18th March 2022
Welcome back to our Sunday segment where we source and share some of our favourite texts perfect for weddings. This week we are focusing on wedding readings about devotion. We try and include a variety of ideas so that there is a reading suggestion for every kind of speech at every kind of wedding!
However, if you are looking for a reading suggestion for a specific event, please feel free to leave us a comment. We would love to help you source one.
This week’s reading is a poem by E.E. Cummings. Cummings is known for his distinctive style of poetry that uses words sparingly. He experimented with both language and grammar, creating poems that were distinctly personal.
[i carry your heart with me(i carry it in] – E.E. Cummings
i carry your heart with me(i carry it inmy heart)i am never without it(anywherei go you go,my dear;and whatever is doneby only me is your doing,my darling)i fearno fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i wantno world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meantand whatever a sun will always sing is youhere is the deepest secret nobody knows(here is the root of the root and the bud of the budand the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which growshigher than soul can hope or mind can hide)and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars aparti carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)
This is one of our favourite wedding readings about devotion because it is deeply personal and romantic, whilst also feeling somehow universal. It tackles the complex nature of love and the ways in which being in love can entangle people. Cummings utilises imagery of the natural world to ground his description of devotion. This poem is perfect to read at any wedding.
If you like this reading, keep your eyes peeled next Sunday and every Sunday from here on out. We will share more wedding readings about devotion as well as texts about joy, children, religion, and more.
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