Over the centuries, many romantic situations have
been enhanced when one of the parties to the affair was able to augment
his meager words with those from one more articulate. During the event
of a wedding, there are numerous opportunities for the use of custom-written
speeches and toasts. In many instances this can turn an ordinary event
into an extraordinary one!
There are many historical precedents. For example, during colonial
times, there was the story of John and Priscilla Alden made famous
in Longfellow's poem, "The Courtship of Miles Standish."
Standish was enamoured with Priscilla Mullins. Since he considered
himself a man of action not of words, he asked his friend John Alden
to convey his sentiments to Priscilla hoping to win her affections
through John's articulate words. Unfortunately for Standish, it was
Alden who ultimately won Priscilla's heart. Whereupon she spoke the
famous words, "Speak for yourself John." In the end, Alden
rather than Standish became Priscilla's husband.
A similar fictional story is the famous tale of Cyrano de Bergerac.
To those familiar with it, it describes a similar instance of a person
hiring someone more skilled in communication to better express their
sentiments. For many years, people have tried using a famous love
poem or familiar verse at their wedding. Sometimes they will play
a favorite popular song, or a well-loved hymn or a line from a movie.
However, in each of these instances, they are trying to adapt a poetic
line or artistic phrase to their situation with varying results. How
much better would it be to commission a custom-written poem or speech
to more closely approximate your exact situation? That way, you can
incorporate specific details of your experiences together and convey
the exact flavor of your unique relationship. This is where a freelance
poet can help.
Jane Smith came to me via the Internet asking for a poetic wedding
toast for her good friend's wedding. She could have tried to do this
herself, but gave up after lots of trying. She located a freelance
poet to help her. She told the poet everything she could about her
best friend and what they had experienced together. The end result
was a meaning-packed speech that took the wedding party's breath away.
It added a special touch that her own words could not convey. The
modest cost was more than compensated by the joy it added to the wedding.
The benefit of having a custom-written poem or speech may in some
instances extend beyond the wedding itself. This was the case with
John from California. He approached me to write a wedding poem when
he was asked to be Best Man at his son's wedding. Too busy to prepare
a poem himself, he delegated the work to me. After the wedding, he
said the following, "This is going to be a great memento as the
years go by for all of us; not to mention the children who I am sure
will result. And you and I will have left a legacy for generations
to come. Thank you."
Because every wedding is unique, it needs distinctive touches to
individualize it. A custom-written poem is an easy way to add that
special touch.
This article is written
and copyrighted by By Amy Gumley, Tel.: 508-481-3879,
E-mail:
thewriter@vzavenue.net, Poems to Go, www.poemstogo.tv
Amy Gumley was the on-line poet for Card4you.com for two years.
While there, she produced over 200 poems on a variety of subjects
including, but not limited to, holidays, birthdays, anniversaries,
weddings and topics of the day. She is a relationship expert and as
such has created many poems dealing with relationships, past and present,
good and bad. People include her poems in their wedding ceremonies
and they are very well received.She can create a beautiful
masterpiece of a poem, specifically designed to your specifications
for your wedding.
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