Today, we’re going to be looking at the top 10 famous poems about soulmates for weddings. Whether you’re wanting some timeless and classic, or modern and romantic – there’s a huge selection of wedding love poems you can choose for your special day.
Poems can add a truly unique and beautiful element to your wedding ceremony. When you can’t put into your own words how someone makes you feel, poetry does the talking for you. It feels personal and intimate to read each other poems – but which one to choose? Let’s take a look at our top 10 favorites.
Our Souls are Mirrors by Rupi Kaur
“god must have kneaded you and i
from the same dough
rolled us out as one on the baking sheet
must have suddenly realized
how unfair it was
to put that much magic in one person
and sadly split that dough in two
how else is it that
when i look in the mirror
i am looking at you
when you breathe
my own lungs fill with air
that we just met but we
have known each other our whole lives
if we were not made as one to begin with”
The Gift by Pam Brown
“In you are flowers and firelight,
stars and songbirds,
the scent of summer,
the stillness just before dawn.
I love you today,
dressed in glory.
I will love you always-
dancing, singing, reading, making, planning, arguing.
I will love you cantankerous, and tired,
courageous and in terror,
joyful, fearful and triumphant.
I will love you through all weathers and all change.
For all you are is precious to me.
And every day I live with you
and share your love
is a gift to me.”
At Nightfall by Charles Hanson Towne
“I need so much the quiet of your love
After the day’s loud strife;
I need your calm all other things above
After the stress of life.
I crave the haven that in your dear heart lies,
After all toil is done;
I need the star shine of your heavenly eyes,
After the day’s great sun.”
Devoted by Lori Eberhai
“My heart can be your home,
my soul can be your refuge.
You can turn to me when you are weak,
you can call to me when the way is not clear.
I will be your promise and your prayer,
I will always be there,
Constant and complete.
Run to me,
reach out for me,
and I will love you in a unique and tender way.
Bring your love to me,
share your love with me,
sing your love to me,
and I will offer you peace, ease and comfort.”
Your Light I Learn How to Love by Rumi
“In your light I learn how to love.
In your beauty, how to make poems.
You dance inside my chest, where no one sees you,
but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art.”
In One Another’s Souls by Rumi
“The moment I heard my first love story
I started looking for you,
not knowing how useless that was.
Lovers don’t meet somewhere along the way.
They’re in one another’s souls all along.”
Roads go Ever on by J. R. R Tolkien
“Roads go ever ever on,
Over rock and under tree,
By caves where never sun has shone,
By streams that never find the sea;
Over snow by winter sown,
And through the merry flowers of June,
Over grass and over stone,
And under mountains in the moon.
Roads go ever ever on
Under cloud and under star,
Yet feet that wandering have gone
Turn at last to home afar.
Eyes that fire and sword have seen
And horror in the halls of stone
Look at last on meadows green
And trees and hills they long have known.”
The Day Sky by Hafiz
“Let us be like
Two falling stars in the day sky.
Let no one know of our sublime beauty
As we hold hands with God
And burnInto a sacred existence that defies—
That surpassesEvery description of ecstasy
And love.”
This Marriage by Rumi
“May these vows and this marriage be blessed.
May it be sweet milk,
this marriage, like wine and halvah.
May this marriage offer fruit and shade
like the date palm.
May this marriage be full of laughter,
our every day a day in paradise.
May this marriage be a sign of compassion,
a seal of happiness here and hereafter.
May this marriage have a fair face and a good name,
an omen as welcomes the moon in a clear blue sky.
I am out of words to describe
how spirit mingles in this marriage.”
One Hundred Love Sonnets by Pablo Neruda
“I don’t love you as if you were a rose of salt, topaz,
or arrow of carnations that propagate fire:
I love you as one loves certain obscure things,
secretly, between the shadow and the soul.
I love you as the plant that doesn’t bloom but carries
the light of those flowers, hidden, within itself,
and thanks to your love the tight aroma that arose
from the earth lives dimly in my body.”
And those are our top 10 soulmate poems. If you’re looking for more wedding poems, there’s a beautiful book by Julia Watson called Poems and Readings for Weddings which I highly recommend. You can buy your own copy here.
Conclusion
I hope this article has helped you to become more familiar with famous poems about soulmates for weddings. Poems are so incredibly powerful and the perfect addition to any wedding. If you read a poem during your own wedding ceremony, or you plan to, please let me know in the comments below which poem you chose – especially if your pick was one of our choices!
Please feel free to let me know in the comments below. If you have any new additions, you may be helping out future brides and grooms with their own poem readings.