Dress Wedding Poems

Based upon an entry in the mid-19th Century autobiography of Presbyterian Theodore Clapp, who lived for several decades in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Of the many young...

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You're my land and I'm monarch,
You're my lightning in a pitch dark,
You're my orchard of various fruit,
You're my dress a colored suit.

You're my song that...

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Collected all the links to my favorite kinds of wedding dress
overwhelmed by the possibilities I will not possess
this useless project has been amusing but brought...

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April 3,  2051

Dolly speculated about home, "the kids."
And decided Skype contact before
The dawn of day. Next day early morning.
Dolly was thinking, "this turned out...

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Date: April   2051

Dolly was beginning a slow panic.
"Alright this can not fail! "Where are
They now? The wedding is tomorrow!"
I wanna call Virginia make...

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Today’s the date I married,
Many, many moons ago.
My wedding dress was long and white;
In back, there was a bow.

It wasn’t from a bridal shop;
I’d purchased...

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The large black rat snake established residence inside.
When we try to scoop it up she is keen enough to hide.
She slithers and swishes in a...

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The sun lights ablaze the insides of the church

And colours the aisle for a girl to waltz down

Clutching a carved dress sashaying over stone 

She reaches...

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My mother’s wedding gown
in my closet, whispers a tale
of love and togetherness! 

the gold embroidery
all over, done intricately,
dazzles like a star-studded sky,

picturing the glitter and...

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Many years ago,
a simple kiss made her glow.
Love was everywhere,
sweet flowers filled the air.
That day there was no snow,
the warm sand covered a toe.
Her blue...

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her white chiffon dress swirled around his dark tuxedo
they were waltzing to the delight of their wedding guests
magical moment captured by cameras around the room
happily...

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Every moment leads up to this
From the first kiss
And the first argument,
It makes up this wonderful moment 

Long gone are the days we'd wonder
What it...

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She is an image of grim loneliness,
Her gloomy withdrawn countenance
struck me in the middle of a joyful gathering…
A shroud of melancholy surrounded her
face like a...

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The first Sunday of June and a couple
are taking their vows loud and audible.
The park is ablaze in colorful blossoms –
lilacs and roses and pendulous...

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There is a tear in an old wedding dress
Hidden away in a box in the attack,
Covered in cobwebs,
And collecting dust.
The dress is carefully lifted from...

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