Here I have shared a selection of beautiful poems to inspire you as you plan your ceremony. You’ll also find a list of wedding venues and photographers.
Wedding Venues
The Celtic Manor Resort, Coldra Wood, Usk Valley Newport NP18 1HQ
https://www.celtic-manor.com/
Pencoed House Estate – Cardiff CF5 6JR
https://www.pencoedhouseestate.co.uk/
King Arthur Hotel – Gower, Swansea SA3 1AD
https://www.kingarthurhotel.co.uk/
De Courceys Manor Pentyrch, Cardiff CF15 9QN
https://www.decourceys.co.uk/
New House Country Inn Thornhill Cardiff CF14 9UA
https://townandcountrycollective.co.uk/new-house-home/
Llechwen Hall Hotel Pontypridd CF37 4HP
https://www.llechwen.co.uk/
Canada Lodge & Lake, Cardiff CF15 9NF
https://canadalodgeandlake.com/
Llandough Castle CF71 7LR
Llanerch Vineyard Hotel Hensol CF72 8GG
https://llanerch.co.uk/
Castle Park, Hensol Castle CF72 8JX
https://www.hensolcastle.com/
Manor Park Hotel, Thornhill Cardiff CF14 9UA
https://www.manorparc.com/
Gellifawr Woodland Retreat – Pembroke SA65 9TX
https://gellifawr.co.uk/
Old Walls Gower SA3 1HA
https://oldwallscollection.com/
Fairy Hill Hotel SA3 1BS
Fairyhill Intro
Caerphilly Castle, Caerphilly CF83 1JD
https://cadw.gov.wales/visit/places-to-visit/caerphilly-castle
Castle Coch Cardiff CF15 7JS
https://cadw.gov.wales/visit/places-to-visit/castell-coch
POEMS
Sam Levinson, quote beloved by Audrey Hepburn
“For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
For beautiful hair, let a child run his fingers through it once a day.
For poise, walk with the knowledge you’ll never walk alone.
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We leave you a tradition with a future.
The tender loving care of human beings will never become obsolete.
People even more than things have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed and redeemed and redeemed and redeemed.
Never throw out anybody.
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you’ll find one at the end of your arm.
As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands: one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
Your “good old days” are still ahead of you, may you have many of them.”
― Sam Levenson, In One Era & Out the Other
Desiderata, Max Ehrmann
Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be. And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.
Four Leaf Clover – Ella Higginson
I know a place where the sun is like gold, and the cherry blooms burst with snow, and down underneath is the loveliest nook, where the four-leaf clovers grow.
One leaf is for HOPE, and one is for FAITH, and one is for LOVE, you know, and GOD put another in for LUCK. If you search, you will find where they grow.
But you must have HOPE, and you must have FAITH, you must LOVE and be strong — and so — If you work, if you wait, you will find the place where the four-leaf clovers grow.