Poetic Inspiration

Posted on Feb 10, 2011

Poetic Inspiration by Stacey Kors What occasion could be better suited for the reciting of poetry than a wedding? While it’s become commonplace for poems to be read as part of a wedding ceremony, most people don’t realize that there’s a long and rich tradition linking poetry to weddings. In fact, the practice dates all the way back to the ancient Greeks, who first invented something called the “epithalamium,” which is a song in praise...

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