I discovered that people were using some of my poems at their weddings, so I've created this little book for such poems. They range from the sweet to the odd to the gothic. You can use them at no charge: this can come in handy if you need to say something at an anniversary.
For a couple of these poems, I offer more than one version. Often, if you want to use a poem to read to a couple on their anniversary, you can substitute "you" for "us and "we" in a poem.
Come and Share the World
Come and share this world with me
The night is full of fears
And on tomorrow’s trails, we’ll place
Our footprints on the years
Come and share the night with me
Warmth on warmth in dark
And when the wind shakes the skies
You’ll be fire, I’ll be spark
You be fire, I’ll be spark
Against the fears of night
In reach and touch and sudden flame
Enfold, then hold on tight.
A Wish
May your days be gentle
The sunlight on your sleeves;
May the wind be light enough
To barely tremble leaves
May the future find you
In the places you desire
May the evenings find you
Sitting by a fire
And when the morning sun
Makes diamonds of the dew
A simple “I love you”
When those years all take you
To where you want to be
May your hearts be singing
Wild and brave and free
May there be laughter
In your life and in your heart;
Welcome to the turning point
Where your new lives start.
Anniversary
If someone asks, “Did they truly live?”
Say they took their lives
To the edge of their dreams
Say they knew what the morning was
The light through the curtain
A promise shining through the windows.
Say they came to each of life’s curves
With anticipation
Almost greed.
Someday, if someone asks, “Did they truly live?”
Say there were some days
In their time together
That made their lives a poem.
