http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/lovepoem Questions tagged with 'lovepoem' at Ask MetaFilter. Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:15:44 -0800 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:15:44 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/84682/Italian%2Dlovepoem%2Dfor%2Dwedding Is anyone familiar with an Italian love-poem that would be beautiful and appropriate to read at a wedding ceremony (in Italian and then in English translation)? I (Mrs. Chinston) will be serving as a matron of honor for a good friend, and she has (somewhat incredibly) outsourced to me the task of finding a beautiful Italian love-poem to be read at the ceremony. She said she didn't want anything "too tortured." Not sure what that means. My first thought was Petrarch, but I haven't had much luck so far.<br> <br> But anyway, if someone is intimately familiar with Italian poetry, or even with one very good (and not too tortured!) Italian love-poem, I would appreciate your help. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.84682 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:15:44 -0800 italian italianpoetry lovepoem weddingceremony weddings chinston http://ask.metafilter.com/62600/What%2Dis%2Dan%2Dappropriate%2Dmodern%2Dlove%2Dpoem%2Dfor%2Da%2Dreading%2Dat%2Da%2Dwedding I've been asked to give a reading at a friend's wedding, so I'm looking for a poem that would be appropriate. Ideally, it should be modern (written after 1900) and sweet, but not sexual, religious, schmaltzy, or emetic. Most suggestions online are variations of Maya Angelou's "Touched By An Angel". I found the <a href="http://ask.metafilter.com/8921/">previous</a> <a href="http://ask.metafilter.com/26472/What-is-a-good-wedding-poem">two</a> AskMe questions on this topic helpful, and I have some ideas, but I'm hoping to generate a few more. I very much like Anne Sexton, Wislawa Szymborska, and Czeslaw Milosz, but their work doesn't seem suitable. Still, bonus points if it's by one of them!<br> <br> Also, a side question. Most love poems address the beloved directly. When I give the reading, I don't want to sound like I'm pining after the bride, but it seems like it's standard to present these sorts of poems anyway. Is that right? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2007:site.62600 Mon, 14 May 2007 14:40:41 -0800 ceremony lovepoem marriage poem poetry reading wedding painquale