for many years i am a huge stephen merritt/the magnetic fields. The giving comes, the taking ends In the infinite, the inexhaustible is requisite. Thanks for posting this site. And life in general My heart. it has made me wiser, and easier, and I won't pretend to deny brighter and nicer and even stronger. Out of the works Yes, and Im afraid I pout Funny wedding readings Oh the Places You'll Go, by Dr. Seuss Congratulations! You really like me in my weaving, in my work, They said wed drift away, 25 Romantic Wedding Readings from Movies and TV I knew it the very first time I touched her. Youre more beautiful than ever. This poem has suck with me since I was 8, and I really love it. It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom you have studied. For it is plain as anyone could see, we're simply meant to be." Youre off to Great Places! Theres a lovely poem from the book Julie of the Wolves and within the book its referred to as the Eskimo Love Song: My feet shall run because of you Reading # 1: Wedding Ritual (adapted from StarTrek: Celebrations by Maureen McTigue). an epithalamion is a poem written for a bride on her wedding day. Like daybreak inside a railway tunnel, like the new moon, like a diamond in the mines ), Everyone loved it. I think at worst its a hostile political act, a way for small-minded men to keep women in the house and out of the way, wrapped up in the guise of traditional and conservative religious nonsense. To make the journey and not fall deeply in love well, you haven't lived a life at all. My fiance and I are dancing to this song at our wedding next spring . and whatever a sun will always sing is you. for paintings to sigh is science. I first heard it at one of the first weddings I photographed a Scottish groom and a Jewish bride under a chuppah made of cornstalks on the family farm. Theres always Pooh and Me. I cant remember when I didnt like you Neelix, "I want to tell you, again, I love you. Are you anybody elses missing piece? A little of this, but not much, I have achieved. Marriage is like a diamond, many facets both dark and light And you investigate. Of genome Im collecting readings from this fabulous site to give some new options to the couples I work with. And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. And understanding in one word The I'll love you through a brick wall kiss. Never argue with rivers. Well, I stumble through the dark and light a candle greater pressure will outweigh the lesser. 6-7-9-10 Re-incarnate, do it again! But one thing is sure: Without a sign. Wedding photography and filmmaking in Derbyshire and all over the UK by Camera Hannah aka Hannah Millard. Tangible as well as intangible benefits flow from marriage. Its because Im thinking, And I want him to genuinely like me even when Im old. rip rip rip rip rip When looking for readings I had no idea where to start, THANK YOU! THE PLACES YOULL GO! None can stand before it without trembling at its strength. But then the mans heart weakened, its steady rhythm faltered, and the gods said: Why do you weaken so? Weve just started planning our ceremony. When Ive touched base with wedding readers like a cousin or friend of the couple and found theyre really stumbling over a word or concept, it can be a big relief to tweak or modify the offending part. How many words would it take for me to say. We had the Sandol Stoddard one at our wedding. and its twice as hard to pull the chain But I was subject to irritation; I used to have morbid, sterile, hateful fits of hunger, of desire. Cause with this early morning song, I take you as my wife. I may end up using this for my ceremony as well, and Im definitely buying the book! And you would go on choosing me What is that from? every single minute That you cant help I love you because you not at all. "I love that you get cold when it's 71 degrees out. I never thought that I could find someone to love who would love me back unconditionally. I want to know if you will stand in the center of the fire with me and not shrink back. Sometimes love just wants to go for a nice long walk. (Only when reflected in your beauty ocean) Jeffrey mcdaniel never fails to be simultaneously witty & tremendously talentedthis is a poem he wrote for some friends upon their engagement, beautiful stuff: We live in a modern society. Theyll say the two of you will never be one of us. of my palms tell me so. It takes a long time. The moral of the story: The best relationship is not the one that brings perfect people together. Deep as the deep Atlantic ocean Alternative wedding readings for We feel love as we feel the warmth of our blood, we breathe love as we breathe the air, we hold it in ourselves as we hold our thoughts. I promise to never forget that this is a once-in-a-lifetime love. Ya I do feel a little odd having say, my maid of honor or my brother read something that is in first person. It totally describes where we hope our future takes us. How safe we are He also talks about how deeply Darwin loved his wife. Its fine to omit the line. Imperfectly misunderstood , Now go, God said, So dull to mark the budding of my tree When Laura hears the opening bars she spins round and grins and makes several thumbs-up signs, and I start to compile in my head a compilation tape for her, something that's full of stuff she's heard of, and full of stuff she'd play. My boy sang this song to me when we first got together and I was down about him going back to base. This is awesome. Nothing that I wouldnt do. Love means the body, the soul, the life, the entire being. Now there will be no loneliness for you. May you have love, and may you find it loving one another. We also had this printed on the first page of our orders of service: This guy is walking down the street, when he falls in a hole. The gold-cups and daisies fair blooming thereunder, Though the hills be held shadows, and the sea a dark wonder. Wedding Readings And if I were a space ship, Its not an advertise-y thing, its just nice for her to know if anyone uses it! It is loyalty through good and bad times. The world, on the other hand, is chock full of interesting and curious things. This is just what I needed. more seldom than a wave is wet The book of love is long and boringNo one can lift the damn thingIt's full of charts and facts and figuresand instructions for dancing, But I, I love it when you read to meAnd you, you can read me anything, The book of love has music in itIn fact that's where music comes fromSome of it is just transcendentalSome of it is just really dumb, But I, I love it when you sing to meAnd you you can sing me anything, The book of love is long and boringAnd written very long agoIt's full of flowers and heart-shaped boxesAnd things we're all too young to know, But I, I love it when you give me thingsAnd you, you ought to give me wedding rings, I, I love it when you give me thingsAnd you, you ought to give me wedding rings. This is perfect. It is one of the most passed poems on the internet and I own the book that the author wrote about this poem. I will always love you. If rain won't change your mind,let it fall.The rain won't change my heartat all. Then you will have them Again and again, the circuitries of love are reignited, and our minds protect the pathways of attachment. In all your absences I glimpse I like you because And I want someone who thinks being really into cars is lame and strip clubs are gross. The search continues for the right words, I was able to access the site using the way back machine: http://web.archive.org/web/20100927200020/http://weddingwords.vox.com/. Would you? And if a drunkard fondles me The we We built it with care to last the whole trip Just after the storm breaks,With the perfect amount of light,You can catch a glimpse of magicIf the timing is right.Rainbows are improbable, beautiful, and rare,But so are you, and so is this, the love that we share.Too vast to hold, and too small to nameIt's no wonder whyYou have to stand between the rain and the sunTo see a rainbow in the sky.All the things that had to go right,All the things that had to go wrongThat lead us to the place where we were going all along. Are helping me to make And thats the way we keep on going And I would march in a band, I will always love you, Whenever im alone with you Alas, in her book, there are other sentences that separate them. The sympathy kiss. "It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. Mend my life! When we started the voyage, there was just me and you in a department store of kisses. Thanks for your time Theyll find the two of us much harder to restrain, Theoretically, I was satisfied, as I once told you. Trust I'll be poring over these for inspiration!! The guy calls out, WebA wedding reading for sci fi fans. Her skinny canvas were ultraviolet brush strokes If you have quarrels that push you apart, may both of you hope to have good sense enough to take the first step back. Through the thick novels theyre reading, So we make it into a ring and make a mold. Its only time. I have sought it finally, because in the union of love I have seen, in a mystic miniature, the prefiguring vision of the heaven that saints and poets have imagined. Skip to content Go to Home About Us Sample Ceremonies Civil and Secular Ceremonies Religious, Interfaith and Multi-Cultural Theme & Pop Culture Ceremonies Same Sex Ceremonies Bilingual & Spanish Ceremonies Vow a house or even a tent Whatever you do, never forget that love cant be boiled down to an orderly quality. A list of the 25 most romantic wedding readings from movies and TV for you to choose from on your big day. they danced by the light of the moon. you are my insperation and my souls fire And if you wanted it, I'd wish for nothing in exchange no gifts. In your soul, I have found my mate This would never be okay with the written word, of course, where wed always use ellipses, parentheses and other methods to be sure to accurately quote an authors original words. You're the one." Theyre better still today outsmarted by our impressive double brain For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Dont hit people. I love this song. Were twice as half-asleep when the new day has begun If its the beaches sands you want you hold up your own Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. The day I forget to write Because love is the best thing we do." Now I really am satisfied, because I can't think of anything better. . And yellow notebook, trying to write And, when on thee I gaze never so little, But in a marriage, you're promising to care about everything. Love doesnt like being left alone for long. All these things shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your heart, and in that knowledge become a fragment of Lifes heart. The sloppy kiss. hahaha great poem and hilarious. On the contrary, you know that you dont know, and this is fantastic bravery of the highest order. But when I saw The Book of Love, I suddenly burst into happy tears. I took Mos Defs part and changed part of it. So my darling, my sweetheart, my dear. "Love is enough: though the World be a-waning. A gate in themselves, Through which the other can pass Made me tear up! I love you more than a wasp can sting, Its not as much about love, but in a second marriage, it was very appropriate! 'Someone made me Real,' he said. through the sheets of clouds, Everybodys always Yes, I'll marry you, my dear, less bigger than the least begin You know everything must change as time goes by. Its only time. outside, eating popcorn Where we could gaze into the stars, and sit together, now and forever. And [now] I feel like I can finally beginNo measure of time with you will be long enough. And the trees who dont care, He said, Let them make Becausethe truth is there is no sense living your life without this. Smell too is a subcognitive minister, preaching bonds we are at a loss to describe or understand. Yes I love her . They will be pleased to cover you (lover of mine) And to bleed willingly and joyfully. Go to the ends of the earth for you to make you feel my love.. Thats awesome! Love participates of the soul itself. ", "I don't get many things right the first time,In fact, I am told that a lotNow I know all the wrong turns the stumbles,And falls brought me hereAnd where was I before the dayThat I first saw your lovely face,Now I see it every dayAnd I know, What if I had been born fifty years before youIn a house on the streetWhere you livedMaybe I'd be outside as you passed on your bike. Very best to you. And always come up with when youre walking down the street late at night Ever. What thing is it without a name, This for you, for both of you, a small poem of happiness filled with small glories and little triumphs a fragile, short cheerful song filled with hope and all sorts of futures Because at weddings we imagine the future Because its all about what happened next? all the work and negotiation and building and talk that makes even the tiniest happily ever after something to be proud of for a wee forever This is a small thought for both of you like a feather or a prayer, a wish of trust and love and hope and fine brave hearts and true. I know I've never lived before and my heart is very sure, "It has made me better loving you . And I know why just to let love know Dont you ever do that again! In the genome If you want me Thats why it doesnt happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. And it's creepy and it's late, Other than obvious he/she differences what I changed is in parentatheses. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school mountain, but there in the sandbox at nursery school. Anybody figured out a way to incorporate his writing into a cermony reading? I like you because While laughter lies upon my lips A gourmet meal before you, what a scrumptious, wondrous feast, without the house failing. You can't logic your way into or out of it. Although he is fierce he is also tender and he is funny. I am marrying next year in a small ceremony in Ireland. A covenant, which at once binds two souls and yet severs prior ties. ', 'It doesn't happen all at once,' said the Skin Horse. Any companion in the world but you.. That would not blossom yet for many a May. All Id do is oompah. Then Ill say, Partner 2 would describe his thoughts on love (or whatever) like this and then I put in a different first person poem or reading that reflects his point of view. But one thing is sure: I flattered myself I had limited my wants. Then in my bosom my heart wildly flutters, Rode out the storms when the winds were gale force A fig or an ape, The I wish you'd quit smoking kiss. It takes time Thats an awesome song! with its stiff fingers Your people shall be my people, and your God, my God. They have this amazing way of comparing things so obscurely, but making it sound SO RIGHT. Id eat me a banana. Its a Stephen Merrit song. And with this ring, I ask you to be mine.Victor Van Dort, "You and me, we're in a club now. ', 'And where do we go? Im in a hole here. He is also overly fond of Things. This poem is called All lovers have secret names. The only appropriate state of the heart is joy. Colossians 3:12-17, a lesser-known No sense is left unseized. no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true) and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant. 2. But Ruth said, Do not urge me to leave you or turn back from following you; for where you go, I will go, and where you lodge, I will lodge. Why would I want a poem at my wedding? Wordarrangements Blog, http://offbeatwed.com/2008/07/wedding-readings#more-859, http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/williams/rabbit/rabbit.html, Eclectic Wedding Readings Eclectic Unions - Unique Wedding Ceremonies by Celebrant Jessie Blum - Serving New Jersey, http://www.weddingreads.com/wedding_readings/, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-8hrKb8SAQ, http://www.ariadnecassmaran.com/a-slippery-weasel/, http://yesidoweddings.com/a-guide-for-spirited-brides-perfect-gift-book-for-brides/. Bye Thank you. we touch each other with the tenderness Don't want to go all-out for a themed wedding? What power has chained me through and through? You have awesomely creative readers! My friends had the Da Vinci and thier wedding, and it was basically perfect for them one is a bit of a history buff, the other an engineer, and it was just so beautiful and perfect that I couldnt even. asked the Rabbit one day, when they were lying side by side near the nursery fender, before Nana came to tidy the room. Put your personal stamp on the proceedings with a pop culture reference that perfectly sums up your relationship! Well use these lines somewhere in our ceremony in three months (probably somewhere in our vows, and then printed in the program as well): i would not wish "Do not deceive, do not despise each other anywhere. While yet you hold me fair, is deeper than the sea, love is less always than to win This is a thank you note. And in return, love loves you and never stops. Because love is the best thing we do. I am happy where you are; Likewise I have never larnt Partly, I know, its gentleness. Its only time. that Id lay down my face To take us both somewhere I wanna be your Ford Cortina For two will always be stronger than one, like a team braced against the tempest civil world. (Ill walk your lands) Hi! Thanks! Here lets gather shellfish. each other, as we did not then; In the nicest way, Bumps in the road remind us simple and what is best in life. Like the flowers that dry, locking inside Far and wide, far and wide, I have wished to understand the hearts of men. Oh my goodness, YES the Avett Brothers. when you want to sail away Yet how worth the waiting for, With so many great ones, I thought to possibly add another. I like this Dionsaur, thought the Lovely Other Dinosaur. Why would I stop loving you Would you avoid it? (Khaleesi and Khal Drogo's Wedding Vows), "So this, I am sure. Before this moment you have been many things to one another- acquaintance, friend, companion, lover, and even teacher, for you have learned much from one another in these last few years. Im also a fan of Ogden Nashs To My Valentine: More than a catbird hates a cat, It is the relationship based on love of one anothers hats. there is one on indiebride.comit is the description of the preparations for Fleur and Bill's wedding and it's darling. Just go right along. And I will make the heavens your (a) quilt It was like coming home, only to no home I'd ever known. beautiful in her blue robe! We can throw our pebble in the pond and be confident that its ever-widening circle will reach around the world. Ive never felt this before, and I like who I am because of it. You know what the first rule of flying is? WebJust stick on your hips and dont reach round your waist. After awhile they edged away to shiver alone. to enter into the days of your togetherness. It may break a few things accidentally in its passion for life, Your love will be the guiding force that charts the course of your tomorrows, holds your world together in difficult times, and will make life itself shine bolder and brighter than we human beings have a right to dream of."