Whether you're an art appreciator or an artist yourself, these love poems and bits of prose could work beautifully in your wedding ceremony. Each piece captures the essence of love in its unique form, making them perfect for celebrating your union. Celebrating Love in Poetry Love is an art, much like poetry. Many poets have captured its beauty through words. Here are some heartfelt selections curated for your special day. Married Love by Guan Daosheng You and I Have so much

I absolutely LOVE a dance and once you get me on that dance floor, I'm not coming off. If you're like me and love moving your body, these...

This month's radio show focussed on dreams, so here are a couple of love poems featuring dreams. In reality, the person you choose to...

This month I focussed on dreams for my radio show Love and Death . Some people like to think of death not as dying but instead as falling...

June's radio show focused on the love that appears in ancient myth, mostly Greek and Roman. Lots of these were quite tragic love...

Even in January, there is life in nature, so this month I decided to find funeral and grief poems that centred around the natural world....

I love attaching meaning to every day occurrences and how this might fit in with my own and others' belief systems and this is never more...

Losing someone is even harder when you don't necessarily believe in an afterlife. Sometimes the metaphor of your loved one going up to...

Lighting a candle is common way to remember a lost one's life, so I decided to explore this in poetry and prose for April's radio show ....

Whether your loved one believed in science rather than God, or simply loved all things scientific, one of these poems might resonate....

June's radio show explored both the idea of myth and specific myths themselves. Listen back here and read below for key poems about myths...

Although technically the UK is a Christian country, many people do not subscribe to a religion or if they do, they aren't particularly...

Fire and light have long been symbols of love so this month I chose tracks and readings with fire and light. You can listen back to the...

This month I decided to get mystical thinking about space and the universe. As you can imagine, stars feature in many metaphors for love,...

Belief and meaning are the focus of February's show . I wanted to explore different religious ideas, prayers and spirituality when not...

This month's show focused on the theme of nature. I chose songs and poetry that were loosely based on all things in the natural world...

I've started a monthly radio show!

Today I visited Poppy's Funerals for their open day, part of the Festival of the Dead which is happening in Tooting this weekend. I didn't really know what to expect and I have to admit I was a little nervous when I realised that the talk was actually happening in their mortuary. However, I really needn't have been as everyone, staff and guests alike, were warm, friendly and very empathetic. So it turned out to be a lovely way to spend a Thursday afternoon! Poppy's funerals a

Did you know... Did you know that you don't need to be filled with formaldehyde? That you can be buried in places other than a churchyard or cemetery? That any car can carry a coffin, as long as it will fit? That you don't even need a coffin if you don't want? That a cremation can send up to 190kg of CO2 into the atmosphere, which is equivalent to driving a car approximately 470 miles? I've been learning a lot about death and funerals and I was fascinated to learn that, just

Your wedding day should be about you as a couple and reflect your uniqueness. An independent celebrant, like me, can help you personalise your day starting with the very ceremony that sets it all in motion. What is an independent celebrant? An independent celebrant is someone who can lead a ceremony that has all the elements you want and none you don't . If you'd like some religious aspects, but don't fancy a church, you want an independent celebrant. If you don't identify wi