21 modern love poems that make swoon-worthy wedding poems
Finding the right wedding readings for your ceremony can be a bear if you don’t know where to look. This is especially so if you’re diverting from traditional and/or religious readings and want something more modern, secular, funny, or all of the above. I wanted to see what was cooking in modern poetry to see if there were some new poems that would make amazing wedding readings that we hadn’t seen before. Spoiler alert: there were!
This Tolkien wedding poem (that he wrote to his wife!) is the Arkenstone of wedding readings
J.R.R. Tolkien had a great love with his wife, Edith. She’s the inspiration for a character in The Silmarillion and he’s buried next to her under a single gravestone inscribed with the names Beren and Luthien. He wrote her a poem that we LOVE as a wedding reading. Let’s see the Tolkien wedding poem in full…
NEW Neil Gaiman wedding readings
If you know about writer and novelist Neil Gaiman, you already know that he’s a super cool human whose talent for the written word knows no bounds. His friends have tapped him to write something poignant for their weddings. We’ve seen the results of that endeavor and it’s MAGICAL, so here are some of our favorite Neil Gaiman wedding readings, including a NEW ONE!
Celebrating the journey: wedding readings for a vow renewal ceremony
It’s no small feat to make it to the many milestones of marriage. A lot can happen to change you and your relationship and a vow renewal can cement all of that work into a more unified commitment. But how do you address that in your vow renewal ceremony?
Some wedding readings are totally universal for a wedding or a vow renewal, but some are just a little bit more apt for those who have traversed the trenches of longtime marriage. Here are a few weddings readings we love for a vow renewal ceremony…
Moody and real: this pragmatic wedding reading is about REAL life
Our one guarantee in life is that we’ll have both good and bad times (and death and taxes, too). The beauty of a partnership is that someone is there to help you make it through it all, the highs and the lows. I love this excerpt by Rolfe Gerhardt because it takes a real look at like and creates a moving and pragmatic wedding reading that hits home for anyone.
Here are two reasons why Doctor Who’s Amy Pond is pro at writing ceremony readings
Fellow Whovians: you know you love Amy and Rory, right? Hashtag goals. And you know their love lasted for quite literally almost two millennia. These kids knew love. Amy was especially good at articulating that love. I’ve got not one, but two quotes from Doctor Who from which you can pull a remarkable Amy Pond wedding reading. Ready to get a hanky reliving these moments? Geronimo!