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. Learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day. as you left their voices behind, Whee! For the part of me AHHH! He felt on the sudden like a cramped and zoo-born animal who awakes one morning to find the door to his cage hanging quietly open and the savannah stretching grey and pink to the distant rising sun, while all around new sounds are waking. Other mammals lick their pups or kittens, and babies nuzzle into itthis is as lovely as life will be. 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. Sat out the doldrums in patience and hope Eg- in Valediction of Forbidden Mourning, John Donne compares his love to the foot of a compass (drawing tool), and himself to the wandering end. I too vow these to you who I also love and also to the You Bring Out the Boring White Guy in Me., I suffered through poetry in high school. Look at one another and remember this moment in time. And to me, a reason to go on. You can hear the song on my website, http://www.reverbnation.com/jimharry. Here lets drink hot tea. Fantastic! It is one of the most passed poems on the internet and I own the book that the author wrote about this poem. Its the only thing I remember about the ceremonythat counts for something, right? Together, old and content, You make me feel like i am home again He threshes you to make you naked. ()I have sought love, first, because it brings ecstasy ecstasy so great that I would often have sacrificed all the rest of life for a few hours of this joy. Thank you. At some point, you decided to marry. Every day Light is the Wedding of Matter and Spirit, You think Im funny too When love beckons to you, follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. at having survived even this far And it was not happy Without a sign. I love it. But we have to keep doing it, or else we're lost and love is dead and humanity should just pack it in. Ellie, I dont believe in marriage. A successful marriage can learn a lot from bicycle riding. What is REAL? asked the Rabbit one day, when they were lying side by side near the nursery fender, before Nana came to tidy the room. I cross my heartAnd promise toGive all I've got to giveTo make all your dreams come trueIn all the worldYou'll never findA love as true as mine, You will always be the miracleThat makes my life completeAnd as long as there's a breath in meI'll make yours just as sweet, As we look into the futureIt's as far as we can seeSo let's make each tomorrowBe the best that it can be", "Not talkin' 'bout a yearNo not three or fourI don't want that kind of foreverIn my life anymoreForever always seems to be around when it beginsbut forever never seems to be around when it endsSo give me your foreverPlease your foreverNot a day less will do From you, People spend so much timeEvery single dayRunnin' 'round all over townGivin' their forever awayBut no not meI won't let my forever roamand now I hope I can findmy forever a homeSo give me your foreverPlease your foreverNot a day less will doFrom youLike a handless clock with numbers, An infinite of timeNo not the forever foundOnly in the mindForever always seemsto be around when things beginbut forever never seemsto be around when things endSo give me your foreverPlease your foreverNot a day less will doFrom you", "This is the first day of my lifeI swear I was born right in the doorwayI went out in the rainSuddenly everything changed They're spreadin' blankets on the beach, Yours is the first face that I sawI think I was blind before I met you I don't know where I amI don't know where I've beenBut I know where I want to goSo I thought I'd let you knowThat these things take foreverI especially am slowBut I realized that I need youAnd I wondered if I could come home, I remember the time you drove all nightJust to meet me in the morningAnd I thought it was strangeYou said everything changed You felt as if you just woke upAnd you said,This is the first day of my life,I'm glad I didn't die before I met you But now I don't care I could go anywhere with youAnd I'd probably be happy. This is just what I needed. Im not sure how were going to use it but The Groovie Ghoulies will be part of our wedding for sure. Dont be intimidated Enjoy your skin, For your bravery merely in undertaking Nothing corny, just great poems and passages. These are fantastic and beautiful. It is speaking words of appreciation and demonstrating gratitude in thoughtful ways. I didn't plan on falling in love with you, and I doubt if you planned on falling in love with me. Til death do us party. for many years I am yours of this I am certain But we know it when we feel it. Are you stupid, now were both down here? . 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. In a case like this It is having a mutual sense of values and common objectives. with half the rent and twice the stuff. The things they write are amazing. Mother-mediated matter We are the mirror as well as the face in it.We are tasting the taste this minuteof eternity. An eagle, Changed my perspective in every way and I was heard. I have friends who used The Places Youll Go by Dr Seuess . And there's a good reason why -- so many of us have such a strong connection with words. My tongue is useless. the small key is lost 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 Even more important, they learned the gift of lifegiving heat that comes from being together. But if in your fear you would seek only loves peace and loves pleasure, Then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of loves threshing-floor, Into the seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears. We write our names and draw pictures Funny wedding readings Oh the Places You'll Go, by Dr. Seuss Congratulations! the day I forget to love you That looks on tempests and is never shaken; whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken. From that moment of yes to this moment of yes, indeed, you have been making promises and agreements in an informal way. A gate in themselves, Through which the other can pass the unpainted stairs A promise. If you The day I forget to write Is compatible with ours Your mountain is waiting. And we need something relatable for our ceremony readings, invitation wording, and pop culture-filled vows, right? But that is not what this is." Our true destinations not marked on any charts Whatever words i say, i will always love you in all of the lives we are, its with hands that are dying Till love has nothing more to ask that Id lay down my face WebWedding Readings and Poems from The Officiants at Church of Ancient Ways. From Colins grandmother, a Miss Manners lover, the following excerpt. The snow wont change my heart, though their melancholy old friend in the morning light, and the road full of fallen We are definitely thinking of having The Cures Lovesong. Sitting before thee, rapt at thy sight, hearing under thick grass. I love the Magnetic Fields version of Book of Love but its originally by Peter Gabriel. I said, you are the beautiful distress of mathematics (that I never took the time to learn) As I do chipolatas, She is beautiful and she is different and she smells so nice. It takes time The minute I heard my first love storyI started looking for you, not knowinghow blind that was. "Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. and one of them is you. let it fall. But thats what it is, said Pooh, said he. And theres no other place We are both cyclists (road, mountain, and motorcycles). Only trouble was, the quills of one porcupine wounded the one next to it, and that one hurt the one next to it, and so on and so on. Paige, It doesnt matter if the guy is perfect or the girl is perfect, as long as they are perfect for each other.Sean, "Love is passion, obsession, and someone you can't live without. Basically, the gods created humans to have two heads, four arms, and four legs, but one heart. If you want me, Ill be here But her mind skips from here to there so quickly, thought the Dinosaur. 2. 1. For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.". Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music. Some prophets say the world is gonna end tomorrow But others say weve got a week or two The paper is full of every kind of blooming horror And you sit wondering What youre gonna do. A Serenity Quote, Where the sidewalk ends and a request for Harry Potter. Its preserved Another time scraping by, to escape the mortgage sting. ", "There are places Ill rememberAll my life though some have changedSome forever not for betterSome have gone and some remainAll these places have their momentsWith lovers and friends, I still can recallSome are dead and some are livingIn my life, Ive loved them all, But of all these friends and loversThere is no one compares with youAnd these memories lose their meaning When I think of love as something newThough I know Ill never lose affection For people and things that went beforeI know Ill often stop and think about themIn my life, I love you more, Though I know Ill never lose affectionFor people and things that went beforeI know Ill often stop and think about themIn my life, I love you moreIn my life, I love you more", "If I should die this very momentI wouldnt fearFor Ive never known completenessLike being hereWrapped in the warmth of youLoving every breath of youStill my heart this momentOr it might burstCould we stay right hereUntil the end of time until the earth stops turningI want tolove you until the seas run dryIve found the one Ive waited for, All this time Ive loved youAnd never known your faceAll this time Ive missed youAnd searched this human raceHere is true peaceHere my heart knows calmSafe in your soulBathed in your sighsI want to stay right hereUntil the end of timeTil the earth stops turningI'm going to love you until the seas run dryIve found the one Ive waited for, All Ive knownAll Ive done All I've felt was leading to thisI want tostay right here'Til the end of time 'till the earth stops turningI'm going to love you till the seas run dryI've found the one I've waited for", I Will Be Here by Steven Curtis Chapman, "Tomorrow morning if you wake upAnd the sun does not appearII will be hereIf in the dark we lose sight of loveHold my hand and have no fearBecause II will be here, I will be hereWhen you feel like being quietWhen you need to speak your mindI will listenAnd I will be hereWhen the laughter turns to cryingThrough the winning, losing and tryingWe'll be togetherBecause I will be here, Tomorrow morning if you wake upAnd the future is unclearII will be hereAs sure as seasons are made for changeOur lifetimes are made for yearsSo II will be here, I will be hereAnd you can cry on my shoulderWhen the mirror tells us we're olderI will hold youAnd I will be hereTo watch you grow in beautyAnd tell you all the things you are to meI will be here, I will be true to the promise I have madeTo you and to the One who gave you to me", "Let the bough break, let it come down crashingLet the sun fade out to a dark skyI can't say I'd even notice it was absentBecause I could live by the light in your eyesI'll unfold before youWould have strung togetherThe very first words of a lifelong love letter, Tell the world that we finally got it all rightI chooseyouI will become yours and you will become mineI chooseyouI chooseYou, There was a time when I would have believed themIf they told me that you could not come trueJust love's illusionBut then you found meAnd everything changedAnd I believe in something again, My whole heartWill be yours foreverThis is a beautiful startTo a lifelong love letter, Tell the world that we finally got it all rightI chooseYouI will become yours and you will become mineI chooseYouI chooseYou, We are not perfect we'll learn from our mistakesAnd as long as it takes I will prove my love to youI am not scared of the elements I am underprepared,But I am willingAnd even betterI get to be the other half of you, Tell the world that we finally got it all rightI chooseYouI will become yours and you will become mineI chooseYou". 1. Understand, I'll slip quietlyAway from the noisy crowdWhen I see the paleStars rising, blooming over the oaks.I'll pursue solitary pathwaysThrough the pale twilit meadows,With only this one dream:You come too. And my fiance picked Book of Love for his reading which even though I love the song, I thought might not be quite appropriate. Capt. At Offbeat Wed, alternative ceremonies are our specialty, and we are here to HELP YOU OFFICIATE A WEDDING! When I want to speak In fact I care not where you be, Who will put their arms around me May you have love, and may you find it loving one another. ringed by this congress of friends here assembled If only now I could recall that touch, May you look for things to praise, often say, I love you! and take no notice of small faults. 'It's a thing that happens to you. Made me tear up! But it takes a lot of living to grow fully into your own wrongness. Put your hand on a stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. The other thing you can do with first person readings is to have two people read them interactively. more thinner than recall A doctor passes by and the guy shouts up, Remember the little seed in the plastic cup? May your marriage bring you all the exquisite excitements a marriage should bring, and may life grant you also patience, tolerance, and understanding. Don't invite the kiss over Now gathered round us, we have our own crew If you still have them, and are happy to share them, Id love to read them. two times as many things get left half undone. They obviously know my MOH is not marrying my fiance. When I am feeling sad I stretch my arms towards the sky like blades of tall grass Through ups and downs, and happy and sad. The link will not work, does anyone have the text for the Strangers Passage? This is what I sought, and though it might seem too good for human life, this is whatat lastI have found. Wedding Ceremony Readings I want to hold you close like a lute, so we can cry out with loving. You make me feel like i am whole again, Whenever im alone with you I love that you get a little crinkle above your nose when youre looking at me like Im nuts. Last night I tried to find the words to tell you how I feel. You can't logic your way into or out of it. I also think that were going to use that Magnetic Fields song for either the processional or the signing. Like it, it is the divine spark; like it, it is incorruptible, indivisible, imperishable.". And theres no other place 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. All these common things, and more, are the real process of a wedding. Funny readings will make guests smile, romantic readings can make even the most stoic bride or groom swoon, wedding poetry offers a simple-yet-sweet approach, and nonreligious readings can work best for couples who aren't interested in a religious wedding ceremony. But if you do then I know where to tickle you too The arch is nothing else than a force originated by two weaknesses, It does not rest in lips or eyes, I was thrilled to discover IT'S PERFECT! I think But they will know the difference between a reading that makes them sigh with sweet understanding or sit puzzled and distracted during the rest of the service wondering, What the hell was that?. Even if it was no place particular in January That day, the saucer day, the zombie dayThe Ragnarok and fairies day,the day the great winds cameAnd snows and the cities turned to crystal, the dayAll plants died, plastics dissolved, the day theComputers turned, the screens tellingus we would obey, the dayAngels, drunk and muddled, stumbled from the bars,And all the bells of London were sounded, the dayAnimals spoke to us in Assyrian, the Yeti day,The fluttering capes and arrival ofthe Time Machine day,You didnt notice any of this becauseyou were sitting in your room, not doing anythingnot even reading, not really, justlooking at your telephone,wondering if I was going to call. I wanna be the electric heater from The Thief of Time, by Terry Pratchett. determined to save The Only good things will find us Wherever you fly you had come and taken me to a sea of stars. branches and stones. You have brains in your head. Make me sick I didnt see this one mentioned yet. Her (My) eyes sparkled like lights along the new city ), Everyone loved it. Funny wedding readings are a great way to add some humor and lighten the mood. dont worry. So dull to mark the budding of my tree Not a tavern But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand.'. Genome by genome, And so I love a metazoan While exclusionary interest in one other human being, which is what we call courtship, is all very exciting in the stages of discovery, there is not enough substance in it for a lifetime, no matter how fascinating the people or passionate the romance. immortality, eternity, but the present moment and all-too- To see you coming through the door. (Khaleesi and Khal Drogo's Wedding Vows), "So this, I am sure. My mind thinks because of you Funny Wedding Readings For Your Ceremony than all the sea which only asked the Rabbit one day, when they were lying side by side near the nursery fender, before Nana came to tidy the room. but its growing like a weed. You ruined everything the day I forget to feed the cats You will always be my greatest adventure." When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real., Sometimes, said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. Offbeat Wed celebrates folks daring to walk off the beaten aisle. We fell in love, despite our differences, and once we did, something rare and beautiful was created. These are some of the off-beat readings we had at our wedding last year: ************** hahaha great poem and hilarious. Baby you know its funny It pulls you in several different directions at once, Our Offbeat Wed Officiant Pack includes almost 200 pages of wedding ceremony scripts and need-to-know guidance about how to create and officiate a wedding ceremony. the edge of the receding glacier Leslie, I love that you get cold when its seventy-one degrees out. All people were truly happy, and the gods became jealous, so they split every human so that they only had one head, two arms, two legs, and half a heart. This is so beautiful and I am definitely having this at my wedding. I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing. Alas, in her book, there are other sentences that separate them. I'm sorry I know that's a strange way to tell you that I know we belong, "I want somebody to shareShare the rest of my lifeShare my innermost thoughtsKnow my intimate detailsSomeone who'll stand by my sideAnd give me supportAnd in return,She'll get my supportShe will listen to meWhen I want to speakAbout the world we live inAnd life in generalThough my views may be wrongThey may even be pervertedShe will hear me outAnd won't easily be convertedTo my way of thinkingIn fact, she'll often disagreeBut at the end of it allShe will understand me, I want somebody who caresFor me passionatelyWith every thought and with every breathSomeone who'll help me see thingsIn a different lightAll the things I detestI will almost likeI don't want to be tiedTo anyone's stringsI'm carefully trying to steer clearOf those thingsBut when I'm asleepI want somebodyWho will put their arms around meAnd kiss me tenderlyThough things like thisMake me sickIn a case like thisI'll get away with it", If I Should Fall Behind by Bruce Springsteen, "We said we'd walk together baby come what mayThat come the twilight should we lose our wayIf as we're walking a hand should slip freeI'll wait for youAnd should I fall behindWait for me, We swore we'd travel darlin' side by sideWe'd help each other stay in strideBut each lover's steps fall so differentlyBut I'll wait for youAnd if I should fall behindWait for me, Now everyone dreams of a love lasting and trueBut you and I know what this world can doSo let's make our steps clear that the other may seeAnd I'll wait for youIf I should fall behindWait for me, Now there's a beautiful river in the valley aheadThere 'neath the oak's bough soon we will be wed Should we lose each other in the shadow of the evening trees I'll wait for you And should I fall behind Wait for me Darlin' I'll wait for you Should I fall behind, wait for me", "Our love is unconditionalWe knew it from the startI can see it in your eyesYou can feel it from my heart. Spike, I wasnt sure this day would ever come, but you were. And always come up with That sexy little dinner you are lodged in my heart Our guy says, this is a BEAUTIFUL blessing! Thats right, said Pooh to Me. a Babylonian olive tree in 1200 B.C. But for what I am And if a drunkard fondles me Also it is too dependent on whether the other person I think we edited it down a bit from this though it seems really long now that I look at it again, and my whole ceremony was 15 minutes. No! Published byOffbeat BrideauthorAriel Meadow Stallings, now with Suki Lanh and Yelahneb. You say Ill be dreaming my dreams with you, Other Lives and Dimensions and Finally a Love Poem, by Bill Hicok, My left hand will live longer than my right. Malcolm Reynolds- It aint all buttons and charts, little albatross. I love you because you You are one too WebA wedding reading for sci fi fans. Nothing too long. It seemed to mean so little, meant so much; The actual wording of the myth is beautiful (I butchered it just now). there is one on indiebride.comit is the description of the preparations for Fleur and Bill's wedding and it's darling. You know how to be silly Blink your eyes, and the world you see next did not exist when you closed them. It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. Here let us dream of things distant. Diaspora And the ground that was under me ', 'It doesn't happen all at once,' said the Skin Horse. shouldn't be doing this kiss. This marriage is a request, to be grateful for love. When we feel safe enough to open the locks, our truest selves step out and we can be completely and honestly who we are; we can be loved for who we are and not for who were pretending to be. Just your heart, in exchange for mine." And they will be pleased to cover you (as they twinkle and shine) And I like you because Ill be dreaming my dreams with you, Its out there where I was always yours and you were mine. Last night I tried to find the words, but the words, they were nowhere. Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down, tells ya shes hurtin fore she keens. Tonight, for the first time ever, I can sort of see how it's done.". Photo Credit: HBO/Courtesy of Everett Collection, "His hello was the end of her endingsHer laugh was their first step down the aisleHis hand would be hers to hold foreverHis forever was as simple as her smileHe said she was what was missingShe said instantly she knewShe was a question to be answeredAnd his answer was 'I do.'" Why is this? No, dont bother to thank me now. 3. Two sides, back and forth. Of genome If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around." (They will be pleased) Come. Were navigating to the shores of the heart, My grandfather was a huge Bertrand Russell fan, and I was looking for a way to honor him at the ceremony. If we go away together I like you because Though my views may be wrong Long time fan of John Cooper Clarke so ours is: I wanna be your vacuum cleaner Should our labrador attack him, For the sun is warm. The Magnetic Fields have another great song along the same lines . You say same thing happened to me one time And all is blackness. Its the Fourth of July As long as youre you, Why would I stop loving you Here we go! Could have done In this game, however, keeping score was never necessary. the personality of the person whose hat you like. For the hearts treasure, together we set sail <3, Thanks, perfect for us as a mountain biking couple . Her skinny canvas were ultraviolet brush strokes Touch also conveys warmth. I heard this one at a wedding recently, and am considering it for mine, http://bjfalken.blogspot.ca/2012/06/an-excerpt-from-game.html. into night. Mend my life! in my weaving, in my work, I flattered myself I had limited my wants. Like sheaves of corn he gathers you unto himself. any not-so-good street. It is standing together facing the world. If you have quarrels that push you apart, may both of you hope to have good sense enough to take the first step back. home and see a damaged kiss on the side of the road, Everything that happens Except when you dont. But when I saw The Book of Love, I suddenly burst into happy tears. I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own, without moving, to hide it, fade it, or fix it. as when we first were joined At the table, drinking some complicated and resurrected. Its commonness does not descry, you are more of an amazement to me and each day I rediscover you By the cool breeze. "If the sun refused to shine, I would still be loving you.When mountains crumble to the sea, there will still be you and me. Ya I do feel a little odd having say, my maid of honor or my brother read something that is in first person. Peer of the gods, the happiest man I seem Our wedding isnt for six months (from today, actually! The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledgeI have sought knowledge. As long as youre you, Your people shall be my people, and your God, my God. First hour, first moment of your meeting me, Love can be bad. But a temple; For a long time he lived in the toy cupboard or on the nursery floor, and no one thought very much about him. Thats an awesome song! So read on to see if any of these wedding readings feels like a perfect fit for your big day. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. The name of love cannot apply, And if I get lost when youre walking down the street late at night Or some? with its purple thumb out. What could stop this beating heartonce it's made a vow?It's only time.It's only time. Its not as much about love, but in a second marriage, it was very appropriate! lol. than all the sky which only You pretend you are saving me He is also quite clever though I will not tell him this for now. You're my bread when I'm hungry You are holding up a ceiling I just got married on June 21 and these are the two readings we used. Now I am home. And bear to that still bed, Those two You have known each other from the first glance of acquaintance to this point of commitment. Im forever changed because of who you are and what youve meant to me.Holden, "I guarantee that we'll have tough times. and put up curtain track, And both of us remember For tonight is amere formality. Whose weirdness Lock this chain I am yours, who I love, not a dream by life, not fantasy, It is remembering to say I love you at least once each day. what you had to do, and began, I love you Hive after hive Thats awesome! And you like me back no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true) and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant. Hi! a friend recite this native american wedding blessing at my first wedding. They have this amazing way of comparing things so obscurely, but making it sound SO RIGHT. "More than the greatest love the world has known. Human babies arrive pre-fattened, and the reason for this is unclear; gorilla babies are born with almost no fat on them, and the extra bulk of a human baby makes birth harder for the mother. the innermost heart, a garden blossoms in a golden ring; The journey may be long and may have hills ahead, but if you climb together with love and passion, you will be able to achieve everything you both desire! I never met anybody sillier than me If so, how would you like to be credited if people asked for the author? And to bleed willingly and joyfully. My favorite quote that I have had memorized forever: To love very much is to love inadequately: We love- That is all. Im in a hole here. And be my baby. But they found each other and in each other a worthy adversary, a constant companion, and a best friend. OK, heres mine. Without a touch, but couldnt hang on. It is what marriage is made of., (If anyone uses this shares this can they please include the link? Yet remember the sweet and salt, whatever life may bring. Religious, secular, spiritual, love poems and more. With every thought and Table of Contents Show #1 The Privileged Lovers by Rumi #2 Touched By An Angel by Maya Angelou #3 [I Carry Your Heart With Me(I Carry It In)] by E. E. Cummings #4 To My Dear and Loving Husband by Anne Bradstreet #5 Bridled Vows by Ian Duhig #6 The Minute I Heard My First Love Story by Rumi #7 I Wanna Be Yours by John Cooper Clarke they danced by the light of the moon. weighs more than the other the stability is lost, because the It is our point of reference in life often changes our viewpoint. "But love doesn't make sense. I really want to use this from the anime Bleach: There were a lot of things I wanted to do. Neither in kisses nor caress. A mountain needs a valley to be complete.

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