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Whether you have a unique union or just want an alternate to a church ceremony, finding the rights words is important to making your day perfect. Consider using poetry, stories and personal readings to capture the right sentiment for your ceremony. Or consider writing your own creating a perfect union. There are numerous resources available at your local library, bookstore and online. Look to sample readings/ceremonies provided on my website to help get started. ~ AB

What qualities do you admire most in your partner?

“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways./ I love thee to the depth and breadth and height/ My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight/For the ends of being and ideal grace./ I love thee to the level of every day’s/ Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.” – Elizabeth Barrett Browning. How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways

Here’s one of mine by Anne Bradstreet, from “To my Dear and loving Husband.”

If ever two were one, then surely we./If ever man were lov’d by wife, then thee;/If ever a wife  was happy in a man,/Compare with me ye women if you can.

Drink to me only with thine eyes, /And I will pledge with mine;/Or leave a kiss but in the cup/And I’ll  not look for wine./ The thirst that from the soul doth rise/Doth ask a drink divine;/But might I of Jove’s nectar sup/I would change for thine. – Ben Jonson

I have always known that at last I would take this road, but yesterday I did not know that it would be today. ~ Kenneth Rexroth

When we find ourselves in the place just right it will be in the valley of love and delight. ~ from a Shaker hymn

April is national poetry month. What better way to celebrate wonderful words and find new inspiration. Explore your favorites and new poems on poets.org

All you need is love.