Beautiful Wedding Poems

It's a promise to laugh at the good.
Be silly, spontaneous and comfortable being yourself.
It's a promise to be supportive.
Be the shoulder. Be the rock.
Be the...

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in church 
            watching the chocolate eyes
of the beautiful
     ...

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England had joined WW II,
War declared against Germany
All men and women of the age
Required for conscription, joined,
Bravery had to be shown,
Even cowards could not decline.
Trembling...

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In her eyes sparkle bright and true, a true hymn of your divine view, when she's near my world takes onto a new hue, though...

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He first fell in love with the beautiful game, and for years that remained until Cupid took aim,
That love, though grand, was but a one-way...

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Our wedding anniversary is in December 
On her very special day, make it one to remember
Pulling out all stops for my beautiful queen
Paint a picture...

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Sappho Translations IX


Sappho, fragment 17
translation by Michael R. Burch

Hear me, Queen Hera, as your delightful festival nears,
you to whom the sons of Atreus performed vows,
those...

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Sappho Translations by VI Michael R. Burch

Sappho, fragment 121
translation by Michael R. Burch

1.
As a friend you're great,
but you need a much younger bedmate.

2.
Although you're very...

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Sappho Translations V by Michael R. Burch


Sappho, fragment 23
translation by Michael R. Burch

I long helplessly for love.
Gazing into your eyes not even Hermione compares.
Who is...

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Sappho Translations III by Michael R. Burch


Bed the bride with the beautiful feet,
or bring her to me!
—Sappho, fragment 103b, translation by Michael R. Burch

I long...

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I co-officiated a three generation wedding yesterday…
My son Bryan co-officiated with me….
and since it was my grandsons wedding…
in terms of generations that makes three.

The wedding...

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My heart is pounding in my chest
So hard I think my ribs might break
My stomach turns over and over 
And my palms are so damn...

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I'll always remember the vows we made on that Special Day,
I promised that I would Love, Honour and Obey.
As I look back on these years,...

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My parents special wedding day
with beautiful flowers in May
I should not have been there
making grandparents swear
why did they want to name me Jay...

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In forty five years of love
It was a great journey that we share
At this time there were a lot of tears and joy
From day one,...

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