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where can i find a poem to give my daughter on her wedding day

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There's a book called "My Poems" by Emily Dickinson that would have some lovely poems in it. In the Knot book "Guide to WEdding Vows and Traditions, there are also many readings and poems.
This is a list from my book WEDDING PLANNING GUIDE, A Bride's Workbook that may also be of help.

SUGGESTED SCRIPTURES FOR WEDDING


Old Testament
     Genesis 2:20-24
     Ruth 1:16-17
     Ecclesiastics 3:1-8
     Song of Solomon 2:10-13; 4:9-12; 8:6-7; 5:9-16
     Proverbs 3:10-31

New Testament
     Matthew 19:4-6
     John 2:1-10
     1 Corinthians 8:2; 13:1-13
     Ephesians 5:22-33
     1 Peter 3:1-7


SUGGESTED READINGS/POEMS

Selected Verses from THE PROPHET by Kahil Gibran
RED, RED ROSE by Burns
THE PASSIONATE SHEPARD TO HIS LOVE by Christopher Marlowe
THE OBLIGATION by Swinburne
MAN WANTS BUT LITTLE by John Quincy Adams
SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE (HOW DO I LOVE THEE?) by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
LOVE’S PHILOSOPHY by Percy Byshe Shelley
SONNET CXVI by William Shakespeare
WEDDING BLESSINGS by June Cotner (Prayers and Poems)
INTO THE GARDEN A WEDDING ANTHOLOGY, Robert Hass & XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX (A collection of Poetry and Prose on Love and Marriage)

Think about using readings or poetry that was used in your parent’s or grandparent’s weddings. Readings can be read during the ceremony, reception or printed on the wedding program.

Hopefully this will help. Please let me know if I can be of any further assistance.

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