Show When Love Arrives by Sarah Kay and Phil Kaye is a piece by the spoken word duo (who aren't married, or related!), about what love is and how the meaning of it evolves throughout your life time. Which is what makes this a great alternative ceremony reading for modern couples. It's inclusive, it's realistic, it points out what makes it so elusive and attractive, but doesn't make a case for everlasting love. And all that is why this excerpt in particular, could be fitting wedding reading for any couples who came together in an untraditional way, later in life, or have a different vision for what marriage means to them. An Excerpt from When Love Arrives by Sarah Kay and Phil KayeLove is not who you were expecting Maybe love is in New York City, already asleep Maybe love is not ready for you Maybe love just isn’t the marrying type Maybe the next time you see love is twenty years after the divorce Maybe love is only there for a month Maybe love is there for every firework, every birthday party, every hospital visit Maybe love stays Maybe love can’t Maybe love shouldn’t... Love arrives exactly when love is supposed to When love arrives, say, “Welcome, make yourself comfortable” If love leaves, ask her to leave the door open behind her. Turn off the music, listen to the quiet, whisper, “Thank you for stopping by." Watch the full version of the poem - and get ideas for how to deliver it at your wedding... Get more unique ideas for ceremony readings Feature image: Art Wedding Photography via One Fab Day “Love arrives exactly when love is supposed to, and love leaves exactly when love must. When love arrives, say, “Welcome. Make yourself comfortable.” If love leaves, ask her to leave the door open behind her. Turn off the music, listen to the quiet, whisper, “Thank you for stopping by.” ” Check out this beautiful poem from Sarah Kay & Phil Kaye, performing at Inner-City Arts in Los
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Sarah Kay and Phil Kaye – When Love Arrivesby Authoron July 24, 2015 with No Comments I knew exactly what love looked like – in seventh grade Even though I hadn’t met love yet, if love had wandered into my homeroom, I would’ve recognized him at first glance. Love wore a hemp necklace. I would’ve recognized her at first glance, love wore a tight french braid. Love played acoustic guitar and knew all my favorite Beatles songs. Love wasn’t afraid to ride the bus with me. And I knew, I just must be searching the wrong … Read More “When Love Arrives”, a beautiful poem that was written and performed by the collaboration of New York City’s poet gems, Sarah Kay and Phil Kaye. Sarah and Phil are known as the New York spoken-word poetry dynamic duo. They are not related nor married, but they happen to share a similar-sounding last name. Sarah and Phill
have known each other since 2006. They met in a talent show where they both performed spoken word poetry. Now, Kay and Kaye travel around the world together for spoken word poetry performance shows and workshops. This beautiful poem titled “When Love Arrives” tells an idea of how love is unpredictable, unexpected, and sometimes even blind. At the beginning of the poem, they said “I knew exactly what love was, in 7th grade”. That line tells how we
all dreamed about our ideal significant-other “type” even when we haven’t experience love. The naive and innocent expectation of love. They continue the lines by sharing what they imagined. “Love wore a tight French braid” The shift started on what they explain the reality of how they found their loves. “But when love finally showed up, she had a bow cut.” “Love didn’t know anything about the Beatles” Throughout the poem, they explain how love is nothing like they expected or dreamt about. But it doesn’t make it any less beautiful. It shows how you have no control over falling in love. It gets deeper later in the poem where they explain how love comes and goes in a different form. They use “love” as a noun that appears, leaves, and reappears in a way of summoning a human form. “Love stayed away for years, and when love finally reappeared,
I barely recognized him” They also show how “love” can go for a reason. “Maybe love is in New York City already asleep. You are in California, India, Australia, wide awake” “Maybe love just isn’t the marrying type” “Maybe the next time you see love is twenty years after the divorce. Love looks older now, but just as beautiful as you remember” All in all, the poem taught us to be open to the possibility of love. They might be in the most unpredictable people, unexpected times, and locations. I knew exactly what love looked like… I would have recognized her at first glance Love wore a tight French braid I just must be checking the wrong classroom Just must be searching the wrong hallways She was there, I was sure of it But when love finally showed up Love stayed away for years Love is not who you were expecting https://www.daedalusmagazine.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Sarah-Kay-Phil-Kaye-When-Love-Arrives.mp4 CREDITS What is the moral of the poem When Love Arrives?Love needs time and it will come when your ready for love and another person in your life. Love will come when you accept the other person for who they are naturally and you don't want to change one thing about them. You love them for them and nothing will change that if you don't let it.
Who wrote the poem When Love Arrives?An Excerpt from When Love Arrives by Sarah Kay and Phil Kaye
If love leaves, ask her to leave the door open behind her. Turn off the music, listen to the quiet, whisper, “Thank you for stopping by."
How is slam poetry different from traditional poetry?What Makes Slam Poetry Different From Traditional Poetry? The difference is simple: one is written with the intention of being performed or spoken aloud, while the other is written specifically for the page. Slam poems are meant to be performed.
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