that choice that I’ve made Even when we feel our Love start to fade It’s inside my soul, and nothing can shake My Love for you, that’s a promise I won’t break.
10. Now Touch The Air Softly – William Jay Smith
Now touch the air softly, step gently, one, two… I’ll love you ’til roses are robin’s-egg blue; I’ll love you til gravel is eaten for bread, And lemons are orange, and lavender’s red. Now touch the air softly, swing gently the broom. I’ll love you ‘til windows are all of a room; And the table is laid, and the table is bare, And the ceiling reposes on bottomless air. I’ll love you ‘til heaven rips the stars from his coat, And the moon rows away in a glass-bottomed boat; And Orion steps down like a river below, And earth is ablaze, and the oceans aglow. So touch the air softly, and swing the broom high. We will dust the grey mountains, and sweep the blue sky: And I’ll love you as long as the furrow the plough, As however is ever, and ever is now.
11. In Your Light I Learn How to Love – Rumi
In your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest, where no one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art.
12. Touched By An Angel – Maya Angelou
We, unaccustomed to courage exiles from delight live coiled in shells of loneliness until love leaves its high holy temple and comes into our sight to liberate us into life. Love arrives and in its train come ecstasies old memories of pleasure ancient histories of pain. Yet if we are bold, love strikes away the chains of fear from our souls. We are weaned from our timidity In the flush of love’s light we dare be brave And suddenly we see that love costs all we are and will ever be. Yet it is only love which sets us free.
13. It Was Said With Such Authority – Gary E. McCormick
I’ll give you the gist of what was said It was about love and the sayer said it had nothing to do with receiving He said love was all about giving plain and simple You could tell this guy walked the talk He made it clear you must love yourself before you can begin to love another The guy reminded me of that lover from Galilee.
14. How Do I Love Thee? – Elizabeth Barrett Browning
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of being and ideal grace. I love thee to the level of every day’s Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light. I love thee freely, as men strive for right. I love thee purely, as they turn from praise. I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.
15. Our Souls Are Mirrors – Rupi Kaur
God must have kneaded you and i from the same dough rolled us out as one on the baking sheet must have suddenly realized how unfair it was to put that much magic in one person and sadly split that dough in two how else is it that when i look in the mirror i am looking at you when you breathe my own lungs fill with air that we just met but we have known each other our whole lives if we were not made as one to begin with.
16. The Prophet (Excerpt) – Kahlil Gibran
Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself. But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires: To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To know the pain of too much tenderness. To be wounded by your own understanding of love; And to bleed willingly and joyfully. To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving; To rest at the noon hour and meditate love’s ecstasy; To return home at eventide with gratitude; And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise on your lips.
17. With You In My Heart – Mick Jennings, Perfect Words Ceremonies
With you in my heart, my life is complete, You’re the air that I breathe and the food that I eat. You are my soul mate, the beat in my heart, It feels like a year each second we’re apart. With you in my heart I’m walking on air, I can imagine your perfume and the touch of your hair. Your beautiful eyes, so kind and so green, The loveliest sight I ever have seen. With you in my heart, I am brim full of pride, It’s as though i can achieve anything with you by my side. You’re my rock, you’re my angel, my one true love, You’re my present from heaven, my gift from above. With you in my heart, I love you so much, How caring you are, my soul you do touch. You’re a beautiful princess, a pleasure to know, My love for you just continues to grow. With you in my heart, I’m the happiest man on earth, I feel God has planned this since the day of my birth. I could never love anyone the way I love you, I hope and I pray that you feel the same way too. With you in my heart, through the good and the bad, I’ll be there when you need me, when you’re hurting or sad. In fact I’ll be there for you any night, any day, Whenever you need me, you just have to say. With you in my heart, it really makes my day, With the things that you do and the things that you say. You and Eva deserve happiness and I will ensure, From now, only good times come knocking at your door. With you in my heart, I hope it feels good, And that I am caring for you the way that I should. I will always be happy, just by the love that you give, I will protect you and love you for as long as I live. Mischievous friends and relatives play a pivotal role in keeping the party going and making it enjoyable for all. Scroll down for some quick-witted and comical poems that are a perfect fit for this day.
Funny Poems For The Bride And Groom From Friends
18. The Promise – Eileen Rafter
The sun danced on the snow with a sparkling smile; As two lovers sat quietly, alone for a while. Then he turned and said, with a casual air (though he blushed from his chin to the tips of his hair), “I think I might like to get married to you.” “Well then,” she said, “there’s a thought. But what if we can’t promise to be all that we ought? Can you promise me, say, that you won’t rage and shout, If I’m late yet again, when we plan to go out, For I know I can’t promise I’ll learn to ignore Dirty socks or damp towels strewn all over the floor. So if we can’t vow to be all that we should I’m not sure what to do though the idea’s quite good.” But he gently smiled and tilted his head Till his lips met her ear and softly he said, “I promise to weave my dreams into your own, that wherever you breathe will be my heart’s home. I promise that, whether with rags or with gold I am blessed, Your smile is the jewel I will treasure the best. Do you think then, my love, we should marry – do you?” “Yes,” she said smiling, “I do.”
19. He Never Leaves The Seat Up – Pam Ayres
He never leaves the seat up Or wet towels upon the floor The toothpaste has the lid on And he always shuts the door! She’s very clean and tidy Though she may sometimes delude Leave your things out at your peril In a second they’ll have moved! He’s a very active person As are all his next of kin Where as she likes lazy days He’ll still drag her to the gym! He romances her and dines her Home cooked dinners and the like He even knows her favourite food And spoils her day and night! She’s thoughtful when he looks at her A smile upon his face Will he look that good in 50 years When his dentures aren’t in place?! He says he loves her figure And her mental prowess too But when gravity takes her over Will she charm with her IQ? She says she loves his kindness And his patience is a must And of course she thinks he’s handsome Which in her eyes is a plus! They’re both not wholly perfect But who are we to judge He can be pig headed Where as she won’t even budge! All that said and done They love the time they spent together And I hope as I’m sure you do That this fine day will last forever. He’ll be more than just her husband He’ll also be her friend And she’ll be more than just his wife She’s be his soul mate ‘till the end.
20. Be My Homer – C.J. Munn
Be my Homer I wanna be your Marge. If I’m your Norfolk Broads Will you be my barge? Let’s please be Tom and Barbara, I will show you The Good Life. Even though we’re not yet married I would love to be your wife. I’ve the passion Lily Munster has for her dear Herman. I would love you if you were ginger, I would love you if you were German. Like Mr. and Mrs. Huxtable, We’d smooch even when we’re wrinkly. I’ll even consider ironing your shirts, But I hope you like them crinkly. Like Mr. and Mrs. Incredible I’m flexible and you’re tough. But if you promise to be my true love That will always be enough. Like Bonny and that Clyde guy without all the dying. Like Gwyneth and that Coldplay man without all the crying. My partner in crime, the love of my life.
21. What’s Mickey Without Minnie? – Anonymous
What’s Mickey without Minnie, Or Piglet without Pooh, What’s Donald without Daisy? That’s me without you. When Ariel doesn’t sing, and Pooh hates honey, when Tigger stops bouncing, and Goofy isn’t funny. When Peter Pan can’t fly, and Simba never roars, when Alice no longer fits through small doors. When Dumbo’s ears are small, and happily ever after isn’t true, Even then, I won’t stop loving you.
22. When I’m Sixty-Four – The Beatles
When I get older losing my hair Many years from now Will you still be sending me a Valentine Birthday greetings, bottle of wine? If I’d been out till quarter to three Would you lock the door? Will you still need me, will you still feed me When I’m sixty-four? You’ll be older too And if you say the word I could stay with you I could be handy, mending a fuse When your lights have gone You can knit a sweater by the fireside Sunday mornings go for a ride Doing the garden, digging the weeds Who could ask for more? Will you still need me, will you still feed me When I’m sixty-four? Every summer we can rent a cottage in the Isle of Wight If it’s not too dear We shall scrimp and save Grandchildren on your knee Vera, Chuck and Dave Send me a postcard, drop me a line Stating point of view Indicate precisely what you mean to say Yours sincerely, wasting away Give me your answer, fill in a form Mine forevermore Will you still need me, will you still feed me When I’m sixty-four?
23. Yes, I’ll Marry You – Pam Ayres
Yes, I’ll marry you, my dear. And here’s the reason why; So I can push you out of bed When the baby starts to cry, And if we hear a knocking And it’s creepy and it’s late, I hand you the torch you see, And you investigate. Yes, I’ll marry you, my dear, You may not apprehend it, But when the tumble-drier goes It’s you that has to mend it, You have to face the neighbour Should our Labrador attack him, And if a drunkard fondles me It’s you that has to whack him. Yes, I’ll marry you, You’re virile and you’re lean, My house is like a pigsty You can help to keep it clean. That sexy little dinner Which you served by candlelight, As I do chipolatas, You can cook it every night! It’s you who has to work the drill And put up curtain track, And when I’ve got PMT It’s you who gets the flak, I do see great advantages, But none of them for you, And so before you see the light, I do, I do, I do!
24. Love Me When I’m Old – Bee Rawlinson
Love me when I’m old and shocking Peel off my elastic stockings Swing me from the chandeliers Let’s be randy bad old dears. Push around my chromed bath chair Let me tease your white chest hair Scaring children, swapping dentures Let us have some great adventures Take me to the dogs and bingo Teach me how to speak the lingo Bone my eels and bring me tea Show me how it’s meant to be Take me to your special places Watching all the puzzled faces You in shorts and socks and sandals Me with warts and huge love-handles As the need for love enthrals Wrestle with my damp proof smalls Make me laugh without constraint Buy me chocolate body paint Hold me safe throughout the night When my hair has turned to white Believe me when I say it’s true I’ve waited all my life for you.
25. I Wanna Be Yours – John Cooper Clarke
I wanna be your vacuum cleaner breathing in your dust I wanna be your Ford Cortina I will never rust If you like your coffee hot let me be your coffee pot You call the shots I wanna be yours I wanna be your raincoat for those frequent rainy days I wanna be your dreamboat when you want to sail away Let me be your teddy bear take me with you anywhere I don’t care I wanna be yours I wanna be your electric meter I will not run out I wanna be the electric heater you’ll get cold without I wanna be your setting lotion hold your hair in deep devotion Deep as the deep Atlantic ocean that’s how deep is my devotion.
26. Wedding Vow Haiku – Tracy Davidson, Hitched
I promise to love and will gladly honour you but obey? No way!
27. I’ll Be There For You – Louise Cuddon, Wedding Forward
I’ll be there my darling, through thick and through thin When your mind’s in a mess and your head’s in a spin When your plane’s been delayed, and you’ve missed the last train. When life is just threatening to drive you insane When your thrilling whodunit has lost its last page When somebody tells you, you’re looking your age When your coffee’s too cool, and your wine is too warm When the forecast said “Fine”, but you’re out in a storm When your quick break hotel, turns into a slum And your holiday photos show only your thumb When you park for five minutes in a resident’s bay And return to discover you’ve been towed away When the jeans that you bought in hope or in haste Just stick on your hips and don’t reach round your waist When the food you most like brings you out in red rashes When as soon as you boot up the bloody thing crashes So my darling, my sweetheart, my dear… When you break a rule, when you act the fool When you’ve got the flu, when you’re in a stew When you’re last in the queue, don’t feel blue ’cause I’m telling you, I’ll be there.
28. The Owl And The Pussy Cat – Edward Lear
I The Owl and the Pussycat went to sea In a beautiful pea green boat, They took some honey, and plenty of money Wrapped up in a five pound note. The Owl looked up to the stars above, And sang to a small guitar, ‘O lovely Pussy! O Pussy my love, What a beautiful Pussy you are, You are, You are! What a beautiful Pussy you are!’ II Pussy said to the Owl, ‘You elegant fowl! How charmingly sweet you sing! O let us be married! Too long we have tarried: But what shall we do for a ring?’ They sailed away, for a year and a day, To the land where the Bong-tree grows And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood With a ring at the end of his nose, His nose, His nose, With a ring at the end of his nose. III ‘Dear pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling Your ring?’ Said the Piggy, ‘I will.’ So they took it away, and were married the next day By the Turkey who lives on the hill. They dined on mince, and slices of quince, Which they ate with a runcible spoon; And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand, They danced by the light of the moon, The moon, The moon, They danced by the light of the moon.
29. Marriage – Dawn Moore, Hitched
Weeks and weeks to prepare Running here and there Arranging the church Your vows to rehearse Hoping your day will be bliss Preparing the guest list none amiss Flowers, rings, the wedding cake Present list for you to make Wedding cars, ribbons to tie Emotions running high Finally the day is here Time is drawing near Meet your man, make your vow Happiness at least for now Two people joined together as one Hanky panky when guests have gone.
30. The Good-Morrow – John Donne
I wonder by my troth, what thou and I Did, till we loved? Were we not weaned till then? But sucked on country pleasures, childishly? Or snorted we in the Seven Sleepers’ den? ‘Twas so; but this, all pleasures fancies be; If ever any beauty I did see, Which I desired, and got, ’twas but a dream of thee. And now good-morrow to our waking souls, Which watch not one another out of fear; For love all love of other sights controls, And makes one little room an everywhere. Let sea-discoverers to new worlds have gone; Let maps to other, worlds on worlds have shown; Let us possess one world; each hath one, and is one. My face in thine eye, thine in mine appears, And true plain hearts do in the faces rest; Where can we find two better hemispheres Without sharp north, without declining west? Whatever dies, was not mixed equally; If our two loves be one, or thou and I Love so alike that none can slacken, none can die.
31. Roll on the Wedding! – Catherine Smith, Hitched
The band has been booked, the cake has been made, the photographer’s chosen, all bills have been paid. The guests are decided, the menu too; Something borrowed? Check! Ditto old and blue. The stationery’s been ordered, along with the flowers, favours are done after fiddling for hours. The stag do’s a blur, same goes for the Hen – won’t be drinking that much in one sitting again! The dress has been picked, accessories bought; there’s nothing to schedule, no more to sort. After endless to-do lists for over a year, it’s time to relax; the big day is here! Sitting here with my girls as our hair gets done, I can’t help feeling lucky to have found ‘the One’ – Just think, by lunchtime I’ll be his new wife! Roll on the wedding, and our new married life!
32. Dear Heart – Hayley Gait-Golding, Hitched
Dear Heart, I’d like it if you’d tell me How you measure love. Do you deal in ounces and quarters? Or stroke it with kid gloves? How do you pick who gets it Because I’d really like a say And why is it that some people Get more and more each day? Another thing I’d like to know Is how love measures time? Is it founded in an instant? Then lasts a whole lifetime? Does it grow and grow your whole life through So I have more and more Or is there just a set amount You get at birth then store? What happens if it’s stolen? Or if I cease to love Does it all come back untarnished? With interest on the above. How can I know its importance? Do you give it certain ranks? Could I say that’s 1st or 2nd class? Like I do with postage stamps. Is true love like in stories? Like old fashioned fairy tales Cinderella meets Prince Charming And only love prevails Why is it then that nowadays? Love sometimes takes the course Of starting off with marriage But ending in divorce Is love equal in proportions? For families and for friends For husbands, wives and children Where does it ever end? To let me know what’s going on Lets strike a little deal Beat slowly for the phoneys And fast if it’s for real! For couples who like to keep it short and sweet or prefer to say a lot in fewer words, the next section has just the stuff for you. Profess your love and declare unfaltering devotion with these short yet awe-inspiring poems.
Short Poems For The Wedding Ceremony
33. Love Sonnet 17 – Pablo Neruda
I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where, I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I don’t know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep it is your eyes that close.
34. You Give Light – Anonymous
You gave light to my soul You helped me to be whole I have felt love for you before And it will be more and more, You are mine, my dear You are the angel from above Who taught me how to love. Please, forever keep me near.
35. Love Is – Adrian Henri
Love is… Love is feeling cold in the back of vans Love is a fan club with only two fans Love is walking holding paint-stained hands Love is. Love is fish and chips on winter nights Love is blankets full of strange delights Love is when you don’t put out the light Love is Love is the presents in Christmas shops Love is when you’re feeling Top of the Pops Love is what happens when the music stops Love is Love is white panties lying all forlorn Love is pink nightdresses still slightly warm Love is when you have to leave at dawn Love is Love is you and love is me Love is prison and love is free Love’s what’s there when you are away from me Love is…
36. Pathways – Rainer Maria Rilke
Understand, I’ll slip quietly away from the noisy crowd when I see the pale stars rising, blooming, over the oaks. I’ll pursue solitary pathways through the pale twilit meadows, with only this one dream: You come too.
37. To Be One With Each Other – George Eliot
What greater thing is there for two human souls, than to feel that they are joined for life – to strengthen each other in all labor, to rest on each other in all sorrow, to minister to each other in all pain, to share with each other in all gladness, to be one with each other in the silent unspoken memories.
38. When Someone Dries Your Tears – Anonymous
When someone dries your tears, When someone wins your heart. Love has come and set you free, A whole new life shall start! Today is beginning of the rest of your life, Together forever as husband and wife. Your dreams will come true with love and much more, Happiness to share and the world to explore!
39. Beauty That Is Never Old – James Weldon Johnson
When buffeted and beaten by life’s storms, When by the bitter cares of life oppressed, I want no surer haven than your arms, I want no sweeter heaven than your breast. When over my life’s way there falls the blight Of sunless days, and nights of starless skies; Enough for me, the calm and steadfast light That softly shines within your loving eyes. The world, for me, and all the world can hold Is circled by your arms; for me there lies, Within the lights and shadows of your eyes, The only beauty that is never old.
40. When I Feel The Warmth In Her Heart – Anonymous
When I feel the warmth in her heart, I know she is the one from whom I shall never depart. When I rest my head on her knees, I can weave a future of dreams as my love I silently profess To my darling princess.
41. It’s All I Have To Bring Today – Emily Dickinson
It’s all I have to bring today— This, and my heart beside— This, and my heart, and all the fields— And all the meadows wide— Be sure you count—should I forget Some one the sum could tell— This, and my heart, and all the Bees Which in the Clover dwell.
42. In One Another’s Souls – Rumi
The moment I heard my first love story I started looking for you, not knowing how useless that was. Lovers don’t meet somewhere along the way. They’re in one another’s souls all along.
43. These I Can Promise – Mark Twain
I cannot promise you a life of sunshine; I cannot promise riches, wealth, or gold; I cannot promise you an easy pathway That leads away from change or growing old. But I can promise all my heart’s devotion; A smile to chase away your tears of sorrow; A love that’s ever true and ever growing; A hand to hold in yours through each tomorrow.
44. Falling Stars – Rainer Maria Rilke
Do you remember still the falling stars that like swift horses through the heavens raced and suddenly leaped across the hurdles of our wishes–do you recall? And we did make so many! For there were countless numbers of stars: each time we looked above we were astounded by the swiftness of their daring play, while in our hearts we felt safe and secure watching these brilliant bodies disintegrate, knowing somehow we had survived their fall.
45. To My Dear and Loving Husband – Anne Bradstreet
If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were lov’d by wife, then thee. If ever wife was happy in a man, Compare with me, ye women, if you can. I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold Or all the riches that the East doth hold. My love is such that Rivers cannot quench, Nor ought but love from thee give recompense. Thy love is such I can no way repay. The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray. Then while we live, in love let’s so persever That when we live no more, we may live ever.
46. Wedding Prayer – Robert Louis Stevenson
Lord, behold our family here assembled. We thank you for this place in which we dwell, for the love that unites us, for the peace accorded us this day, for the hope with which we expect the morrow, for the health, the work, the food, and the bright skies that make our lives delightful; for our friends in all parts of the earth.
47. Love Is A Place – E. E. Cummings
Love is a place & through this place of love move (with brightness of peace) all places yes is a world & in this world of yes live (skilfully curled) all worlds
48. You Came, Too – Nikki Giovanni
I came to the crowd seeking friends I came to the crowd seeking love I came to the crowd for understanding I found you I came to the crowd to weep I came to the crowd to laugh You dried my tears You shared my happiness I went from the crowd seeking you I went from the crowd seeking me I went from the crowd forever You came, too
49. Fidelity – D.H. Lawrence
Man and woman are like the earth, that brings forth flowers in summer, and love, but underneath is rock. Older than flowers, older than ferns, older than foraminiferae, older than plasm altogether is the soul underneath. And when, throughout all the wild chaos of love slowly a gem forms, in the ancient, once-more-molten rocks of two human hearts, two ancient rocks, a man’s heart and a woman’s, that is the crystal of peace, the slow hard jewel of trust, the sapphire of fidelity. The gem of mutual peace emerging from the wild chaos of love. The wedding day is all about celebrating your love and promising each other a lifetime of togetherness. Head to the next section for poems that are sure to convey your commitment in all sincerity. Be aware! They could be quite the tear-jerkers.
Poems On Marital Devotion
50. On Your Wedding Day – Anonymous
Today is a day you will always remember The greatest in anyone’s life You’ll start off the day just two people in love And end it as Husband and Wife It’s a brand new beginning the start of a journey With moments to cherish and treasure And although there’ll be times when you both disagree These will surely be outweighed by pleasure You’ll have heard many words of advice in the past When the secrets of marriage were spoken But you know that the answers lie hidden inside Where the bond of true love lies unbroken So live happy forever as lovers and friends It’s the dawn of a new life for you As you stand there together with love in your eyes From the moment you whisper ‘I do’ And with luck, all your hopes, and your dreams can be real May success find its way to your hearts Tomorrow can bring you the greatest of joys But today is the day it all starts.
51. Marriage – Anonymous
Marriage is about giving and taking And forging and forsaking Kissing and loving and pushing and shoving Caring and sharing and screaming and swearing About being together whatever the weather About being driven to the end of your tether About sweetness and kindness And wisdom and blindness It’s about being strong when you’re feeling quite weak It’s about saying nothing when you’re dying to speak It’s about being wrong when you know you are right It’s about giving in, before there’s a fight It’s about you two living as cheaply as one (you can give us a call if you know how that’s done!) Never heeding advice that was always well meant Never counting the cost until it’s all spent And for you two today it’s about to begin And for all that the two of you had to put in Some days filled with joy, and some days with sadness Too late you’ll discover that marriage is madness.
52. A Good Wedding Cake – Anonymous
4Lb of love 1/2Lb of sweet temper 1Lb of butter of youth 1Lb of blindness of faults 1Lb of pounded wit 1Lb of good humour 2Lbs of sweet argument 1 Pint of rippling laughter 1 Wine glass of common sense A dash of modesty Put the love, good looks, and a sweet temper into a well-furnished house. Beat the butter of youth into a cream and mix well together with the blindness of faults. Stir the pounded wit and good humour into the sweet argument, then add the rippling laughter and common sense. Work the whole together until everything is well mixed and bake gently for ever.
53. And I Have You – Nikki Giovanni
Rain has drops Sun has shine Moon has beams That make you mine Rivers have banks Sands for shores Hearts have heartbeats That make me yours Needles have eyes Though pins may prick Elmer has glue To make things stick Winter has Spring Stockings feet Pepper has mint To make it sweet Teachers have lessons Soup du jour Lawyers sue bad folks Doctors cure All and all This much is true You have me And I have you.
54. The Best Is Yet To Be – Joanna Fuchs
On your joyful wedding day, You begin a brand new life. Friends and family give their gifts To joyful husband, blissful wife. But the greatest gift you’ll ever get, A gift from heaven above, Is love forever, ending never, Everlasting love. You’ll share life’s joy and pleasure; You’ll have plenty of that, it’s true. But love is the real treasure For your new spouse and you. And if life hands you challenges, As it does to one and all, Your love will hold you steady And never let you fall. Your wedding day is full of joy; Tomorrow you cannot see. But one thing’s sure for the two of you: The best is yet to be.
55. Bride’s Vows – Joanna Fuchs
My wonderful (groom’s name), On our wedding day, I think of all the reasons I am blessed to be your wife: You are the joy of my life. In you I found much more than I ever hoped, more than I ever dreamed a man could be. In your arms, I feel happy, safe, protected. You’re my hero, my defender, my soul mate, my love. I was born for you. There was a space in my heart that you fill perfectly. I fall in love with you again every time I see you. We are alike, and yet we are different. Our similarities bond us together, and our differences keep things interesting. And no matter what, you let me be me, just as I am. I am so grateful for that. I want to keep discovering you. I love so many things about you now, and I know I will find many more to love. The many little things you to do please me touch me more than you know. You see me with your heart, and you always make me feel beautiful. This is the beginning of the rest of our lives together. We have so much happiness ahead of us, a lifetime of love, a lifetime to create wonderful memories. Nothing matters more than being with you. I love you; I trust you; I am totally open to you. Everything that’s woman in me responds to the man in you, And as we become husband and wife, I want you to know that there will never be anyone else for me but you, my husband, my love, my life.
56. The Art of Marriage – Wilferd A. Peterson
Happiness in marriage is not something that just happens. A good marriage must be created. In 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 at no time taking the other for granted; the courtship should not end with the honeymoon, it should continue through all the years. It is speaking words of appreciation and demonstrating gratitude in thoughtful ways. It is not expecting the husband to wear a halo or the wife to have wings of an angel. It is not looking for perfection in each other. It is cultivating flexibility, patience, understanding and a sense of humor. It is having the capacity to forgive and forget. It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow. It is finding room for the things of the spirit. It is a common search for the good and the beautiful. It is establishing a relationship in which the independence is equal, dependence is mutual and the obligation is reciprocal. It is not only marrying the right partner, it is being the right partner.
57. Married Love – Kuan Tao-Sheng
You and I Have so much love, That it Burns like a fire, In which we bake a lump of clay Molded into a figure of you And a figure of me. Then we take both of them, And break them into pieces, And mix the pieces with water, And mold again a figure of you, And a figure of me. I am in your clay. You are in my clay. In life we share a single quilt. In death we will share one bed.
58. To Love Is Not To Possess – James Kavanaugh
To love is not to possess, To own or imprison, Nor to lose one’s self in another. Love is to join and separate, To walk alone and together, To find a laughing freedom That lonely isolation does not permit. It is finally to be able To be who we really are No longer clinging in childish dependency Nor docilely living separate lives in silence, It is to be perfectly one’s self And perfectly joined in permanent commitment To another—and to one’s inner self. Love only endures when it moves like waves, Receding and returning gently or passionately, Or moving lovingly like the tide In the moon’s own predictable harmony, Because finally, despite a child’s scars Or an adult’s deepest wounds, They are openly free to be Who they really are—and always secretly were, In the very core of their being Where true and lasting love can alone abide.
59. New Beginnings – Barbara Crooker
May this be a day of new beginnings the sun, like a fragrant apple; the summer air, soft on your hands as the kiss of a child. May berries melt like honey on your tongue. May your heart rise in wonder at the clouds drifting across the sky. May the trails under your boots be covered in pine quills, let the leaves rain down like memories in the autumn of your heart. May the snow beneath your skis run as fast as watered silk, may the cold air kiss your cheeks, turn them red as summer’s roses. May the rivers always flow with their unexpected beauty, the first freshets of snowmelt, the rush of early spring. May you always walk in gladness through whatever path or highway; may you always walk within the golden circle of your love.
60. I Saw Two Clouds At Morning – John G. C. Brainard, Brides
I saw two clouds at morning, tinged by the rising sun, and in the dawn they floated on, and mingled into one; I thought that morning cloud was blest, it moved so sweetly to the west. I saw two summer currents flow smoothly to their meeting, and join their course, with silent force, in peace each other greeting; calm was their course through banks of green, while dimpling eddies played between. Such be your gentle motion, ‘till life’s last pulse shall beat; like summer’s beam and summer’s stream, float on in joy, to meet a calmer sea, where storms shall cease, a purer sky, where all is peace.
61. The Gift – Pam Brown
In you are flowers and firelight, stars and songbirds, the scent of summer, the stillness just before dawn. I love you today, dressed in glory. I will love you always- dancing, singing, reading, making, planning, arguing. I will love you cantankerous, and tired, courageous and in terror, joyful, fearful and triumphant. I will love you through all weathers and all change. For all you are is precious to me. And every day I live with you and share your love is a gift to me.
62. Devoted – Lori Eberhai, Hello Magazine
My heart can be your home, my soul can be your refuge. You can turn to me when you are weak, you can call to me when the way is not clear. I will be your promise and your prayer, I will always be there, Constant and complete. Run to me, reach out for me, and I will love you in a unique and tender way. Bring your love to me, share your love with me, sing your love to me, and I will offer you peace, ease and comfort.
63. The Privileged Lovers – Rumi
The moon has become a dancer at this festival of love. This dance of light, this sacred blessing, this divine love, beckons us to a world beyond, only lovers can see with their eyes of fiery passion. They are the chosen ones who have surrendered. Once they were particles of light, now they are the radiant sun. They have left behind the world of deceitful games. They are the privileged lovers who create a new world with their eyes of fiery passion.
64. Variation on the Word Sleep – Margaret Atwood
I would like to watch you sleeping, which may not happen. I would like to watch you, sleeping. I would like to sleep with you, to enter your sleep as its smooth dark wave slides over my head and walk with you through that lucent wavering forest of bluegreen leaves with its watery sun & three moons towards the cave where you must descend, towards your worst fear I would like to give you the silver branch, the small white flower, the one word that will protect you from the grief at the center of your dream, from the grief at the center. I would like to follow you up the long stairway again & become the boat that would row you back carefully, a flame in two cupped hands to where your body lies beside me, and you enter it as easily as breathing in I would like to be the air that inhabits you for a moment only. I would like to be that unnoticed & that necessary.
65. The Passionate Shepherd To His Love – Christopher Marlowe
Come live with me and be my love, And we will all the pleasures prove, That Valleys, groves, hills, and fields, Woods, or steepy mountain yields. And we will sit upon the Rocks, Seeing the Shepherds feed their flocks, By shallow Rivers to whose falls Melodious birds sing Madrigals. And I will make thee beds of Roses And a thousand fragrant posies, A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of Myrtle; A gown made of the finest wool Which from our pretty Lambs we pull; Fair lined slippers for the cold, With buckles of the purest gold; A belt of straw and Ivy buds, With Coral clasps and Amber studs: And if these pleasures may thee move, Come live with me, and be my love. The Shepherds’ Swains shall dance and sing For thy delight each May-morning: If these delights thy mind may move, Then live with me, and be my love.
66. Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms – Thomas Moore
Believe me, if all those endearing young charms, Which I gaze on so fondly to-day, Were to change by to-morrow, and fleet in my arms, Live fairy-gifts fading away, Thou wouldst still be adored, as this moment thou art, Let thy loveliness fade as it will, And around the dear ruin each wish of my heart Would entwine itself verdantly still. It is not while beauty and youth are thine own, And thy cheeks unprofaned by a tear, That the fervor and faith of a soul may be known, To which time will but make thee more dear! No, the heart that has truly loved never forgets, But as truly loves on to the close, As the sunflower turns on her god when he sets The same look which she turned when he rose! What do you write in a poem on a wedding card? The poems in this collection have been curated from various authors and sources and are not original creations of StyleCraze. We have endeavored to provide credit wherever possible. If you are the original author of any poem and desire proper attribution or removal, please reach out to us. We deeply respect the creative rights of authors and will respond to your concerns without delay. You can go about this in a few ways. You can either take inspiration from some of the literary greats or write something romantic, funny, and personal to the both of you. How do you write a poem for a friend’s wedding? You can use metaphors or rhymes to write a funny poem for your friend’s wedding. If poetry is not your cup of tea, you can keep it short, simple, and sentimental and just write what is in your heart. What sort of tone will my Wedding Poem have? Your wedding poem can have a light-hearted, affectionate, ecstatic, sentimental, or celebratory tone. You may look for a poem that matches your desired tone or even write one on your own.
Illustration: Best Romantic Wedding Poems For Your Marriage Ceremony
Nothing beats a stirring poem to express your love. Check this heartwarming wedding poem from the movie Love Actually that will remind you to hug the love of your life!
