Sad Wedding Poems

Her eyes a sapphire blue,
An awesome sight to view,
Her nose aristocratic,
She was so charismatic,
Her lips a rosy petal pink,
One had to blink,
Or been seen as...

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You killed me to don’t love me

My life was disheveled, broken, unloved, forgotten, and cleared
because the love was spiced and smelled of the smell of...

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Miles apart in the gleam, I believe her,
Upright on the porch, staring at the mighty above,
Her glassy eyes shimmering with a deceptive smile,
Her loose hair...

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Wedding poem

Raise my voice to the great father above 
Those standing before me in honor of their love 
Their life together , 
From now till...

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These are modern English translations of epigrams and poems by the ancient Greek poet Erinna...

On a Betrothed Girl
by Erinna
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

I sing...

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Althroughout childhood, you would  talk about your love story 
 how when you’re older 
“you just know! you just know!” 
but when I told...

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I promise to love you
Love you with a love so strong
No mountain, nor hill, nor forest
Could stand in our way

I promise to cherish you
Cherish you...

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Your racing bike is broken with a bad derailleur.
I look back at my life and admit it’s a failure.
If a daft old hen laying scrambled...

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Bells, bells, sound of bells fall now and then in my ears,
Their tone and timbre varying, sometimes singing, 
Sometimes jarring, sometimes rising to a sweet...

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Quote By Poet "Life is made up of many happy tears and many sad tears"

Theirs was a perfect June wedding,
filled with pretty flowers and a...

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"A mother's love is made in heaven." Quote Written By Poet

She was a young and beautiful bride,
then her handsome husband died.
The fast car came out...

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Once upon a time, one of the most heartbreaking tales
ever told - Snow White will not wake up.   Forever,
her husband bruised, as if...

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Once my heart was made of stone
Cold and hard, it stood alone
But then I met a gentle soul
Whose kindness made my heart whole

I felt a...

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I once was funny, made most people smile.
Children loved me because they didn't know:
I kept them laughing, yet all of the while,
my heart was aching...

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Can you be happy and sad
    simultaneously
  Many say you can today
    contemporaneously

  I say, on your...

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