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Wedding reading collections

Small, hand-picked groups of readings organised around the questions couples ask us most. Start with the one that sounds like your ceremony — or browse them all.

• Non-religious wedding readings

  Modern, secular poems for couples who want a ceremony without scripture.

• Short wedding readings

  Brief, beautiful pieces — perfect when you want the words to land quickly.

• Funny wedding readings

  Warm, witty poems that give the room permission to laugh.

• Classic wedding readings

  Timeless verse from the poets your grandparents would recognise.

• Modern wedding readings

  Contemporary voices writing about love as it actually feels today.

• Romantic wedding readings

  Tender, gushy, unapologetically in-love pieces for the aisle.

• Christian wedding readings

  Scripture, blessings and faith-rooted poems for a Christian ceremony.

• Irish wedding readings

  Traditional blessings and poems from the Irish tradition.

• Queer wedding readings

  LGBTQ+ love poems that celebrate the couple in front of you.

• Beach wedding readings

  Short, image-rich pieces that hold up against wind and waves.

• Sensual wedding readings

  Passionate, embodied love poems — warm-blooded, never explicit.

• Wedding readings for mother

  Tender pieces to honour a mum on the day.

• Wedding readings for father

  Warm, understated pieces for a dad — reading or being honoured.

• Garden wedding readings

  Poems that lean into leaves, light and growing things.

• Rustic wedding readings

  Grounded, unfussy poems for barn and countryside ceremonies.

• Bohemian wedding readings

  Free-spirited, image-rich poems for couples writing their own rules.