Son Wedding Poems

Date:  April  4,  2051

Dolly had Molly and Holly delayed
In the dinning area while she secured 
Any loose ends. They had most of
The...

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On our way to New Orleans a destination wedding awaits
My daughter and future son in law starting their new life together with fond memories soon...

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I carry you light, 
On the peak to light the earth, 
Into the sea to light the fish, 
Into the graves to light the dead...

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Exactly, twenty-one years ago this very day
On the hushed, whispering shores of Lake Tahoe,
I walked my Princess, down the aisle and gave her away.
In that...

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September sixteenth, wedding change of gears.
I wait my turn an usher by my side.
Surprise! my arm, the groom now commandeers.
Revised rehearsal plan requests his bride,
a...

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Communion with God gifts you light
May it in your hearts shine ever bright
And God light the path to stay your course.
This is our prayer.

This is...

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The bride was really lovely
And her face was all a’glow.
Her beaded dress was fitted
So her pregnancy did show.

And yet she danced and partied
With her unborn...

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Drifter

Coming in from nowhere, 
staying only a moment, 
and then moving on. 
Friend, or foe?
Hard to know. 
What to call you...
by name? 

Without family, 
left...

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Ancestors

The poet's daughter 
and the painter's son
found true love 
in each other's arms. 
Together they were married.

Their children were many, 
their hearts were full. 
The...

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Written for the contest “SOMETHING OLD SOMETHING NEW.” My original poem was written in 2017 as an epithalamium. The edit for John Lawless’  contest...

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We sat at the Rehearsal Dinner for my Son and his beautiful bride-to-be.
After the food and desserts and coffee,
It came time to raise our glasses.

We...

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A sunny day March sixty seven 
The day that you and I were wed
Together we did pledge our troth
A life together for us both
Two...

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If parents were to write a letter to son-in-law what would they say?
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Her laughter
like burbling waterfall 
should gush down forever from within

Her trusting
nature like blowing...

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Ten years ago, my son was wed
And, dancing at the wedding,
I didn’t have a clue to how much
Joy I would be getting.

My friends and family...

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Jesus is indeed the great story teller
on this occasion He told of a king
telling what heavens kingdom is like
the king gave a feast for his...

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