I am getting married next year on Remembrance Day and I would like a few words or a short poem commemorating mine and my fiance's grandparents. We would love to acknowledge their vintage weddings and we are having a vintage-themed wedding for this reason. There will also be two Veterans present at our wedding so I’d love a reading or poem that would appropriately honour them too.
Jordyn B
Question Asked: 31/08/2016
Wedding Date: 21/01/2017
Wedding Location: Darwin, NT 0800
Answered by: 13 Experts
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Hi Jordyn, I'd be happy to help. I have a selection of readings. Please email your request to lizloadsman@gmail.com
Absolutely no problem at all. I offer my couples a book of readings and poems that they can add to the ceremony, once again making it more personal. You can also look up on the internet to see if you can find something perfect for you. I have numerous ideas but there must be hundreds more! Go for it, I love it and the ceremony becomes YOURS!!
Hi Jordyn and congratulations on your coming marriage
I often use "Oh the places you'll go" by dr seuss you can ham it up
hope this helps
warmly
Jan Littlejohn
Hi Jordyn, what a lovely idea. Your Celebrant should be able to help you with something that would be suitable or you can check pintrest anf google which both have numerous readings and poems for specific occassions.
Cheers
Marina Payne Celebrancy
(16) · Byron Bay to Ballina , North Coast NSW and Gold Coast QLD
Posted: 25/10/2016
if you are still looking, email me , i have a couple of pdf's - Mario Treasured Ceremonies
Perhaps Love
Perhaps love is like a resting place
A shelter from the storm
It exists to give you comfort
It is there to keep you warm
And in those times of trouble
When you are most alone
The memory of love will bring you home
Perhaps love is like a window
Perhaps an open door
It invites you to come closer
It wants to show you more
And even if you lose yourself
And don't know what to do
The memory of love will see you through
Oh, love to some is like a cloud
To some as strong as steel
For some a way of living
For some a way to feel
And some say love is holding on
And some say letting go
And some say love is everything
And some say they don't know
Perhaps love is like the ocean
Full of conflict, full of pain
Like a fire when it's cold outside
Or thunder when it rains
If I…should live forever
And all my dreams come true
My memories of love will be of you.
I married a really good friend of mine and her partner on Anzac day a couple of years ago I researched on line some readings and that was where I found the one that suited my couple I do have a book that has 600 poems in it should you like to contact you I an happy to share.
Hi Jordyn,
If it was my wedding and I was dedicating a song or poem to my grandparents \I would say or sing Amazing Grace, how appropriate for the time, war, sadness or even happiness this is a very appropriate song. Sit down in a quiet spot, play it and really listen to the words it is amazing and brings up so many emotions to so many. It comes from the heart which when you marry words should come from.
Regards
Twobeonecelebrant
Hi Jordan B.
For the Veterans there is a song written by a famous Scottish songwriter who migrated to Australia named Eric Bogle. It is called "And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda". It is very emotional. Maybe appropriate for you maybe not. But it is poetry and played by the right musician it is truly memorable.Hope this helps.The words are below.
Peter Gardiner, Celebrant and Musician.
Verse 1
When I was a young man I carried a pack
And I lived the free life of a rover,
From the Murray's green banks to the dusty outback,
I waltzed my matilda all over.
Then in 1915, the country said 'Son,
There's no time for rovin', there's work to be done,'
And they gave me a tin hat, and gave me a gun,
And they sent me away to the war.
Chorus: And the band played Waltzing Matilda,
As our ship pulled away from the quay
And amidst all the cheers, the flag waving and tears
We sailed of for Gallipoli.
Verse 2
How well I remember that terrible day
When our blood stained the sand and the water,
And how in that hell that they call Suvla Bay,
We were butchered like lambs at the slaughter.
Johnny Turk he was waiting, he'd primed himself well,
He showered us with bullets, and rained us with shell,
And in ten minutes flat, he'd blown us to hell,
Nearly blew us right back to Australia.
Chorus: And the band played Waltzing Matilda,
As we stopped to bury the slain.
We buried ours and the Turks buried their's,
Then we started all over again.
Verse 3
They collected the crippled, the wounded and maimed
And the shipped us back home to Australia,
The armless, the legless, the blind and insane
All the brave wounded heroes of Suvla.
And when our ship pulled into Circular Quay,
I looked at the place where my legs used to be,
I thanked Christ there was nobody waiting for me,
To grieve and to mourn and to pity.
Chorus: And the band played Waltzing matilda
As they carried us down the gangway,
But nobody cheered, they just stood there and stared,
And then turned their faces away.
Verse 4
So now every April I sit on my porch,
And I watch the parade pass before me,
And I see my old comrades how proudly they march,
Reliving old dreams and past glories.
But the old men march slowly their bones stiff and sore,
Tired old men from a tired old war,
And the young people ask what are they marching for,
And I ask myself the same question.
Chorus: And the band played Waltzing Matilda
And the old men they answer the call,
But year by year those old men disappear
Soon no one will march there at all
Hi Jordyn,
How lovely that you want to acknowledge so many important people on your special day.
I encourage couples to this outside the square of standard readings, do you have someone in mind to do the reading for you? Perhaps they could create a special reading just for you and your partner.
With acknowledging your grandparents and their vintage weddings, I would incorporate that in the opening of the ceremony, showing your gratitude for them showing how to love and be loved, being fantastic role models in living in marriage and you honour this on your special day with a vintage theme.
In the same respect, as we stand here today to celebrate, Jordyn and x we understand that many people fought to make our great country what it is today and we are grateful that we could have the opportunities that have been given to us by their bravery. This could be added to the start of a reading:
It doesn't take much
Love is simple, it doesn't take much
Love is easy and asks for nothing but tender care
But when times are tough, it knows you will be there
Love of the bush and all things that grow
Builds strength and shines rainbows
Love is built on a tender touch
Smile and kiss, it's the simplest things for us.
Today you stand here together as one
Beauty of nature surrounds us
Together with love you can conquer anything
For your love will always be there through thick and thin
With love being the foundation of this marriage today
May the things that follow lead to treasure and happiness with little despair
Because through all of this your love will still be there!
Justine Milne, 2014
All the best with your special day.
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Hey Jordyn,
I absolutely love the following poem, it's called SIR, written by a friend of mine named Damian Morgan.
I think this would honour both grandparents and any other digger present at your wedding. Enjoy your wedding day and happy to help!
Sir - would it help if I shed a tear
I swear it's the first time since this time last year
My spine is a tingle - my throat is all dry
As I stand to attention for all those who died
I watch the flag dancing half way down the pole
That damn bugle player sends chills to my soul
I feel the pride and the sorrow - there's nothing the same
As standing to attention on ANZAC Day
So Sir - on behalf of the young and the free
Will you take a message when you finally do leave
To your mates that are lying from Tobruk to the Somme
The legend of your bravery will always live on
I've welcomed Olympians back to our shore
I've cheered baggy green caps and watched Wallabies score
But when I watch you marching (Sir) in that parade
I know these are the memories that never will fade
So Sir - on behalf of the young and the free
Will you take a message when you finally do leave
It's the least we can do (Sir) to repay the debt
We'll always remember you - Lest We Forget
Adam Straney
The Master of Ceremony
0419974756