January Wedding Poems and Vows
Poems
In the month of February 'twas fate
We chose our special wedding date
A love, I cannot explain
Couldn’t wait to take his name
So why do I still hyphenate?
By Rhonda Johnson-Saunders, January 30, 2012
for Linda-Marie's February Funny Bone contest
First place finish
Pa held shotgun to his head
"Marry her son or you're dead"
"It wasn't me" the lad pled
"Yes it was" she said
Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
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Placed No. 2 in John Freeman's " Love or Humor" Contest - January 2011
Walk beside me and be my wife,
Enjoy with me this beauty we call life.
My heart glows with happiness when you are near.
I want to be with you forever, my dear.
I tremble at your every touch,
This is because I love you so much.
If there was only one wish I could have today,
It would be to feel this way each and every day.
The sound of your voice fills my heart.
Is there nothing that can keep us apart?
Yesterday is just a dream, our future yet to express.
Let us share this life with our same name and address.
I hope you always say yes!
Edward J. Ebbs - January 2007
Duchess of Sussex nee Megan Markle
From an actress to a Duchess with diamonds that sparkle
Just like in the movies enchanting Prince Harry
Now forever doth have servants, for to fetch and to carry
Duke of Sussex our Prince Harry
Females young and old, dreamt it would be them he’d marry
Loving him; desiring him; imagining life with handsome Prince Redhead
Day dreams destroyed that historic day, when Harry wed Megan instead
Written 11th January 2019
Clerihew Couples for Valentine’s Day Prizes
Sponsor: Caroline Devonshire
3rd place
Contest: Contest 580
Sponsor: Brian Strand
I have done with love and lust,
I reck not for gold or fame;
I await familiar dust
These frail fingers to reclaim:
Not for me the tiger flame.
Not for me the furnace glow,
Rage of fire and ashen doom;
To sweet earth my bones bestow
Where above a lowly tomb
January roses bloom.
Fools and fools and fools are you
Who your dears to fires confide;
Give to Mother Earth her due:
Flesh may waste but bone will bide,--
Let loved ones lie side by side.
Let God's Acre ever dream;
Shed your tears and blossoms bring;
On age-burnished bone will gleam
Crucifix and wedding ring:
Graves are for sweet comforting.
Curst be those who my remains
Hurl to horror of the flames!
Author: Robert William Service
after the romance
came boredom and arguments
then divorce papers
*hope this isn’t too bleak – I read the form should be cynical or darkly humorous
25th January for Francine’s Romantic Senryu contest
His wait for a while can be difficile,
but he's gone docile seeing her profile,
walking down the aisle with her charming smile,
she's here to beguile him in her grand style,
more compliments pile on their wedding file -
their dream domicile makes it all worthwhile.
January 9th, 2017.
Her plight a tragic tale of woe
Confined to solitary cell
She cried because she didn't know
If folks would ever know her hell
One night it happened that she fell
It seemed at first a mortal blow...
Yet daily she recovered well
~ Released to wedding bells, she glowed
January 27, 2020
Oh-No A Twisted Char-Lay Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Charles Messina
E-ndless love for each other
D-oes work wonderful things;
U-nder God's guidance they endure
A-ll forms of trials that life brings.
R-eal love remains in second January,
D-espite distress and sorrow;
O-vercoming all kinds of trouble, they hope for a brighter tomorrow.
A-gainst all odds they stay steadfast,
N-o matter what happens;
D-rifting in the stormy weather, they brave the strong winds.
L-iving together in a lifetime,
Y-ears thirty-four long, isn't easy;
N-ow is the moment to greet them,
N-uptial anniversary may be happy!
B-ed of flowers as the love is shared
E-arly since '96 January seventeenth;
R-oses in red, white, and yellow
N-eed the rain to feel content.
A-lways and forever we'll be
R-emaining tough standing in the rain;
D-evoted to each other, even if at times grimacing in pain.
&
M-oon may not always be full,
A-t times it's half or in crescent,
I-n a love of a lifetime, changes are in a rise or in descent.
L-et the Lord hold us together,
E-ven when the sun is down;
E-ach day after every night,
N-ew dawn smiles far from the frown.
D-iamond
R-ings
O-f
C-ouple
E-xpress
&
A-greement's
N-onstop
N-obility
I-n
E-xcellent
Q-uote
U-nder
I-ndividual
N-ame
O-ffering
N-uptial
E-vent's
S-weetness
Topic: Wedding day of Droce & Annie Quinones (January 10,2020)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic