Best Wedding Poems

Wedding poems may a marvelous addition to your wedding ceremony. In addition, wedding poems can be used in a variety of ways. For example, you may decide to include one or two in the ceremony itself. A special member of your bridal party may recite a poem. Or, the bride and groom may each recite one to the other.

You might also include one or more special poems within your wedding program. If you wish to integrate a poem or two into your special day, there are many well-written poems to choose from – or you can even write one for yourself.

Poems for Demonstrating Love

When searching for wedding poems, you will likely come upon many love poems. After all, love is the favorite topic of many poets. Not all love poems, however, deal specifically with the concept of marriage. In addition, you will want to check carefully to find one that demonstrates how you feel while also being meaningful to you in some way.

Perhaps you have a favorite poet, and so you will want to select one of his or her poems. Or, maybe you are of a certain ancestry would like to pay homage to your heritage with the poem you select. For example, you might use the following poem to pay respect to Native American heritage or simply to demonstrate your connection with Native American people:

Indian Wedding Blessing

Now we feel no rain, for each of us will be a sheltar to the other.
Now we feel no cold, for each of us will be warmth to the other.
Now there is no loneliness, for each of us will be a companion to the other.
We are two bodies, but there is one life before us and one home.
When evening falls, I'll look up and there you will be.
I'll take your hand; you'll take mine and we'll turn together
to look at the road we travelled to reach this:the hour of our happiness.
It stretches behind us, even as the future lies ahead.
A long and winding road, whose every turning means discovery.
Old hopes, new laughter, shared fears.
The adventure has just begun.
--Author Unknown

Or, perhaps you are a fan of Elizabeth Barrett Browning and are interested in wedding poems she may have written. In this case, an excellent selection from her extensive list of poetry would be:

Sonnet XVI

If thou must love me, let it be for nought
Except for love's sake only. Do not say,
I love her for her smile- her look- her way
Of speaking gently- for a trick of thought
That falls in well with mine, and certes brought
A sense of pleasant ease on such a day-
For these things in themselves, Beloved, may
Be changed, or change for thee- and love, so wrought,
May be unwrought so. Neither love me for
Thine own dear pity's wiping my cheeks dry,
A creature might forget to weep, who bore
Thy comfort long, and lose thy love thereby!
Bu love me for love's sake, that evermore
Thou mayest love on, through love's eternity.
--Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Poems for Welcoming a New Member to the Family

Wedding poems can also be from the parents of the bride or groom as a way to welcome a new member to the family. For example, one of the parents of the bride may choose to read the following poem during the ceremony in honor of receiving a new son-in-law:

Son-In-Law Scroll

When or daughter was a little girl,
We often used to say,
how proud and happy we would be,
On this her wedding day.
our daughter is not lost to us
In fact, we have gained a son.
We're happy you can share our joy,
and see them joined as one.
So, may we welcome all of you,
and may this whole day be
a happy and a joyous one,
for friends and family.
--Author Unknown

With so many marriages involving stepchildren, many choose to include the children in the ceremony. In this case, you can even select wedding poems to demonstrate your love for the child or children of your spouse and the fact that you are now becoming a family, such as:

We are a family now, a whole,
Of which you are a part,
And you are just as much my child
As any in my heart.

I do not love you differently,
Nor would I give up less
Of all that life has given me
To bring you happiness.

There is no limit to my love,
No boundary you might cross,
No price you might be asked to pay,
No need to fear its loss.

We are now one, the four of us,
Windows of one home.
As long as I have life and breath,
You'll never be alone

--Author Unknown

Wedding poems can be written to address a wide variety of emotions and situations. If you are having a difficult time finding one that has already been published or creating one of your own, a simple Internet search will bring up several poets who are willing to create customized poems as well.

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