Wedding Anniversary Poems

Fifty years is the gold standard of marriages. Anyone who can live and love one another through fifty years of good and hard times deserves all the accolades they can get. Fifty years after you have said I do, you owe it to yourself to do something really special. One of the best things you should consider doing to help commemorate this very special day is having a 50th wedding anniversary poem composed for you. Not only will the poem be a special way to honor your fifty years of love and devotion, by having one written, you’ll be giving a gift that no one can possibly duplicate.

Finding a Poet

The most important thing to keep in mind when you decide that you want to have a 50th wedding anniversary poem penned for your spouse is to make sure the person who will be doing the work, won’t be writing a generic poem. Your love’s unique, and you want a poem that will reflect you and your spouse as a couple. If you wanted a generic poem you could select one that was written by one of the great poets like Frost, Poe, or Tennyson. You should be suspicious of any poet who doesn’t want to know something about your fifty years of marriage before they agree to the writing project.

Try out the 50th Wedding Anniversary Poem before Buying it

Most people who give their spouse a 50th wedding anniversary poem plan on reading the poem out loud at the anniversary party so that their friends and family can hear and appreciate the poem. Before you agree to purchase the poem from the poet, you’re going to want to read it out loud. In addition to making sure that the poem has a nice romantic feel and a pleasing cadence, that you’re easily able to pronounce all the words. If the poem isn’t exactly what you’re looking for, the poet should agree to keep trying until you’re happy with it.

Consider Writing Your Own 50th Wedding Anniversary Poem

If you’re one of the lucky ones who has a knack for words, and finds that you have the ability to put your feelings to paper, by all means you should write your very own 50th wedding anniversary poem, after all, no one knows your spouse better than you do. The fact that you took the time to pen the poem yourself will be something that your entire family will admire. Chance will be good that everyone will request a copy of the poem and that the original will become an important family heirloom. The most important thing to remember when it comes to composing your very own poem will be to write from the heart. As long as you do that, you can’t go wrong.

Romantic wedding anniversary verses can come in handy for many uses. They can be included on anniversary cards, in speeches or in programs that may be printed for various wedding anniversary celebrations.

As you begin your search for the perfect wedding anniversary verses, you will find that there are so many of them that the biggest problem might be narrowing them down to choose your favorites. Below you will find a list of places to find romantic wedding anniversary verses followed by some examples.

Where to Look

The Bible

This might come as a surprise to some, but the Bible is full of very romantic verses and flowery words that fit perfectly in a wedding anniversary card or speech. If you do not know the Bible very well then you will need some help in locating these verses.

Happily, there are many Web sites that have done the work for you. A quick internet search for “romantic Bible verses” is a good place to start. You can also search a topical Bible under the topic of love to find some additional appropriate verses.

Poetry

“How do I love thee? Let me count the way…” Elizabeth Barrett Browning may be one of the most well-known author or romantic verses, but she is not the only one. Hundreds of books of romantic poetry have been published. Some are, of course, much more well-known than others. Spend an afternoon in the bookstore poring over some lesser-known works. This will help you find some wedding anniversary verses that many guests will not have heard before.

Literature

Many great works of literature also contain verses that will lend themselves perfectly to a wedding anniversary celebration. As is the case with poetry, an internet search is a good place to start. Try doing a search for “romantic literature quotes”. Of course, if you are a heavy reader, you may already have some favorites!

Examples

From the Bible

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth— for your love is more delightful than wine. – Song of Solomon 1:2

Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame. – Song of Solomon 8:6

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love – 1 Corinthians 13:13

From Poetry

Beautiful dreamer, queen of my song,
List while I woo thee with soft melody;
Gone are the cares of life’s busy throng.

Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me!

-Excerpt from Beautiful Dreamer, Stephen Foster

The sense of the world is short,
Long and various the report,
To love and be beloved;
Men and gods have not outlearned it,
And how oft soe’er they’ve turned it,
‘Tis not to be improved.

-Eros, Ralph Waldo Emerson

From Literature

You are my heart, my life, my one and only thought. –Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The White Company

That quiet mutual gaze of a trusting husband and wife is like the first moment of rest or refuge from a great weariness or a great danger–not to be interfered with by speech or action which would distract the sensations from the fresh enjoyment of repose. -George Eliot, Silas Marner

Love is in all things a most wonderful teacher. -Charles Dickens: Our Mutual Friend

Wedding anniversary poems do not have to be flowery words of love a la Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Such words are, however, sometimes a good choice when you need a good love poem.Countless expressions of love have been penned, so it is difficult to come up with a list of “the most romantic” without leaving out some great options.

If you are looking for a romantic wedding anniversary poem to include in a card, speech or program, you should certainly take the time to visit a bookstore and/or surf the Web looking for the perfect words. Below are three of romantic poems for use at a wedding anniversary to help you get started in your search.

Longing

By Matthew Arnold

Come to me in my dreams, and then
By day I shall be well again!
For so the night will more than pay
The hopeless longing of the day.

Come, as thou cam’st a thousand times,
A messenger from radiant climes,
And smile on thy new world, and be
As kind to others as to me!

Or, as thou never cam’st in sooth,
Come now, and let me dream it truth,
And part my hair, and kiss my brow,
And say, My love why sufferest thou?

Come to me in my dreams, and then
By day I shall be well again!
For so the night will more than pay
The hopeless longing of the day.

A Red, Red Rose

By Robert Burns

Oh my luve is like a red, red rose,
That’s newly sprung in June:
Oh my luve is like the melodie,
That’s sweetly play’d in tune.

As fair art thou, my bonie lass,
So deep in luve am I;
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
Till a’ the seas gang dry.

Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi’ the sun;
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
While the sands o’ life shall run.

And fare thee weel, my only luve!
And fare thee weel a while!
And I will come again, my luve,
Tho’ it were ten thousand mile!

She Walks in Beauty

By Lord Byron

She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that’s best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
Thus mellowed to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.

One shade the more, one ray the less,
Had half impaired the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress,
Or softly lightens o’er her face;
Where thoughts serenely sweet express
How pure, how dear their dwelling place.

And on that cheek, and o’er that brow,
So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
The smiles that win, the tints that glow,
But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
A heart whose love is innocent!

To do your own internet search for wedding anniversary poems, type “romantic poems”, “love poems” or “anniversary poems” into your search engine.