hi all, my h2b's niece asked me over a year ago if she could be a bridesmaid and i had to say no as i already have 5! so i am going to ask her to read a poem. i do want her to do something as her and her family are coming all the way from Australia just for our wedding! iv done some searches but cant find any decent poems. i dont want anything childlike like the owl and the pussycat or guess how much i love you, but i want something that is easy to read and understand. she will be 7/8 i think. please help, thanks ladies...149days to go argh! x
CommentAuthormunchkinpie
I found these on another website and I like them!
A Good Wedding Cake Author Unknown
4lb of love. 1lb butter of youth. ½lb of good looks. 1lb sweet temper. 1lb of blindness of faults. 1lb of self forgetfulness. 1lb of pounded wit. 1lb of good humour. 2 tablespoons of sweet argument. 1 pint of rippling laughter. 1 wine glass of common sense. 1oz modesty. Put the love, good looks and sweet temper into a well furnished house. Beat the butter of youth to a cream, and mix well together with the blindness of faults. Stir the pounded wit and good humour into the sweet argument, then add the rippling laughter and common sense. Work the whole together until everything is well mixed, and bake gently for ever.
Oh, the places you’ll go by Dr Seuss.
Congratulations! Today is your day. You’re off to Great Places! You’re off and away!
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the guys who’ll decide where to go.
You’ll look up and down streets. Look ’em over with care. About some you will say, “I don’t choose to go there.” With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet, you’re too smart to go down any not-so-good street.
And you may not find any you’ll want to go down. In that case, of course, you’ll head straight out of town.
It’s opener there in the wide open air.
Out there things can happen and frequently do to people as brainy and footsy as you.
And when things start to happen don’t worry. Don’t stew. Just go right along. You’ll start happening too.
OH! THE PLACES YOU’LL GO!
You’ll be on your way up! You’ll be seeing great sights! You’ll join the high fliers who soar to high heights.
You won’t lag behind, because you’ll have the speed. You’ll pass the whole gang and you’ll soon take the lead. Wherever you fly, you’ll be the best of the best. Wherever you go, you will top all the rest.
Except when you don’t. Because, sometimes, you won’t.
But on you will go though the weather be foul. On you will go though your enemies prowl. On you will go though the Hakken-Kraks howl. Onward up many a frightening creek, though your arms may get sore and your sneakers may leak.
On and on you will hike. And I know you’ll hike far and face up to your problems whatever they are.
You’ll get mixed up, of course, as you already know. You’ll get mixed up with many strange birds as you go. So be sure when you step. Step with care and great tact and remember that Life’s a Great Balancing Act. Just never forget to be dexterous and deft. And never mix up your right foot with your left.
And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and ¾ percent guaranteed.)
I Will Be Here Steven Curtis Chapman
If in the morning when you wake, If the sun does not appear, I will be here. If in the dark we lose sight of love, Hold my hand and have no fear, I will be here. I will be here, When you feel like being quiet, When you need to speak your mind I will listen. Through the winning, losing, and trying we'll be together, And I will be here.
If in the morning when you wake, If the future is unclear, I will be here. As sure as seasons were made for change, Our lifetimes were made for years, I will be here. I will be here, And you can cry on my shoulder, When the mirror tells us we're older. I will hold you, to watch you grow in beauty, And tell you all the things you are to me. We'll be together and I will be here. I will be true to the promises I've made, To you and to the one who gave you to me. I will be here.
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Dream 3 = Working on that dream life in Australia
CommentAuthorrebeccalou21
i really like that dr suess poem but its a bit long for me i think, grrr im googling and googling and cant seem to find anything
CommentAuthormunchkinpie
I thought that too so id be tempted to take a few sections from it - read it through and id go for 60 - 90 seconds duration max for her xx
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Dream 2 = Getting Married Easter 2012 by Bonnie Loch Lomond
Dream 3 = Working on that dream life in Australia
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I love that Dr Seuss poem. I might incorporate that! Thanks for the idea :-)
The fierce Dinosaur was trapped inside his cage of ice. Although it was cold he was happy in there. It was, after all, his cage. Then along came the Lovely Other Dinosaur. The Lovely Other Dinosaur melted the Dinosaur’s cage with kind words and loving thoughts. I like this Dinosaur thought the Lovely Other Dinosaur. Although he is fierce he is also tender and he is funny. He is also quite clever though I will not tell him this for now. I like this Lovely Other Dinosaur, thought the Dinosaur. She is beautiful and she is different and she smells so nice. She is also a free spirit which is a quality I much admire in a dinosaur. But he can be so distant and so peculiar at times, thought the Lovely Other Dinosaur. He is also overly fond of things. Are all Dinosaurs so overly fond of things? But her mind skips from here to there so quickly thought the Dinosaur. She is also uncommonly keen on shopping. Are all Lovely Other Dinosaurs so uncommonly keen on shopping? I will forgive his peculiarity and his concern for things, thought the Lovely Other Dinosaur. For they are part of what makes him a richly charactered individual. I will forgive her skipping mind and her fondness for shopping, thought the Dinosaur. For she fills our life with beautiful thoughts and wonderful surprises. Besides, I am not unkeen on shopping either. Now the Dinosaur and the Lovely Other Dinosaur are old. Look at them. Together they stand on the hill telling each other stories and feeling the warmth of the sun on their backs. And that, my friends, is how it is with love. Let us all be Dinosaurs and Lovely Other Dinosaurs together. For the sun is warm. And the world is a beautiful place
Working on a 3 dream plan for the next 5 years!
Dream 1 = My gorgeous Mr P proposed - 4/9/11 Sydney Harbour
Dream 2 = Getting Married Easter 2012 by Bonnie Loch Lomond
Dream 3 = Working on that dream life in Australia
CommentAuthorJanie
my son wants to write his own poem, the first draft was alla bout how much he loves wedding cake!!!! (he was 7 when he wrote it, but will be 10 by the wedding)
Remember : To the world you may be just one person,
BUT to one person you may just be THE WORLD x x x
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@Munchkinpie I love that one! THAT'S IT!!!
My w2b bought me the little book of that (Edward Monkton) for our first xmas together but edited all the "he"s to "she" and added in some of her own little pictures. Has special meaning to us. Thanks so much for posting that on here!
CommentAuthormunchkinpie
Im just wondering if I can magic my only just 3 year old into a performing monkey in the next 12 weeks as I want this and he is dinosaur mental so just seems perfect ;-p
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Dream 2 = Getting Married Easter 2012 by Bonnie Loch Lomond
Dream 3 = Working on that dream life in Australia
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Perhaps someone could read it and he could act it out with two of his toy dinosaurs. That would be well cute!
Also, well done ladies for identifying the first thing that w2b and I have agreed on since choosing our venue. She is delighted at the dinosaur story inclusion and we're going to get our MOH to perform it during the ceremony. Finally, agreement on something!
I just re-read my book version of it (it's officially called "A Lovely Love Story" by Edward Monkton). She wrote on the inside cover (this is from years ago!)
"In a very short time, you will officially be my longest ever girlfriend. I'm extremely excited by this and to remind you just how much I love you, I think this story sums it up nicely. I very much hope that you'll be the dinosaur on the hill with me for the rest of my life"
It's coming true :-)
CommentAuthorrocketqueen
I LOVE that reading... it's so cute and said in simple terms. My H2B doesn't like it though :(
Here comes the bride......
CommentAuthorLittleMissBossy
Our reading is either from "The Velveteen Rabbit" or "The Little Prince" - both books are aimed at children but are faibles with a deep meaning. The language is easy and could be read by a child. The first one is shorter (well the passages I have chosen). Give me a minute and I find it online to copy and paste it on here.
It’s so great to find that one special person
you want to annoy for the rest of your life....
CommentAuthorLittleMissBossy
From "The Velveteen Rabbit" by Margery Williams "What is REAL?" asked the Rabbit one day, when they were lying side by side near the nursery fender, before Nana came to tidy the room. "Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?"
"Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. "It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real."
"Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit.
"Sometimes," said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. "When you are Real you don't mind being hurt."
"Does it happen all at once, like being wound up," he asked, "or bit by bit?"
"It doesn't happen all at once," said the Skin Horse. "You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand."
It’s so great to find that one special person
you want to annoy for the rest of your life....
CommentAuthorLittleMissBossy
From The Little Prince (Chapter 21)
So the little prince tamed the fox. And when the hour of his departure drew near-- "Ah," said the fox, "I shall cry." "It is your own fault," said the little prince. "I never wished you any sort of harm; but you wanted me to tame you..." "Yes, that is so," said the fox. "But now you are going to cry!" said the little prince. "Yes, that is so," said the fox. "Then it has done you no good at all!" "It has done me good," said the fox, "because of the color of the wheat fields." And then he added: "Go and look again at the roses. You will understand now that yours is unique in all the world. Then come back to say goodbye to me, and I will make you a present of a secret."
The little prince went away, to look again at the roses. "You are not at all like my rose," he said. "As yet you are nothing. No one has tamed you, and you have tamed no one. You are like my fox when I first knew him. He was only a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But I have made him my friend, and now he is unique in all the world." And the roses were very much embarrassed. "You are beautiful, but you are empty," he went on. "One could not die for you. To be sure, an ordinary passerby would think that my rose looked just like you-- the rose that belongs to me. But in herself alone she is more important than all the hundreds of you other roses: because it is she that I have watered; because it is she that I have put under the glass globe; because it is she that I have sheltered behind the screen; because it is for her that I have killed the caterpillars (except the two or three that we saved to become butterflies); because it is she that I have listened to, when she grumbled, or boasted, or ever sometimes when she said nothing. Because she is my rose.
And he went back to meet the fox. "Goodbye," he said. "Goodbye," said the fox. "And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye." "What is essential is invisible to the eye," the little prince repeated, so that he would be sure to remember. "It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important." "It is the time I have wasted for my rose--" said the little prince, so that he would be sure to remember. "Men have forgotten this truth," said the fox. "But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. You are responsible for your rose..." "I am responsible for my rose," the little prince repeated, so that he would be sure to remember.
It’s so great to find that one special person
you want to annoy for the rest of your life....
CommentAuthorLittleMissBossy
edited
I found this too - this is excerpts from the boom put together just regarding the storynof the fox amd leaving out the roses
"The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint- Exupery
It was then that the fox appeared.
The Little Prince: Come and play with me.
The Fox: I can’t play with you, I’m not tamed.
The Little Prince: What does tamed mean
The Fox: It means, “to create ties…” If you tame me, we’ll need each other. You’ll be the only boy in the world for me. I’ll be the only fox in the world for you. You’ll see the wheat fields over there, they say nothing to me. Which is sad. But you have hair the color of gold. So it will be wonderful, once you’ve tamed me! The wheat, which is golden, will remind me of you. And I’ll love the sound of the wind in the wheat…Please…tame me. The only things you learn are the things you tame. People haven’t time to learn anything. They buy things ready-made in stores. But since there are no stores where you can buy friends, people no longer have friends. If you want a friend, tame me! You have to be very patient, first you’ll sit down a little ways away from me, over there, in the grass. I’ll watch you out of the corner of my eye, and you won’t say anything. Language is the source of misunderstanding. But day after day, you’ll be able to sit a little closer…
That was how the little prince tamed the fox. And when the time to leave was near:
-Ah! The fox said “I shall weep”
-It’s your own fault. The little Prince said, I never wanted to do any harm, but you insisted that I tame you… you get nothing out of it!
-I get something, the fox said, because of the color of the wheat.
Good bye said the little Prince Goodbye said the fox. Here is my secret. It’s quite simple:
one sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes. It’s the time you spent taming me that makes me so important. People have forgotten this truth, but you mustn’t forget it. You become responsible forever for what you’ve tamed.
The rose is an essential key figure in the book so I like the original text better. It's my favourite book in the world - it's short and simple and full of wisdom. It's my dads mosr favourite faible. My parents had a blessing for their 25th wedding anniversary and the whole wedding was based around this book and roses were an important feature in the ceremony (didn't need rings, did they) BUT my parents marriage is inspite of all this not a very happy one and that's why I'm favouring the Velveteen Rabbit but ultimately mil will decide because she'll do the reading and I gave her both books to choose from.
It’s so great to find that one special person
you want to annoy for the rest of your life....
CommentAuthorHappilymarried Mrs G
I have edited the dr suess oh the places youll go and personalised it and my 10 year old daughter will be reading it on the day :D Its not as long as the complete book it has some bits cut out and others slightly changed to suit us but i think it will be quite fitting for a child her age to read, and i love dr seuss and actually taught both my children to read using the rhymes and rhythms from dr seuss.
