[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/5-love-poems-by-lgbtq-writers-to-read-at-your-ceremony\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/5-love-poems-by-lgbtq-writers-to-read-at-your-ceremony\/","headline":"5 love poems by LGBTQ+ writers to read at your ceremony","name":"5 love poems by LGBTQ+ writers to read at your ceremony","description":"These five poems by LGBTQ+ writers will no doubt bring a tear to your guests' eyes.","datePublished":"2021-04-09","dateModified":"2021-04-13","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/molly\/#Person","name":"Molly Sprayregen","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/molly\/","identifier":10507,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a4b52e7bcebea6609440323eb32980a14e8a6ccf671ae2146179b833cd80eed4?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a4b52e7bcebea6609440323eb32980a14e8a6ccf671ae2146179b833cd80eed4?s=96&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Equally Wed","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","url":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","width":218,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/brian-brett-hudson-valley-garden-wedding-with-shades-of-purple-LGBTQ-wedding-two-grooms-equally-wed-23.jpg","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/brian-brett-hudson-valley-garden-wedding-with-shades-of-purple-LGBTQ-wedding-two-grooms-equally-wed-23.jpg","height":1335,"width":2000},"url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/5-love-poems-by-lgbtq-writers-to-read-at-your-ceremony\/","about":["Planning"],"wordCount":449,"keywords":["ceremony poem","ceremony reading","LGBTQ+ writers","love poem","wedding poem","wedding readings"],"articleBody":"Readings are not only a great way to involve family and friends in your special day, but they are also a lovely way to personalize your ceremony. These five poems by LGBTQ+ writers will no doubt bring a tear to your guests’ eyes.O Me! O Life! by Walt WhitmanIn his love poem, O Me! O Life!, Walt Whitman, long thought to have been gay or bisexual, wonders what good life brings him. His answer is the person he loves:“The question, O me! so sad, recurring\u2014What good amid these, O me, O life?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Answer.That you are here\u2014that life exists and identity,That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.”Having a Coke with you by Frank O’HaraIn this delightful poem, Frank O’Hara celebrates the simple daily pleasures of being in love:“Having a Coke with You is even more fun than going to San Sebastian, Ir\u00fan, Hendaye, Biarritz, Bayonne,” it begins. And later, “I would rather look at you than all the portraits in the world.”Image Taker Studiossthandwa sami (my beloved, in isiZulu) by Yrsa Daley-WardWritten by 37-year-old queer English writer Yrsa Daley-Ward, who is of both Jamaican and Nigerian descent, this beautiful love poem encompasses the excitement of dreaming about a life together:“I can see the house on the hill where we grow our own vegetables out backand drink warm wine out of jam jarsand sing songs in the kitchen until the sun comes upwenayou make me feel like myselfagain. Myself before I had any solid reasons to be anything else.”The Love Poems of June JordanJamaican-American poet June Jordan has an entire book of love poems, aptly called\u00a0Haruko\/Love Poems.\u00a0 Poems like Poem for my Love\u00a0would be a lovely part of any ceremony. There is also a beautiful couplet from the poem, Update:“Still I am learning unconditional and true\/Still I am burning unconditional for you.”Cinder and Co.For the Courtesan Ch’ing Lin by Wu TsaoWu Tsao, considered one of the great Chinese lesbian poets, lived in the early 1800s, and wrote this beautiful love poem that in part reads:“You glow like a perfumed lampIn the gathering shadows.We play wine gamesAnd recite each other’s poems.Then you sing, ‘Remembering South of the River’With its heartbreaking verses. ThenWe paint each other’s beautiful eyebrows.I want to possess you completely\u2013Your jade bodyAnd your promised heart.It is Spring.Vast mists cover the Five Lakes.My dear, let me buy a red painted boatAnd carry you away.”Danielle Gardner Photography"},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"5 love poems by LGBTQ+ writers to read at your ceremony","item":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/5-love-poems-by-lgbtq-writers-to-read-at-your-ceremony\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]