{"id":43314,"date":"2017-06-09T03:24:53","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T17:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/articles\/wedding-reading-ideas\/"},"modified":"2021-11-10T06:10:48","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T19:10:48","slug":"wedding-reading-ideas","status":"publish","type":"au-article","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/articles\/wedding-reading-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweet wedding reading ideas for modern couples"},"content":{"rendered":"

Readings can add another dimension to your wedding ceremony, especially when they are delivered by someone close to you and your partner. Read on to see some wedding reading ideas for modern couples.<\/p>\n

\"Wedding<\/a>
See the real wedding here.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There are so many beautiful poems and readings out there to select from, but if you are wanting to steer clear of having something too soppy at your modern wedding, here are a few wedding reading ideas that we love that still convey messages of love and a long life together, but in a more fun way.<\/p>\n

\"a<\/a>
See the real wedding here.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I wanna be yours\n<\/h2>\n

I wanna be your vacuum cleaner breathing in your dust
\nI wanna be your Ford Cortina I will never rust
\nIf you like your coffee hot
\nlet me be your coffee pot
\nYou call the shots
\nI wanna be yours<\/p>\n

I wanna be your raincoat for those frequent rainy days
\nI wanna be your dreamboat when you want to sail away
\nLet me be your teddy bear
\ntake me with you anywhere
\nI don\u2019t care
\nI wanna be yours<\/p>\n

I wanna be your electric meter I will not run out
\nI wanna be the electric heater you\u2019ll get cold without
\nI wanna be your setting lotion
\nhold your hair in deep devotion
\nDeep as the deep Atlantic ocean
\nthat\u2019s how deep is my devotion<\/p>\n

\u2013 John Cooper Clarke<\/p>\n

\"Bride<\/a>
See Mia and Victor’s real wedding here<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Yes, I\u2019ll marry you\n<\/h2>\n

Yes, I\u2019ll marry you, my dear,
\nAnd here\u2019s the reason why;
\nSo I can push you out of bed
\nWhen the baby starts to cry,
\nAnd if we hear a knocking
\nAnd it\u2019s creepy and it\u2019s late,
\nI hand you the torch you see,
\nAnd you investigate.<\/p>\n

Yes I\u2019ll marry you, my dear,
\nYou may not apprehend it,
\nBut when the tumble-drier goes
\nIt\u2019s you that has to mend it,
\nYou have to face the neighbour
\nShould our labrador attack him,
\nAnd if a drunkard fondles me
\nIt\u2019s you that has to whack him.<\/p>\n

Yes, I\u2019ll marry you,
\nYou\u2019re virile and you\u2019re lean,
\nMy house is like a pigsty
\nYou can help to keep it clean.
\nThat sexy little dinner
\nWhich you served by candlelight,
\nAs I do chipolatas,
\nYou can cook it every night!<\/p>\n

It\u2019s you who has to work the drill
\nand put up curtain track,
\nAnd when I\u2019ve got PMT it\u2019s you who gets the flak,
\nI do see great advantages,
\nBut none of them for you,
\nAnd so before you see the light,
\nI do, I do, I do!<\/p>\n

\u2013 Pam Ayres<\/p>\n

\"Jemma<\/a>
Jemma and Zac’s rustic wedding. Image: Real Weddings<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To my Valentine\n<\/h2>\n

More than a catbird hates a cat,
\nOr a criminal hates a clue,
\nOr the Axis hates the United States,
\nThat\u2019s how much I love you.
\nI love you more than a duck can swim,
\nAnd more than a grapefruit squirts,
\nI love you more than a gin rummy is a bore,
\nAnd more than a toothache hurts.
\nAs a shipwrecked sailor hates the sea,
\nOr a juggler hates a shove,
\nAs a hostess detests unexpected guests,
\nThat\u2019s how much you I love.
\nI love you more than a wasp can sting,
\nAnd more than the subway jerks,
\nI love you as much as a beggar needs a crutch,
\nAnd more than a hangnail irks.
\nI swear to you by the stars above,
\nAnd below, if such there be,
\nAs the High Court loathes perjurious oaths,
\nThat\u2019s how you\u2019re love by me.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Ogden Nash<\/p>\n

\"wedding<\/a>
Mel and Ben at their tropical wedding. Image: Real Weddings<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I\u2019ll be there for you\n<\/h2>\n

I’ll be there my darling, through thick and through thin
\nWhen your mind’s in a mess and your head’s in a spin
\nWhen your plane’s been delayed, and you’ve missed the last train.
\nWhen life is just threatening to drive you insane
\nWhen your thrilling whodunit has lost its last page
\nWhen somebody tells you, you’re looking your age
\nWhen your coffee’s too cool, and your wine is too warm
\nWhen the forecast said “Fine”, but you’re out in a storm
\nWhen your quick break hotel, turns into a slum
\nAnd your holiday photos show only your thumb
\nWhen you park for five minutes in a resident’s bay
\nAnd return to discover you’ve been towed away
\nWhen the jeans that you bought in hope or in haste
\nJust stick on your hips and don’t reach round your waist
\nWhen the food you most like brings you out in red rashes
\nWhen as soon as you boot up the bloody thing crashes
\nSo my darling, my sweetheart, my dear…
\nWhen you break a rule, when you act the fool
\nWhen you’ve got the flu, when you’re in a stew
\nWhen you’re last in the queue, don’t feel blue’cause
\nI’m telling you, I’ll be there.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Louise Cuddon<\/p>\n

\"bride<\/a>
See Tori and Tom’s understated and elegant wedding.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wild awake<\/h2>\n

People are like cities: We all have alleys and gardens and secret rooftops and places where daisies sprout between the sidewalk cracks, but most of the time all we let each other see is is a postcard glimpse of a skyline or a polished square.<\/p>\n

Love lets you find those hidden places in another person, even the ones they didn\u2019t know were there, even the ones they wouldn\u2019t have thought to call beautiful themselves.<\/p>\n

– Hilary T Smith<\/p>\n

\"Two<\/a>
See Cara and Sophie’s lux rustic wedding here.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u00a0Need more reading ideas? See more wedding reading ideas here.\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\n

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