tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4911933650186002501.post285291489412318841..comments2022-11-16T02:51:09.552-08:00Comments on Me, Myself, and Bride: Our Wedding: CeremonyJenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10972465903387097782noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4911933650186002501.post-43222290093948108652010-05-24T13:58:52.286-07:002010-05-24T13:58:52.286-07:00I asked a friend to read a selection from the Irra...I asked a friend to read a selection from the Irrational Season by Madeline L'Engle.<br />Bryan asked his friend to read something and he selected is own reading. Well, he sent us a few, but we both knew this was the one. ANd we are both on huge Atwood kicks right now... <br />---<br />Habitation<br /> <br /> Marriage is not<br />a house or even a tent<br /><br />it is before that, and colder:<br /><br />The edge of the forest, the edge<br />of the desert<br />the unpainted stairs<br />at the back where we squat<br />outside, eating popcorn<br /><br />where painfully and with wonder<br />at having survived even<br />this far<br /><br />we are learning to make fire<br /><br />Margaret Atwoodmaurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07535909330499028032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4911933650186002501.post-80677770675135650692010-05-19T18:26:42.800-07:002010-05-19T18:26:42.800-07:00I love that chapter from The Little Prince!I love that chapter from The Little Prince!KWuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04969442660664176005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4911933650186002501.post-34021454939034532652010-05-18T11:25:23.941-07:002010-05-18T11:25:23.941-07:00Margaret,
Woah! Both are great, thank you, but I ...Margaret,<br />Woah! Both are great, thank you, but I really like that last one! And I think if it were read out loud people could still follow it fairly easily! Thanks so much for visiting and sharing!Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10972465903387097782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4911933650186002501.post-16507903416001892742010-05-18T10:03:01.860-07:002010-05-18T10:03:01.860-07:00I think the outline looks great! And it'll def...I think the outline looks great! And it'll definitely help. We just finished writing our ceremony (minus our personal vows), and it was tougher than I expected. We cobbled it together from a ton of internet resources, but I kept finding certain lines I liked and wanting to fit them in somehow. If you haven't checked out <a href="http://70.32.88.134/kvetch/index.php?t=msg&th=2271&start=0&S=c4b387af289c86c8f8fefd1ecd7c20fb" rel="nofollow">this thread</a> on Indiebride, it's the place to find readings, IMHO. <br /><br />I know taste in poetry can vary quite a lot, but for what it's worth, here are two poems we didn't use, but I love:<br /><br />Beyond What<br />by Alice Walker<br /><br />We reach for destinies beyond<br />what we have come to know<br />and in the romantic hush<br />of promises<br />perceive each<br />the other's life<br />as known mystery.<br />Shared. But inviolate.<br />No melting. No squeezing<br />into One.<br />We swing our eyes around<br />as well as side to side<br />to see the world.<br /><br />To choose, renounce,<br />this, or that--<br />call it a council between equals<br />call it love.<br />=====<br />The Present<br />by Michael Donaghy<br /><br />For the present there is just one moon,<br />though every level pond gives back another.<br /><br />But the bright disc shining in the black lagoon,<br />perceived by astrophysicist and lover,<br /><br />is milliseconds old. And even that light’s<br />seven minutes older than its source.<br /><br />And the stars we think we see on moonless nights<br />are long extinguished. And, of course,<br /><br />this very moment, as you read this line,<br />is literally gone before you know it.<br /><br />Forget the here-and-now. We have no time<br />but this device of wantonness and wit.<br /><br />Make me this present then: your hand in mine,<br />and we’ll live out our lives in it.Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13537148941452235301noreply@blogger.com