very slightly edited, would love to know what you think!
Wedding Pantoum
She’s the glittering sunshine reflected from the ocean
warming with comfort and solace
He’s the feeling of fresh soil beneath the fingertips
smelling of hope and growth
Best friends 2600 miles apart, their hearts
warm with comfort and solace
counting cross-continental airline tickets as trifles
compared to hope and growth
They reveal their innermost thoughts
best friends 2600 miles apart, their hearts
full of a righteous love
counting cross-continental airline tickets as trifles
the math teacher and the engineer
reveal their innermost thoughts
building a life, a home together
full of a righteous love
Glittering sunshine reflected from the ocean
the math teacher and the engineer
feeling fresh soil beneath fingertips
building a life, a home together
Kristen and Will
a love that will last forever.
Background: I was asked to write them a poem to read during the wedding ceremony, but the main challenge for me is that I have never met Kristen or been around her or seen her with my brother as a couple, so I really don't even know what kind of a couple they are, or who they are are a package. So I asked them to tell me about what it is they love about each other and they both said it's their communication. But as I said, I've never seen them together. I think this would be a cooler poem if I could really actually capture who they are together, but that's impossible since I don't know, and if I just make something up and get it wrong that would be much worse than writing this kind of a poem which doesn't exactly investigate the essence of "true love" but does make a nice statement about two people from opposite sides of the country coming together.
She’s the glittering sunshine reflected from the ocean
warming with comfort and solace
He’s the feeling of fresh soil beneath the fingertips
smelling of hope and growth
Best friends 2600 miles apart, their hearts
warm with comfort and solace
counting cross-continental airline tickets as trifles
compared to hope and growth
They reveal their innermost thoughts
best friends 2600 miles apart, their hearts
full of a righteous love
counting cross-continental airline tickets as trifles
the math teacher and the engineer
reveal their innermost thoughts
building a life, a home together
full of a righteous love
Glittering sunshine reflected from the ocean
the math teacher and the engineer
feeling fresh soil beneath fingertips
building a life, a home together
Kristen and Will
a love that will last forever.
Background: I was asked to write them a poem to read during the wedding ceremony, but the main challenge for me is that I have never met Kristen or been around her or seen her with my brother as a couple, so I really don't even know what kind of a couple they are, or who they are are a package. So I asked them to tell me about what it is they love about each other and they both said it's their communication. But as I said, I've never seen them together. I think this would be a cooler poem if I could really actually capture who they are together, but that's impossible since I don't know, and if I just make something up and get it wrong that would be much worse than writing this kind of a poem which doesn't exactly investigate the essence of "true love" but does make a nice statement about two people from opposite sides of the country coming together.