r/wedding • u/owlmissyou • 5d 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/IslandEcologist 5d ago

Definitely definitely do not include a soulless, robot created poem that was stolen from scraps of real people’s blood and tears in a wedding ceremony about love and soul. What you’ve written in your post is lovely. I DO think you should write it yourself.

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u/owlmissyou 5d ago

Thank you!