Come to the
Garden in Spring
Poems of Love and
Union
Selected by
Jane & Dirk
in celebration of their wedding
April 12, 2003
The following
poems were a gift
to our guests in the form of a small booklet.
The wildflower photos were all taken at or near
the retreat center the weekend of our wedding.
Come to the Garden in
Spring -- Rumi
The New Life -- Juan Ramón Jiménez
For a New Love -- Cicely Rodway
Advice -- Bill Holm
Little Clown My Heart -- Sandra Cisneros
New Face -- Alice Walker
The Great Hall -- Donald William Mathews
September 8th -- Pablo Neruda
We Two -- Kuan Tao-Sheng (13th century)
Leda -- Ranier Maria Rilke
A Blessing -- James Wright
Song for the Goddess of Love -- (adapted by Jane Hirshfield)
Love (from Divine Comedy) -- Dante (translated by Stephen Mitchell)
Wild Geese -- Mary Oliver
In the Beginning -- David Whyte
The Truelove -- David Whyte
The Wedding Vow -- Sharon Olds
A Ritual to Read to Each Other -- William Stafford
I'm Going to Plant a Heart in the Earth -- Rosario Murillo
Cherry Trees -- Francette Cerulli
The Third Body -- Robert Bly
The Wedded Lover -- Christopher Morley
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