{"id":7901,"date":"2016-04-21T06:27:39","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T06:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marriage.com\/advice\/?p=7901"},"modified":"2023-04-20T09:45:13","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T09:45:13","slug":"unchained-melodies-love-poems-marriage-and-the-hope-of-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marriage.com\/advice\/love\/unchained-melodies-love-poems-marriage-and-the-hope-of-connection\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Best Wedding Poems for Your Special Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"Happy<\/p>\n

Love poems about marriage run the gambit of languages, cultures, and nationalities. Wedding poems help their authors fully express the power and potential of true love in a marriage. <\/span><\/p>\n

As you peruse the offerings below, note that some texts are marriage poems while others are wedding poems. In all cases, the poems tell readers about the “ties that bind us together.”<\/span><\/p>\n

20 best wedding poems for your special day<\/b><\/h2>\n

Love and marriage poems can be a charming reminder to a couple about how much they love each other, but they can also remind them what it means to be truly committed to each other. <\/span><\/p>\n

Here are some meaningful poems to read at a wedding:<\/span><\/p>\n

Touching love poems for wedding day<\/b><\/h3>\n

When choosing a love poem for a wedding ceremony, you can pick one that depicts the bride and groom’s specific dynamic. It will help them be moved by it. <\/span><\/p>\n

Here are some meaningful wedding poems that can inspire the newly married couple:<\/span><\/p>\n

  1. With This Ring – Unknown<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>

    In learning how to trust, you can only take so much,<\/span><\/p>\n

    till your brain lets go and your heart takes control.<\/span><\/p>\n

    You will always have me at you’re side,<\/span><\/p>\n

    for you are the one thing that brings me joy.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Know that as I stand next to you so tall,<\/span><\/p>\n

    that you were the one that brought me<\/span><\/p>\n

    up from my crawl.<\/span><\/p>\n

    I would fight for you forever,<\/span><\/p>\n

    or give up everything for just one more day.<\/span><\/p>\n

    With this I give you everything, knowing forever<\/span><\/p>\n

    that I will feel this way.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Through whatever life may bring,<\/span><\/p>\n

    know that all my love for you is shown with this ring.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Related Reading:<\/i><\/b> 15 Ways to Buy a Promise Ring for Her<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/pre>\n
    \"Young<\/p>\n
    1.  Yes – Jamie Dugas<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>
      It’s been awhile since we spoke of marriage<\/span><\/p>\n
      Living together cherishing every moment<\/span><\/p>\n
      Loving each other like husband and wife<\/span><\/p>\n
      Taking trips seeing happy sights<\/span><\/p>\n
      Without no complaints and a single fight<\/span><\/p>\n
      As I take the stand asking you this question<\/span><\/p>\n
      while holding your hand<\/span><\/p>\n
      You look in my eyes seeing you about to cry<\/span><\/p>\n
      as I part my lips to say these words<\/span><\/p>\n
      you give me a kiss<\/span><\/p>\n
      before I even said a single word<\/span><\/p>\n
      1.  These I Can Promise – Unknown<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>
        I cannot promise you a life of sunshine;<\/span><\/p>\n
        I cannot promise riches, wealth, or gold;<\/span><\/p>\n
        I cannot promise you an easy pathway<\/span><\/p>\n
        That leads away from change or growing old.<\/span><\/p>\n
        But I can promise all my heart’s devotion;<\/span><\/p>\n
        A smile to chase away your tears of sorrow;<\/span><\/p>\n
        A love that’s ever true and ever growing;<\/span><\/p>\n
        A hand to hold in yours through each tomorrow.<\/span><\/p>\n
        Yes, I’ll Marry You<\/span><\/p>\n
        1.  An Angel’s Wedding – Unknown<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>
          Vows to take, and prayers to say<\/span><\/p>\n
          On that their blessed wedding day<\/span><\/p>\n
          The dream has been seen, and fantasies thought.<\/span><\/p>\n
          And the angels dress already bought.<\/span><\/p>\n
          Her little girl fantasy will come to life<\/span><\/p>\n
          When the two come together as man and wife.<\/span><\/p>\n
          That day the church will be filled with stars,<\/span><\/p>\n
          Coming from galaxies both near and far.<\/span><\/p>\n
          Tears will shed when exchanging the rings.<\/span><\/p>\n
          And kissing when on glasses there are clings.<\/span><\/p>\n
          She’ll look gorgeous before him in a gown of white<\/span><\/p>\n
          ‘Cause an angel is such a wondrous sight.<\/span><\/p>\n
          They’ll dance on the softest clouds of gold<\/span><\/p>\n
          And begin the promise to have and to hold.<\/span><\/p>\n
          We’ll remember her veil, and the long matching train<\/span><\/p>\n
          And know how she looked when taking his name.<\/span><\/p>\n
          That day will be filled with joy and with love<\/span><\/p>\n
          And heaven sent blessings from God up above.<\/span><\/p>\n
          Sadly the day must come to an end.<\/span><\/p>\n
          But the angel now has a lover and friend.<\/span><\/p>\n
          If you think the story I tell is not true<\/span><\/p>\n
          Believe that it is. The next angel is you.<\/span><\/p>\n
          1.  Sonnet 116 – William Shakespeare<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>
            Let me not to the marriage of true minds<\/span><\/p>\n
            Admit impediments. Love is not love<\/span><\/p>\n
            Which alters when it alteration finds,<\/span><\/p>\n
            Or bends with the remover to remove.<\/span><\/p>\n
            O no, it is an ever-fixèd mark<\/span><\/p>\n
            That looks on tempests and is never shaken;<\/span><\/p>\n
            It is the star to every wandering bark,<\/span><\/p>\n
            Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken.<\/span><\/p>\n
            Love’s not time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks<\/span><\/p>\n
            Within his bending sickle’s compass come;<\/span><\/p>\n
            Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,<\/span><\/p>\n
            But bears it out even to the edge of doom.<\/span><\/p>\n
            If this be error and upon me proved,<\/span><\/p>\n
            I never writ, nor no man ever loved.<\/span><\/p>\n
            Sweet poems about marriage<\/b><\/h3>\n
            Wedding poems can put things into perspective for a couple that might be taking the marital plunge. It can remind them of what love truly is and what they need to focus on, something that is specifically focused on during <\/span>premarital counseling<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n
            Here are some wedding poems we have curated to inspire you:<\/span><\/p>\n
            1.  A Marriage Prayer – Connie Cook<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>
              Lord, be in this marriage<\/span><\/p>\n
              In a special way,<\/span><\/p>\n
              May we feel Your presence<\/span><\/p>\n
              Each and every day.<\/span><\/p>\n
              Grant us both good humor<\/span><\/p>\n
              To surpass our coming years;<\/span><\/p>\n
              May there always be much laughter,<\/span><\/p>\n
              May there always be less tears.<\/span><\/p>\n
              Give us strength and courage<\/span><\/p>\n
              To follow in Your will,<\/span><\/p>\n
              To trust You in the valley<\/span><\/p>\n
              As we do upon the hill.<\/span><\/p>\n
              Give us both the eyes of love<\/span><\/p>\n
              So we’ll always see<\/span><\/p>\n
              The goodness in each other,<\/span><\/p>\n
              Secure us, Lord, in Thee.<\/span><\/p>\n
              Give us words of kindness, Lord,<\/span><\/p>\n
              Help us both to live<\/span><\/p>\n
              So our lips are ever quick<\/span><\/p>\n
              In saying, “I forgive.”<\/span><\/p>\n
              Give us hearts that beat as one,<\/span><\/p>\n
              Bind us ever near;<\/span><\/p>\n
              May our love grow deeper, Lord,<\/span><\/p>\n
              With each passing year.<\/span><\/p>\n
              Lord, be in this marriage,<\/span><\/p>\n
              Keep our love brand new;<\/span><\/p>\n
              May we love each other, Lord,<\/span><\/p>\n
              The same way that *You* do.<\/span><\/p>\n
              “What therefore God hath joined together,<\/span><\/p>\n
              let not man put asunder.”<\/span><\/p>\n
              Related Reading:<\/i><\/b> Prayers for Marriage Problems<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/pre>\n
              \"Happy<\/p>\n
              1.  Past and Future – Sarojini Naidu<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>
                The new hath come and now the old retires:<\/span><\/p>\n
                And so the past becomes a mountain cell,<\/span><\/p>\n
                Where lone, apart, old hermit-memories dwell<\/span><\/p>\n
                In consecrated calm, forgotten yet<\/span><\/p>\n
                Of the keen heart that hastens to forget<\/span><\/p>\n
                Old longings in fulfilling new desires.<\/span><\/p>\n
                And now the soul stands in a vague, intense<\/span><\/p>\n
                Expectancy and anguish of suspense,<\/span><\/p>\n
                On the dim chamber-threshold.<\/span><\/p>\n
                Lo! he sees<\/span><\/p>\n
                Like a strange, fated bride as yet unknown,<\/span><\/p>\n
                His timid future shrinking there alone,<\/span><\/p>\n
                Beneath her marriage-veil of mysteries.<\/span><\/p>\n
                1.  How Do I Love Thee? – Elizabeth Barrett Browning<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>
                  How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.<\/span><\/p>\n
                  I love thee to the depth and breadth and height<\/span><\/p>\n
                  My soul can reach when feeling out of sight<\/span><\/p>\n
                  For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.<\/span><\/p>\n
                  I love thee to the level of everyday’s<\/span><\/p>\n
                  Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.<\/span><\/p>\n
                  I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;<\/span><\/p>\n
                  I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.<\/span><\/p>\n
                  I love with a passion put to use<\/span><\/p>\n
                  In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith.<\/span><\/p>\n
                  I love thee with a love I seemed to lose<\/span><\/p>\n
                  With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath,<\/span><\/p>\n
                  Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,<\/span><\/p>\n
                  I shall but love thee better after death.<\/span><\/p>\n
                  1.  This Marriage – Rumi<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>
                    May these vows and this marriage be blessed.<\/span><\/p>\n
                    May it be sweet milk,<\/span><\/p>\n
                    this marriage, like wine and halvah.<\/span><\/p>\n
                    May this marriage offer fruit and shade<\/span><\/p>\n
                    like the date palm.<\/span><\/p>\n
                    May this marriage be full of laughter,<\/span><\/p>\n
                    our every day a day in paradise.<\/span><\/p>\n
                    May this marriage be a <\/span>sign of compassion<\/span><\/a>,<\/span><\/p>\n
                    a seal of happiness here and hereafter.<\/span><\/p>\n
                    May this marriage have a fair face and a good name,<\/span><\/p>\n
                    an omen as welcomes the moon in a clear blue sky.<\/span><\/p>\n
                    I am out of words to describe<\/span><\/p>\n
                    how spirit mingles in this marriage.<\/span><\/p>\n
                    1.  The Gift – Pam Brown<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>
                      In you are flowers and firelight,<\/span><\/p>\n
                      stars and songbirds,<\/span><\/p>\n
                      the scent of summer,<\/span><\/p>\n
                      the stillness just before dawn.<\/span><\/p>\n
                      I love you today,<\/span><\/p>\n
                      dressed in glory.<\/span><\/p>\n
                      I will love you always-<\/span><\/p>\n
                      dancing, singing, reading, making, planning, arguing.<\/span><\/p>\n
                      I will love you cantankerous, and tired,<\/span><\/p>\n
                      courageous and in terror,<\/span><\/p>\n
                      joyful, fearful and triumphant.<\/span><\/p>\n
                      I will love you through all weathers and all change.<\/span><\/p>\n
                      For all you are is precious to me.<\/span><\/p>\n
                      And every day I live with you<\/span><\/p>\n
                      and share your love<\/span><\/p>\n
                      is a gift to me.<\/span><\/p>\n
                      Related Reading:<\/i><\/b> 25 Most Practical Gift Ideas For Men<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/pre>\n
                      \"Happy<\/p>\n
                      Heartfelt wedding poems about love<\/b><\/h3>\n
                      Looking for some perfect wedding poems? Here are some charming examples that showcase what is the true meaning of love and marital bliss:<\/span><\/p>\n
                      1.  Our Souls Are Mirrors – Rupi Kaur<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>
                        god must have kneaded you and i<\/span><\/p>\n
                        from the same dough<\/span><\/p>\n
                        rolled us out as one on the baking sheet<\/span><\/p>\n
                        must have suddenly realized<\/span><\/p>\n
                        how unfair it was<\/span><\/p>\n
                        to put that much magic in one person<\/span><\/p>\n
                        and sadly split that dough in two<\/span><\/p>\n
                        how else is it that<\/span><\/p>\n
                        when I look in the mirror<\/span><\/p>\n
                        I am looking at you<\/span><\/p>\n
                        when you breathe<\/span><\/p>\n
                        my own lungs fill with air<\/span><\/p>\n
                        that we just met but we<\/span><\/p>\n
                        have known each other our whole lives<\/span><\/p>\n
                        if we were not made as one to begin with<\/span><\/p>\n
                        Related Reading:<\/i><\/b> 11 Signs Your Soulmate Is Thinking of You<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/pre>\n
                        1.  To Be One With Each Other – George Eliot<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>
                          What greater thing is there for two human souls<\/span><\/p>\n
                          than to feel that they are joined together to strengthen<\/span><\/p>\n
                          each other in all labor, to minister to each other in all sorrow,<\/span><\/p>\n
                          to share with each other in all gladness,<\/span><\/p>\n
                          to be one with each other in the<\/span><\/p>\n
                          silent unspoken memories?<\/span><\/p>\n
                          1.  New Beginnings – Barbara Crooker<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>
                            “May this be a day of new beginnings<\/span><\/p>\n
                            the sun, like a fragrant apple; the summer air,<\/span><\/p>\n
                            soft on your hands as the kiss of a child.<\/span><\/p>\n
                            May berries melt like honey on your tongue.<\/span><\/p>\n
                            May your heart rise in wonder<\/span><\/p>\n
                            at the clouds drifting across the sky.<\/span><\/p>\n
                            May the trails under your boots<\/span><\/p>\n
                            be covered in pine quills,<\/span><\/p>\n
                            let the leaves rain down<\/span><\/p>\n
                            like memories<\/span><\/p>\n
                            in the autumn of your heart.<\/span><\/p>\n
                            May the snow beneath your skis<\/span><\/p>\n
                            run as fast as watered silk,<\/span><\/p>\n
                            may the cold air kiss your cheeks,<\/span><\/p>\n
                            turn them red as summer’s roses.<\/span><\/p>\n
                            May the rivers always flow<\/span><\/p>\n
                            with their unexpected beauty,<\/span><\/p>\n
                            the first freshets of snowmelt,<\/span><\/p>\n
                            the rush of early spring. May you always walk in gladness<\/span><\/p>\n
                            through whatever path or highway;<\/span><\/p>\n
                            may you always walk within the golden circle of your love.”<\/span><\/p>\n
                            1.  The New Beginning – Olufunke Kolapo<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>
                              “Like the warmth of the morning sun,<\/span><\/p>\n
                              So do thoughts of you embrace me,<\/span><\/p>\n
                              Revealing how alive I am<\/span><\/p>\n
                              A glorious light of the new day,<\/span><\/p>\n
                              so is your presence in my life,<\/span><\/p>\n
                              relieving it of its shadows,<\/span><\/p>\n
                              and marking the start of a new beginning.”<\/span><\/p>\n
                              1.  I’ll Be There For You – Louise Cuddon<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>
                                I’ll be there my darling, through thick and through thin<\/span><\/p>\n
                                When your mind’s in a mess and your head’s in a spin<\/span><\/p>\n
                                When your plane’s been delayed, and you’ve missed the last train.<\/span><\/p>\n
                                When life is just threatening to drive you insane<\/span><\/p>\n
                                When your thrilling whodunit has lost its last page<\/span><\/p>\n
                                When somebody tells you, you’re looking your age<\/span><\/p>\n
                                When your coffee’s too cool, and your wine is too warm<\/span><\/p>\n
                                When the forecast said “Fine,” but you’re out in a storm<\/span><\/p>\n
                                When your quick break hotel, turns into a slum<\/span><\/p>\n
                                And your holiday photos show only your thumb<\/span><\/p>\n
                                When you park for five minutes in a resident’s bay<\/span><\/p>\n
                                And return to discover you’ve been towed away<\/span><\/p>\n
                                When the jeans that you bought in hope or in haste<\/span><\/p>\n
                                Just stick on your hips and don’t reach round your waist<\/span><\/p>\n
                                When the food you most like brings you out in red rashes<\/span><\/p>\n
                                When as soon as you boot up the bloody thing crashes<\/span><\/p>\n
                                So my darling, my sweetheart, my dear…<\/span><\/p>\n
                                When you break a rule, when you act the fool<\/span><\/p>\n
                                When you’ve got the flu when you’re in a stew<\/span><\/p>\n
                                When you’re last in the queue, don’t feel blue ’cause<\/span><\/p>\n
                                I’m telling you, I’ll be there.<\/span><\/p>\n
                                Watch this video to learn more about the power of words:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n