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10 Perfect Poems To Make Your Wedding Day Extra Romantic

Time to take the romance up a notch...



There’s something truly special about poetry; something romantic and stirring, as if poems are able to breathe life into those thoughts and feelings that are so deep words rarely do them justice. From the way they dance across your tongue to the love stories they tell, poems have a way of capturing the emotions of your heart in a way nothing else can, so what better time is there to read one aloud than at your wedding?


And here’s the best part: the poem you chose can set the tone for the rest of your celebration. Funny, heartfelt, traditional, modern, short, long or a mix of each, the poem you choose will capture the undivided attention of every guest and show them a piece of you that they have never seen before. What’s more, a poem will fit into your ceremony at whatever time feels right to you: as the opening to your ceremony right before the officiant welcome’s everyone, right before you say your vows, after you have swapped rings or even during your speeches. The choice is yours. The question is: what are the perfect poems to include in the happiest day of your life? Well, to help you choose, we’ve rounded up some of our absolute favourites, including some classics and some more unusual ones. All you need to do now is decide which one speaks to your heart and whether it tells your world how you feel.





"In One Another’s Souls" by Rumi


“The moment I heard my first love story

I started looking for you,

not knowing how useless that was.

Lovers don’t meet somewhere along the way.

They’re in one another’s souls all along.”




“Love” by Roy Croft


I love you,

Not only for what you are,

But for what I am

When I am with you.


I love you,

Not only for what

You have made of yourself,

But for what

You are making of me.


I love you

For the part of me

That you bring out;

I love you

For putting your hand

Into my heaped-up heart

And passing over

All the foolish, weak things

That you can’t help

Dimly seeing there,

And for drawing out

Into the light

All the beautiful belongings

That no one else had looked

Quite far enough to find.


I love you

Because you have done

More than any creed

Could have done

To make me good,

And more than any fate

To make me happy.




"Devoted" by Lori Eberhai


“My heart can be your home,

my soul can be your refuge.

You can turn to me when you are weak,

you can call to me when the way is not clear.

I will be your promise and your prayer,

I will always be there,

Constant and complete.

Run to me,

reach out for me,

and I will love you in a unique and tender way.

Bring your love to me,

share your love with me,

sing your love to me,

and I will offer you peace, ease and comfort.”




"What’s Mickey without Minnie?"


What’s Mickey without Minnie,

Or Piglet without Pooh,

What’s Donald without Daisy?

That’s me without you.

When Ariel Doesn’t sing,

and Pooh hates honey,

when Tigger stops bouncing,

and Goofy isn’t funny.

When Peter Pan can’t fly,

and Simba never roars,

when Alice no longer fits

through small doors.

When Dumbo’s ears are small,

and happily ever after isn’t true,

Even then, I won’t stop loving you.




"Stardust" by Lang Leav


If you came to me with a face I have not seen, with a name I have never heard, I would still know you. Even if centuries separated us, I would still feel you. Somewhere between the sand and the stardust, through every collapse and creation, there is a pulse that echoes of you and I.


When we leave this world, we give up all our possessions and our memories. Love is the only thing we take with us. It is all we carry from one life to the next.




“Yes, I’ll Marry You” by Pam Ayres


Yes, I’ll marry you, my dear,

And here’s the reason why;

So I can push you out of bed

When the baby starts to cry,

And if we hear a knocking

And it’s creepy and it’s late,

I hand you the torch you see,

And you investigate.

Yes I’ll marry you, my dear,

You may not apprehend it,

But when the tumble-drier goes

It’s you that has to mend it,

You have to face the neighbour

Should our labrador attack him,

And if a drunkard fondles me

It’s you that has to whack him.

Yes, I’ll marry you,

You’re virile and you’re lean,

My house is like a pigsty

You can help to keep it clean.

That sexy little dinner

Which you served by candlelight,

As I do chipolatas,

You can cook it every night!

It’s you who has to work the drill

and put up curtain track,

And when I’ve got PMT it’s you who gets the flak,

I do see great advantages,

But none of them for you,

And so before you see the light,

I do, I do, I do!




"The Earth Turned to Bring Us Closer" by Eugenio Montejo


The earth turned to bring us closer,

it spun on itself and within us,

and finally joined us together in this dream

as written in the Symposium.

Nights passed by, snowfalls and solstices;

time passed in minutes and millennia.

An ox cart that was on its way to Nineveh

arrived in Nebraska.

A rooster was singing some distance from the world,

in one of the thousand pre-lives of our fathers.

The earth was spinning with its music carrying us on board;

it didn’t stop turning a single moment

as if so much love, so much that’s miraculous

was only an Adagio written long ago

in the Symposium’s score.




"I’ll Be There For You" by Louise Cuddon


I’ll be there my darling, through thick and through thin

When your mind’s in a mess and your head’s in a spin

When your plane’s been delayed, and you’ve missed the last train.

When life is just threatening to drive you insane

When your thrilling whodunit has lost its last page

When somebody tells you, you’re looking your age

When your coffee’s too cool, and your wine is too warm

When the forecast said “Fine”, but you’re out in a storm

When your quick break hotel, turns into a slum

And your holiday photos show only your thumb

When you park for five minutes in a resident’s bay

And return to discover you’ve been towed away

When the jeans that you bought in hope or in haste

Just stick on your hips and don’t reach round your waist

When the food you most like brings you out in red rashes

When as soon as you boot up the bloody thing crashes

So my darling, my sweetheart, my dear…

When you break a rule, when you act the fool

When you’ve got the flu, when you’re in a stew

When you’re last in the queue, don’t feel blue’cause

I’m telling you, I’ll be there.




“Touched By an Angel” by Maya Angelou


We, unaccustomed to courage

exiles from delight

live coiled in shells of loneliness

until love leaves its high holy temple

and comes into our sight

to liberate us into life.

Love arrives

and in its train come ecstasies

old memories of pleasure

ancient histories of pain.

Yet if we are bold,

love strikes away the chains of fear

from our souls.

We are weaned from our timidity

In the flush of love’s light

we dare be brave

And suddenly we see

that love costs all we are

and will ever be.

Yet it is only love

which sets us free.




"Oh The Places You’ll Go" by Dr Seuss


Congratulations!

Today is your day.

You’re off to Great Places!

You’re off and away!

You have brains in your head.

You have feet in your shoes.

You can steer yourself any direction you choose.

You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the guy who’ll decide where to go.


…Oh! The Places You’ll Go!


You’ll be on your way up!

You’ll be seeing great sights!

You’ll join the high fliers who soar to high heights.

You won’t lag behind, because you’ll have the speed. You’ll pass the whole gang and you’ll soon take the lead. Wherever you fly, you’ll be best of the best. Wherever you go, you will top all the rest.

Except when you don’t.

Because, sometimes, you won’t.


You’ll get mixed up, of course, as you already know. You’ll get mixed up with many strange birds as you go. So be sure when you step. Step with care and great tact and remember that Life’s a Great Balancing Act. Just never forget to be dexterous and deft. And never mix up your right foot with your left.


And will you succeed?

Yes! You will, indeed!

(98 and ¾ percent guaranteed.)


Kid, you’ll move mountains!

So… be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray or Mordecai Ale Van Allen O’Shea, you’re off to Great Places!

Today is your day!

Your mountain is waiting.

So… get on your way!




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