Time will ease the hurt

The sadness of the present days
Is locked and set in time,
And moving to the future
Is a slow and painful climb.

But all the feelings that are now
So vivid and so real
Can’t hold their fresh intensity
As time begins to heal.

No wound so deep will ever go
Entirely away;
Yet every hurt becomes
A little less from day to day.

Nothing else can erase the painful
Imprints on your mind;
But there are softer memories
That time will let you find.

Though your heart won’t let the sadness
Simply slide away,
The echoes will diminish
Even though the memories stay.`

Bruce Wilmer

http://www.lastingpost.com/pa/pa_readings_db.php

I would recite this poem at a funeral because it describes the aftermath of a death very well. “No wound so deep will ever go Entirely away; Yet every hurt becomes A little less from day to day.” is a very good description of what someone would feel like after a death and if you were to read this at a funeral everyone would come out of there with their heads held high waiting for life’s next obstacle.

The vows I take will be forever
 by Nicholas Gordon

The vows I take will be forever:
I’ll love you all my life.
There’s no part way, no holding back 
Once we are man and wife.

The choice is made, and now I swim 
In a far different sea,
The shores of which are bright green hills
 Raised up for you and me.

Our love is like a mountainside 
Awash in lovely flowers:
It is our home, our solid rock,
Where all bright things are ours.

And though of need we often must 
Spend our days apart,
Our love will always be with us, 
Held within the heart.

I feel it now, so strong and free,
 So part of every breath
 That it must live–I swear it will!–
Even after death.

http://www.keepandshare.com/htm/wedding_planning/wedding_poetry/C04_romantic_wedding_poetry.php

I would recite this poem at a wedding because it tells you what a wedding means to you mentally and physically. “The vows I take will be forever: I’ll love you all my life.
” is a very good description of the mental side of a wedding and how you are giving all of your love to your significant other. It also is not too long or too short which makes it perfect for a wedding.

Your Adventure

Now that you’ve graduated,

Your adventure has begun.

Your schooling has prepared you

For the race life has you run.

We praise you for your efforts,

And send good wishes, too,

For a future filled with happiness,

And your fondest dreams come true.

By Joanna Fuchs

http://www.poemsource.com/graduation-poems.html

I would recite this poem at a graduation because it fills the people who are graduating with joy and happiness because even though they are leaving high school and all their friends behind this is only the beginning of their journey in life and this poem has told that very well.