WEDDING POEM: SELECTION AND REHEARSAL BRIEF
Companion: https://yenra.com/wedding-poems/
An editable planning aid. Complete this with the couple, reader and officiant.

1. PURPOSE AND APPROVAL
Couple's preferred names:
Reading should welcome / reflect / celebrate / bless / another purpose:
Why this poem suits this couple and ceremony:
Ceremony position and available time:
Officiant contact and approval date for the actual selection:

2. ONE VERIFIED TEXT
Exact title:
Author:
Translator, if any:
Source URL or book, publisher, edition and page:
Date checked:
Full poem or clearly identified excerpt:
Agreed start and end, if an excerpt:
Credit to appear in the program:
Compare the reader's copy and program against this one source, including
punctuation and line breaks. Keep your rehearsal marks on a working copy.

3. PRINTING AND SHARING
Planned use: reader's copy / printed program / website / recording / other:
Rights or permission checked for this exact text and use:
Rights holder contacted, response, date and conditions:
For permission guidance: https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-fairuse.html
Do not treat online availability as permission for every use. A link to the
source can help guests read the text without reproducing it in your program.

4. REHEARSAL
Reader and backup reader:
Pronunciations to check:
Original introduction in the reader's own words:
Timed introduction + full reading + final pause:
Microphone, lighting, page turns and access checked with:
Readable backup copy held by:
Final text approved on:

SHORTLIST SOURCES
Shakespeare, Sonnet 116:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45106/sonnet-116-let-me-not-to-the-marriage-of-true-minds
Rossetti, A Birthday:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44992/a-birthday
Bradstreet, To My Dear and Loving Husband:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43706/to-my-dear-and-loving-husband
Read the complete poem before choosing. This brief does not reproduce a poem.