My love, as we stand on the threshold of forever, every detail of our marriage ceremony feels precious, especially the words we choose to speak our truth. There is no better way to set the tone for a lifelong commitment than with the beauty and permanence of poetry. Wedding poems offer a timeless, beautiful way … Read more
By Kuan Tao-sheng (Guan Daosheng) (Translated by Kenneth Rexroth and Ling Chung) You and IHave so much love,That itBurns like a fire,In which we bake a lump of clayMolded into a figure of youAnd a figure of me. Then we take both of them,And break them into pieces,And mix the pieces with water,And mold again … Read more
By Elizabeth Barrett Browning How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.I love thee to the depth and breadth and heightMy soul can reach, when feeling out of sightFor the ends of being and ideal grace. I love thee to the level of every day’sMost quiet need, by sun and candle-light.I love thee … Read more
By Kahlil Gibran Then Almitra spoke again and said, How shall we speak of Marriage, master? And he answered saying:You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore.You shall be together when the white wings of death scatter your days.Ay, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God. But let there … Read more
By Alfred, Lord Tennyson Light, so low upon earth,You send a flash to the sun.Here is the golden close of love,All my wooing is done. O all the woods and the meadows,Woods where we hid from the wet,Stiles where we stay’d to be kind,Meadows in which we met! Light, so low in the vale,You flash … Read more
By Christina Rossetti What is the beginning? Love.What the course. Love still.What the goal. The goal is Love.On a happy hill. Is there nothing then but Love?Search we sky or earthThere is nothing out of LoveHath perpetual worth; All things flag but only Love,All things fail and flee;There is nothing left but LoveWorthy you and … Read more
By Anne Bradstreet If ever two were one, then surely we.If ever man were loved by wife, then thee;If ever wife was happy in a man,Compare with me, ye women, if you can. I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold,Or all the riches that the East doth hold.My love is such that … Read more