Poems for humanist ceremony.Looking for some free please.

shelovestobuystuff

I am such an old meany that I dont want to buy books to find my ceremony readings and poems.
I have seen a book recommended on the humanist website "handfast" printed by the scottish poetry library,and another called"Heartsongs" by Pinky Agnew.Is there anywhere I can read these free online,I cant find them through google,especially looking for "Winter Wedding" by Gael Turnbull.
Also searching for the usual format of a quaich ceremony with some wording.
OH and I have been together for a very long time already before getting married so if anyone has a poem idea or reading idea suitable for that situation I would be very interested in the extra inspiration.Struggling to write our ceremony and wedding in less than 4 weeks now.(our celebrant is pretty useless and doesnt seem to have any ideas herself and just told me to look online for ideas,whenever I want to meet she is always on holiday so I have to do this myself,HELP PLEASE)
Thank you.

shellsuit

Had this in my favs, there are loads of readings and ideas for vows, check the other pages out too x

http://www.weddingmagazine.co.uk/articles/receptions/341068/spiritual-wedding-readings.html

Fire_Fox

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1937087

shellsuit

Fire_Fox wrote: »

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1937087

I started that thread, forgot all about it lol!

Morglin

This may be helpful:

http://humanistweddings.blogspot.com/2008/06/how-to-choose-wedding-poetry-and.html

I had 'These I can Promise' at mine , which was perfect for us, as we didn't want any form of religion bought into things.

Lin

shellsuit

Morglin wrote: »

This may be helpful:

http://humanistweddings.blogspot.com/2008/06/how-to-choose-wedding-poetry-and.html

I had 'These I can Promise' at mine , which was perfect for us, as we didn't want any form of religion bought into things.

Lin

Oh Lin that's beautiful! Mind if I pinch it??

Horace

I found these on the net:

https://www.scottish-master-of-ceremonies.co.uk/handfasting.php

https://www.handfasting.info

There is something on handfasting info under the celtic neo-pagan ceremonies where they mention drinking from a cup and how they each drink and then hold the cup for the other to drink (I am assuming that this would be the quaich). It is a very interesting site with details of the ceremonies and the verses that are read.

shelovestobuystuff

Great links thanks and I love that Mark Twain verse Morglin,will show it to OH and see if he likes it too,hope we can use it.
Has anyone been able to find "winter wedding" by Gael Turnbull?The title sounds appropriate and I would really like to read it.
Also looking for the wording of the vows which start,"today I marry my best friend...".Appropriate and beautiful.
Its difficult to find words which are not too overly romantic or soppy as we are not that way,we are both very practical and I am trying to get it just right so we feel comfortable and ourselves with it.
Getting there now I think,just getting it all down on paper now and making final decisions on content.

Morglin

shellsuit wrote: »

Oh Lin that's beautiful! Mind if I pinch it??

No, you use it and enjoy it - and I hope it all brings you the same joy my marriage has bought me.:beer:

Lin

Morglin

shelovestobuystuff wrote: »

Great links thanks and I love that Mark Twain verse Morglin,will show it to OH and see if he likes it too,hope we can use it.
Has anyone been able to find "winter wedding" by Gael Turnbull?The title sounds appropriate and I would really like to read it.
Also looking for the wording of the vows which start,"today I marry my best friend...".Appropriate and beautiful.
Its difficult to find words which are not too overly romantic or soppy as we are not that way,we are both very practical and I am trying to get it just right so we feel comfortable and ourselves with it.
Getting there now I think,just getting it all down on paper now and making final decisions on content.

The poem isn't on the net - but you can buy the book, which is only £5.50.

Or, perhaps your library can order it?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/While-Breath-Persist-Gael-Turnbull/dp/toc/0889841330


Lin

MsChazzer

Morglin, that blog's by our wedding celebrant, she was great.

Neither of those books are available online, usual copyright reasons, but I got the Pinky Agnew one out of the library (not particularly impressed) and I bet the Handfast one is in most Scottish library systems (if you're anywhere near Edinburgh the Scottish Poetry Library definitely has it for loan and it's free to join). We got given it as an engagement present. Has your celebrant not given you a big pdf of poems and readings? Ours did and I think had just about all the ones in Handfast as well as loads more.