Poems written by Peter Gibbs over 60 years, inspired by romance, travel, the beauty of nature, emotions and family and friends - peterspoetry.co.uk
Handfast Wedding Day
This is a different wedding
You said we never could
Be hitched, for then your pension
Would disappear for good
We haven’t hired a vicar
No one has read the banns
But that has still not stopped us
From making nuptial plans
There’ll not be any signatures
Before a registrar
And hopefully no shoes or cans
Or scribbling on our car
We won’t be jetting far away
On foreign honeymoon
You bring me all my sunshine
Unlike that flaming June
With friends and family gathered
On this our special day
The timing is just perfect
For what I have to say
I love you, my own Sally
You’ve made my life complete
No doubts, no hesitation
No nerves and no cold feet
I’m glad that you proposed to me
On February twenty-nine
What better reason could there be
For drinking Champagne wine
As Lulu said – You are my chick
Although not quite my wife
You are the ideal partner
With whom to share my life
This is a unique wedding
And standing here by thee
I know that we’ll remain entwined
Throughout eternity