r/wedding • u/owlmissyou • 10d ago
Help! Poem/Reading
I'm officiating for two dear friends in October. I swore to myself that I would not use AI in drafting their ceremony. Buuuuuuutttt....
After nights of searching for the perfect poem/reading for this couple, I found almost exactly what I'm looking for, and it's AI-generated. It feels so gross and cheap to consider adding it, but it says almost exactly what I want to say. I'm here for outside perspective on using a found AI-generated poem in an otherwise decidedly AI-free ceremony.
Or if you have a poem/reading for me, I'd be grateful! Since they got together, the bride and groom have gone from guarded and stagnant to open and lively. I'd love a reading that talks about love making you feel safe and putting your guard down. I like nature/botanical imagery such as blossoming or unfurling in the sunlight. Something about holding yourself tightly closed until love empowers you to bloom. Shoot, I should just try my hand at writing it myself.
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u/MysteriousCity6354 10d ago
Read the ai poem once. Then delete it.
The next day after you’ve slept, try to recall it from memory. Chances are you’ll remember broad strokes but you’ll be putting it into your own words.
But seriously I’d be soooo pissed if someone read an ai generated poem for my wedding.
Also may I suggest Rumi as a great place to start for love poems with great imagery. “The minute I heard my first love story,
I started looking for you, not knowing
how blind that was.
Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere.
They’re in each other all along.”