I am often asked if I know of a good poem to be read at a wedding, and here’s one by James Bertolino, from his new and selected poems, “Ravenous Bliss.” Bertolino lives in Washington state and I have ...

They must of course reflect your own feelings about each other and your own experience as a couple, but the best wedding poetry also expresses a more universal understanding of the importance of love ...

Now that I'm in my 20s, not a year goes by without a flood of wedding invitations, and with each ceremony I attend comes new ideas for my own special day. I've already decided that my dress will be ...

You know how the proverbial they says that there are no original ideas? Sometimes that feels never so true as when it comes to weddings. Everyone wants their celebration to be unique and personal—the ...

As I was searching for poems on the Internet and my bookshelf, I sadly realized that most poems about marriage are either a) depressing, or b) super-, super-corny. Poems are often written as ways to ...

You’ve heard of the jilted bride. Now consider the instantly abandoned husband. In Federico García Lorca’s “Blood Wedding,” the wife runs off with her former lover minutes after the ceremony that ...

"The wedding day came, and the shining water," goes one of the characteristically succinct and pungent lines in Federico Garcia Lorca's mournful "Blood Wedding." Garcia Lorca based this 1933 play on a ...

Federico Garcia Lorca was one of the world finest symbolist poets, and his drama is always infused with myth and metaphor. The production of his “Blood Wedding,” currently playing at the GALA Theatre ...

Sunday marks the 46th anniversary of the date I obtained both my MLS (Masters of Library Science) and my Mrs. The first degree was awarded after advanced study of the science of how to catalog books ...

As women make their mark in every field, Sangeeta Kampani’s new book of poems, My Daughter’s Wedding, offers us a peep into the lives of Indian women: some shrugging off sexism, some slaving away in ...