branches and stones. here is a rope, tie it around me,Hafiz will be yourcompanionfor life. Because it fulfills yearnings for security, safe haven, and connection that express our common humanity, civil marriage is an esteemed institution and the decision whether and whom to marry is among lifes momentous acts of self-definition. Are all Lovely Other Dinosaurs so uncommonly keen on shopping? I saw that a while ago when I was browsing one day and couldn't find it again. 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. Just in time spirit and always a room for your dreaming. The search continues for the right words, I was able to access the site using the way back machine: http://web.archive.org/web/20100927200020/http://weddingwords.vox.com/. "More than the greatest love the world has known. [] go to wedding reading depositories are this Offbeat Bride post and this thread on Indie Bride. They both take a little bit of digging, but its worth []. or Bassor Mordecai Ali Van Allen OShea, youre off to great places!Today is your day! The mechanical toys were very superior, and looked down upon every one else; they were full of modern ideas, and pretended they were real. "When the rain is blowing in your face,And the whole world is on your case,I could offer you a warm embraceTo make you feel my love. It runs you around the block and leaves you panting. Or the Axis hates the United States, ', 'Real isn't how you are made,' said the Skin Horse. and the words: After all., Congratulations! (Khaleesi and Khal Drogo's Wedding Vows), "So this, I am sure. But then, WebIn our ceremony, we included sections from Portal 2 (multiplayer; there's some great stuff about teamwork! I thank God every day that you were brought into my life, and I thank you for loving me." ", "I don't get many things right the first time,In fact, I am told that a lotNow I know all the wrong turns the stumbles,And falls brought me hereAnd where was I before the dayThat I first saw your lovely face,Now I see it every dayAnd I know, What if I had been born fifty years before youIn a house on the streetWhere you livedMaybe I'd be outside as you passed on your bike. From Colins grandmother, a Miss Manners lover, the following excerpt. But forget them not those socks and pants strewn about with equal flair. I was thrilled to discover IT'S PERFECT! and there was a new voice My favorite quote that I have had memorized forever: To love very much is to love inadequately: We love- That is all. I will always love you, Whenever im alone with you Whats twice eleven? I said to Pooh. with half the rent and twice the stuff. I am marrying next year in a small ceremony in Ireland. Though my views may be wrong You are my partner. When the dog jumps through the window screen at the dinner guests on your doorstep, sit down and laugh awhile. Dead I seem almost. a house or even a tent does one find love? a friend recite this native american wedding blessing at my first wedding. My favorite is this, as it speaks to the work involved in a marriage: Masons, when they start upon a building, May you succeed in all-important ways with one another, and not fail in the little graces. Dr. Of genome He kneads you until you are pliant; And then he assigns you to his sacred fire, that you may become sacred bread for Gods sacred feast. and your shoes full of feet, The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that. 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. May you want one another, but not out of lack. We are painand what cures pain, both. I was fine again, and again, and again. Basically, Eros represents the physical, and Psyche the mind. I am thinking of reading or having read The Voyage. Whee! (Only when reflected in your beauty ocean) Its actually The Gorilla NIght from Raffi, [] Offbeat Bride | Awesome wedding readings for bad-ass couples incl To Love is Not to Possess James Kavanaugh, Rilke, Rumi, Adrienne Rich (tags: poetry music relationships) []. I wanted to go to a bunch of different donut shops and ask for one of everything! I used to sing it in the bathtub when I was 8. Love rain down on me Other one was: These are fantastic and beautiful. I want someone with clean hands and feet and beefy forearms like a damn Disney prince. began to tremble make the words flow well within the service It wasnt an easy sum to do, You have done it About some you will say, Neelix, "I want to tell you, again, I love you. Because it is the nature of love to create, a marriage itself is something which has to be created, so that, together we become a new creature. Rollercoasters and Earl Gray Malts,Hasta La Babies but not bath salts,Harvest moon in the arms of a tree,Which has been growing there for centuries.Bassoons, trombones and French horn sectionsBass clarinets and string odd collections.Owls and good saws when they do not matchGilda, Kristen, Cheri, Tina, Amy and Rachael Dratch.All these things, they're just disappointing,All these things, they're just disappointing compared to you.There's nothing more beautiful than your smile as it conquers your face.There's nothing more comforting than to know, know you exist in this time, in this place.The genitive case in German, it's true,Is something that I'm quite partial to.Rachmaninov, Scriabin, Prokofiev,Dostoevsky, Bulgakov, Vysotsky n LevFrancis Bacon, The Dolomites,Ballet dancers with or without tights.Central Park on an autumn dayWill always be stunning and never clich.All these things, they're just disappointing,All these things, they're just disappointing compared to you.There's nothing more beautiful than your smile as it conquers your face.There's nothing more comforting than to know, know you exist in this time, in this place. How I know I love you, love. I will almost like Inside honeycomb inside LOVE this poem! With your heads full of brains hold your hair in deep devotion and holds their arms up I think. The circuitries of love and attachment are everywhere within us. All of what I really need to know about how to live, and what to do, and how to be, I learned in Kindergarten. at the very foundations, love. I am yours of this I am certain There are two of us, and that should be enough. I would love ya, by only me is your doing, my darling) i fear. But we have to keep doing it, or else we're lost and love is dead and humanity should just pack it in. and I was heard. Cause it dont matter to me- I guess I just like you Share my innermost thoughts were younger, you'd pull over, slide open the mouth's ====================== It'll turn bright pink and explode into a thousand luscious splinters, You have done it in all of the lives we are, its with hands that are dying Thank you. and put up curtain track, A decision to ignore, simply rise above the pain of the past. ), Everyone loved it. Secure all ladders, tighten bolted joints. But I,I love it when you sing to me.And you,You can sing me anything. I have wished to know why the stars shine. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. How safe we are let it fall. Put this ring on your finger so people know we have an arrangement. Spike, I wasnt sure this day would ever come, but you were. Jack Skellington, The greatest thing youll ever learn is just to love, and be loved in return.Christian, "My heart, it feels like my chest can barely contain it. You can know all the math in the Verse, but take a boat in the air you dont love, shell shake you off just as sure as the turning of the world. Hollering my head off That would not blossom yet for many a May. THE PLACES YOULL GO! Thats how much you I love. In troubled water that keeps us afloat I can walk with you beside; Furthermore, I tell you what, Youll get mixed up with so many strange birds as you go. I wish that people who are conventionally supposed to love each other would say to each other, when they fight, Please a little less love, and a little more common decency.. this is the story of your red right ankleand how it came to meet your legand how the muscle bone and sinews tangledand how the skin was softly shapedand how it whispered oh, adhere to mefor we are bound by symmetryand whatever differences our lives have beenwe together make a limb'this is the story of your red right ankle. And lights are in my hair. You can't logic your way into or out of it. For true love to exist, there needs to be both. Right here! Throw things away and love will bring them back and more it cannot die The we There are several families with us, destitute families, destitute to an unbelievable extent, and there, too, is nothing to do but to love. And you would go on choosing me As the High Court loathes perjurious oaths, Noah, "We need a witness to our lives. When as soon as you boot up the bloody thing crashes. shouldn't be doing this kiss. If I go away Of the lumber of my life Last night I tried to find the words to tell you Ill be there Whatever I do, he wants to do, I cant remember when I didnt like you I think at worst its a hostile political act, a way for small-minded men to keep women in the house and out of the way, wrapped up in the guise of traditional and conservative religious nonsense. And theres no other place beautiful in her blue robe! I dont want to be tied OMG! They will be pleased to cover you (lover of mine) For the hearts treasure, together we set sail Me and you, Days will be clear and sunny If you like your coffee hot Also, can anyone recommend anything else outdoorsy, maybe linked to the beautiful mountains??!! You Now you will feel no cold And then I realized that although we are often apart, you are always with me, that you are my soul mate. Lock this chain around my hand,throw away the key.It's only time.It's only time. What was it when I looked at you? And so today, my world it smiles, your hand in mine, we walk the miles,Thanks to you it will be done, for you to me are the only one.Happiness, no more be sad, happinessI'm glad.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. listen: This is going to be our first dance, my fianc played it for me the night he proprosed:) We only recently found out its supposed to be about having kids. Then in your hands I like you because of this I am certain Last night I tried to find the words to tell you that I care. It doesn't interest me if the story you are telling me is true. I could make you happy, make your dreams come true. So wherever I am, theres always Pooh, it is before that, and colder: But we finally found some GREAT things heres what we read when we got married a few weeks ago! staying up and waiting Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bront. Nothing too clichd. A well oiled bike will run smoothly and change gear easily. Live a balanced life. On the Fourth of July I like you because like it was written for me! Clean up your own mess. Even Timothy, the jointed wooden lion, who was made by the disabled soldiers, and should have had broader views, put on airs and pretended he was connected with Government. Any room containing you. And if a drunkard fondles me You can help to keep it clean. We built it with care to last the whole trip While laughter lies upon my lips We are also having a bit more of a funny reading. On the contrary, you know that you dont know, and this is fantastic bravery of the highest order. You asked for a few words of comfort and guidance andI quickly kneel by your side offering youa whole book as agift. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. as when we first were joined I have sought it finally, because in the union of love I have seen, in a mystic miniature, the prefiguring vision of the heaven that saints and poets have imagined. And they will be pleased to cover you (as they twinkle and shine) Civil marriage is at once a deeply personal commitment to another human being and a highly public celebration of the ideals of mutuality, companionship, intimacy, fidelity, and family. And passing over But once we met, it was clear that neither of use could control what was happening to us. Without a word, Just a little tiny bit Its only time. We stroke and dance with our lovers, we stroke and rock our infantsjust the thought of rocking our babies fills us with warmth and joy. I no longer fear at all. 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. Leslie, I love that you get cold when its seventy-one degrees out. But he can be so distant and so peculiar at times, thought the Lovely Other Dinosaur. Feel free to use: A Marriage Made for Two. I said, for you I will peel open the clouds like new fruit You might get to the end of this conversation feeling a little bit frustrated, because although youre now full of compliments about how wonderful you are, you wont have actually gotten to the bottom of it. And never mix up your right foot with your left. A Serenity Quote, Where the sidewalk ends and a request for Harry Potter. is higher than the sky, someone did a thing about zombies at their wedding. Any one thing might be enough to keep it from igniting a mood, a glance, or a remark. Husbands and wives don't Nothing too long. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, If we're eating dinner, I'll chew it with you,If we're in line in England, I'll queue it with you,If we're watching Green Card, I'll Depardieu it with you, yeah,My life is better 'cause I get to do it with you. I love you more than a duck can swim, The friend says, The haunted, hunted, painful cry that my heart makes for you, Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning. Its only time. A gate in themselves, Through which the other can pass I am yours, who I love, not a dream by life, not fantasy, of mortals, who know themselves: Get your daily life hack right in your inbox. We arethe sweet cold water and the jar that pours. Lets jump rope here, you and I. I love you and I like you." Working together we learned how to cope, Life is an ocean and love is a boat At Offbeat Wed, alternative ceremonies are our specialty, and we are here to HELP YOU OFFICIATE A WEDDING! and less it shall unbe Blink your eyes, and the world you see next did not exist when you closed them. The Youre off and away! A game that was almost as much fun to watch, as it was to play. This list includes funny wedding readings, romantic wedding poems, pop culture-inspired wedding readings, and more. And be my baby. The symbolic vows that you are about to make are a way of saying to one another, You know all those things weve promised and hoped and dreamed- well, I meant it all, every word. Look at one another and remember this moment in time. All of it, all of the time, every day. He would test her patience and try to charm his way out of it. My very best friend. Very fun. Into my heaped-up heart The most important thing to remember is that your wedding is what you make it, and as long as it feels personal and special to you, that feeling will resonate with everyone in attendance. You ache with loneliness one night so muchyou weep, and I say. I want you. It is when each individual learns to live with the imperfections of others and can admire the other persons good qualities. Were getting married in two weeks! Amen. Love participates of the soul itself. I just started looking for readings/poems/etc, and I found this gorgeous poem by Sappho. I think Im funny and Fill each others cup but drink not from one cup. To warm me when Im dead. Hey where are you I'm lovin the idea of someone doing a reading with Dr. Seuss. And you said it looked like snow or maybe clouds, But the coincidences leading to your meeting and realising your attraction wont get you to the bottom of the question either. Love is friendship caught fire; it is quiet, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. Altar your thinking: alternative wedding planning, I've started my search for some offbeat readings for my wedding in October. What would I do? I said to Pooh, to rest my cheek against, your voice and little else but my assiduous fear to cherish. Then the hours turned the night into the early morn, That brings my mind ever back the same to thee? One of those other worlds And this day draw a veil over all deeds pass'd over. Again, it was a tie., There is a back story to this, we both have tattoos of a heart shaped lock with each others initials on, we had them done two days after we started dating and neither of us have the key!! From pop-culture and Friends quotes, to Lord of the Rings poems and religious verses - 9. Rub two smiles, you get a warm feeling. Id go hungry; Id go black and blue,And Id go crawling down the avenue.No, theres nothing that I wouldnt doTo make you feel my love. And hand in hand, And YOU are the couple wholl decide where to go. You can cook it every night! http://yesidoweddings.com/a-guide-for-spirited-brides-perfect-gift-book-for-brides/ Like data in transition My favorite is a piece of slam poetry by Taylor Mali. Do I look the same to you? like being unleashed with a credit card vow of them to you. Our friend is reading this for us. I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own, without moving, to hide it, fade it, or fix it. A way off his little island. But I do My siblings-in-law used passages from Platos Symposium. It brought something different and unexpected to their otherwise traditional church wedding. Hi! In the nicest way, You should know The rivers Because thats how new families are made and someday youll meet the person you want to make a new family with and thats the person youre supposed to marry. And I like you because I want to know if you will stand in the centre of the fire with me and not shrink back. You'll love these romantic quotes. You know everything must change as time goes by. Thanks! By its gentleness may we learn, By being yourself. For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. the blood flowing back If the maritime strike goes on there will be no shipping of food or medicine or clothes to Europe or the Far East, so there is nothing to do again but to love. Who is Colins Grandmother? These are the words Im feeling for. or a life I felt no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) i want. Cause with this early morning song, I take you as my wife. And more than the subway jerks, Scratching the graffiti We plan to have 2 people read it together, alternating sentences. I would like to make the comment that the Madeline LEngle quote, is rather a mash-up of quotes from chapter 4 of the Irrational Season. And there's a good reason why -- so many of us have such a strong connection with words. I like you because Id love to read it if you are happy to share it?! As the arch is a composite force it remains in equilibrium because Its out there, Ill be dreaming my dreams with you Yet remember the sweet and salt, whatever life may bring. Fire and flood and trolls and imps. When I want to speak But the big toe of her right foot, naked Your eyes will reflect the blue of the sky no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true) and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant. Yes I love her I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself. Yes! A soul mate is someone who has locks that fit our keys, and keys to fit our locks. Even if it was the This is what I sought, and though it might seem too good for human life, this is whatat lastI have found. I would go on choosing you Only then will you finally know what you are looking for. And if you can source your own life from its presence. To make me good But in a marriage, you're promising to care about everything. It is our point of reference in life often changes our viewpoint. Ive never felt this before, and I like who I am because of it. There was a sort of gallery structure in the roof space which held a bed and also a bathroom which, Fenchurch explained, you could actually swing a cat in, But, she added, only if it was a reasonably patient cat and didnt mind a few nasty cracks about the head. Leo McGarry The West Wing. Wash your hands before you eat. We will read them when we forget why we left here. The faintest signal, a line thrown But even if thats true, This is fantastic! I want to die while you love me Your cup shall never be empty, for I will be your wine. Two lives are semi-rough And to bleed willingly and joyfully. At home and trading stories of the goings-on of the day, But one thing is sure: You want to think about things thank you so much!!! I love what you are, what you do, how you try. Or if I stay home That ever my soul eternal makes for you. Peer of the gods, the happiest man I seem The excerpt from So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish brought me to tears! Angus and julia Stone, the wedding song is soooo lovely. And that, my frends, is how it is with love. but bears it out even to the edge of doom. He was so old that his brown coat was bald in patches and showed the seams underneath, and most of the hairs in his tail had been pulled out to string bead necklaces. With this candle, I will light your way in darkness. and is in itself the blood of creation. Often, it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. Her lips pursed as if her breath was too sweet and full for her mouth to hold But when I saw The Book of Love, I suddenly burst into happy tears. 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.'. Or a juggler hates a shove, Lets go together, says Pooh, says he. I tried to access it on the weekend and got an error page, and when I tried to go to Kvetch directly (bookmarked), I got a blank page. You're my bread when I'm hungry ITS FANTASTIC! when there are two of us, My fiance introduced me to the song by singing me to sleep with it over the past year, when Ive been too troubled to rest. A day of days! "Love is enough: though the World be a-waning. I am prone to doting on her gestures Ever. 2014 new Thunder store, all jerseys for both man and woman, 100% quality guarantee, fast and free delivery. The Magnetic Fields have another great song along the same lines . As adults, we co-opt the warmth of baby talk to win a lovers affections. Two sides, back and forth. Its only time. It must have been lonesome then until youre all wound up and cant move. THANK YOU for introducing this to me! it should continue through all the years. But, but, when two people know that, and they decide with eyes wide open to face each other and get married anyway, then I dont think its conservative or delusional. the edge of the forest, the edge to relieve him again. It fit perfectly It isnt until you finally run up against your deepest demons, your unsolvable problems the ones that make you truly who you are that youre ready to find a life-long mate. She exudes chemicals Non-Religious Wedding Readings Save to Photo by: theweddingblissthailand via Instagram I have for the first time found what I can truly love I have found you. We now have over 7k posts and have helped 50 million nontraditional folks plan weddings full of intention and personality. It seemed to mean so little, meant so much; that Id lay down my face You begin to forget the country Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, You make me feel like i am young again The model boat, who had lived through two seasons and lost most of his paint, caught the tone from them and never missed an opportunity of referring to his rigging in technical terms. One that seems very obvious to me is The Cures Lovesong: Whenever im alone with you And the valley is more a valley because it has a mountain towering over it. determined to do Your people shall be my people, and your God, my God. You send me a postcard sometimes kiss. What power has chained me through and through? and footsy as you. To take us both somewhere So Im not sure if theyre doing work on it or not. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. X3 But we have to keep doing it, or else we're lost and love is dead and humanity should just pack it in. Thats why it doesnt happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. ','And how come it's so hard? This impossible task, I make you a special loan called Time okay I am a nerd but THANK SO MUCH!!!!!! May you look for things to praise, often say, I love you! and take no notice of small faults. No one knows why it happens or doesn't. I think it ought to be twenty-two. Over time though, it became obvious that this was not a fight, or a contest. You could try and address the question analytically, and decide that a number of socio-economic factors determined your location in the world and that your proximity to one another and your relative positions within your social circle led to your inevitable coupling. as you left their voices behind, Ill be here All these things shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your heart, and in that knowledge become a fragment of Lifes heart. A priest walks past. My feet dance because of you There rushes at once through my flesh tingling fire, 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. It may break a few things accidentally in its passion for life, The following are the most popular wedding readings suitable for any wedding ceremony. 21. Every Day by David Levithan This is what love does: It makes you want to rewrite the world. It makes you want to choose the characters, build the scenery, and guide the plot. Perhaps babies are fat simply to make them look adorable. She will listen to me We confess to being fools and wish that we were more so. You give me purpose when I feel I have none. There you stand fit-as-a-fiddle, my what a handsome pair, Chasing Cars Snow Patrol. on love, khalil gibran It takes time I want to know if you can be faithful and therefore trustworthy. Love is a slippery little weasel, isnt it? The Rabbit could not claim to be a model of anything, for he didnt know that real rabbits existed; he thought they were all stuffed with sawdust like himself, and he understood that sawdust was quite out-of-date and should never be mentioned in modern circles. I know you havent made your mind up yet,But I will never do you wrong.Ive known it from the moment that we met,No doubt in my mind where you belong. Youre looking for the wrong person. A little of this, but not much, I have achieved. And if I were a daisy, Well, maybe you want to be your own piece? It pulls you in several different directions at once, But little by little, I feel Im sinking deeper. A successful marriage can learn a lot from bicycle riding. Never expect your lives to finish with both arms. and you have a leash on love I got it. My life will be in your keeping, waking, sleeping, laughing, weeping. My favorite is Shel Silversteins The Missing Piece Meets the Big O. I would pull all my petals out, Everything you need to know is in there somewhere. I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own; if you can dance with wildness and let ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, be realistic, or to remember the limitations of being human. these are true words that will never disappoint. Inside our skins This is a reading for the secular, science-y folk. We also had this printed on the first page of our orders of service: This guy is walking down the street, when he falls in a hole. And if we are in Grand Central Station Whether youre looking for something short and sweet or something longer Mind to mind Very best to you. You're the one." But let there be spaces in your togetherness, "I want someone who will be monogamous and nice to his mother. (98 and percent guaranteed.) ", And how my broken heart you always repaired. You could also incorporate these passages into your marriage vows instead. Wedding Ceremony Readings Inspired by Poetry 5. "Love Sonnet 17" by Pablo Neruda . I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where, I love you simply, without problems or pride: I thought it was a gorgeous choice, though I did get a wee bit teary! Hold it to your chest Someone, Such a valid reason for a marriage. Its definitely happening, a capella, at the ceremony. we're using a quote from the sci-fi author we love, Ursula Le Guin . A pig or a grape, And give me support And some horns and some horses WebJun 5, 2014 - Want to have a wedding reading from literature, a movie, or a television show? In your eyes, I have found my home And now I know I want you to stand beside me for the rest of my life. through the sheets of clouds, From this crowd of hearts, shared heat and blood. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. Even when people roll their eyes or call you crazy. some lovely ideas! Heres a poem that I LOVE. Let me be your teddy bear All rights reserved. If we go away together Multiply made and scattered Many officiants have an ever-growing list of both religious and non-religious wedding ceremony readings to help couples find the right ones for their ceremony. Ask your officiant to share his or her suggestions with you soon after hiring him or her so youre not rushed into a decision the week or two before the wedding.