Carol Ann Duffy's wonderful poems, the Scottish poet Carol Ann Duffy's ability to capture love in her work perfectly translates to heartwarming ceremony readings. Brimming with passion, the incredibly romantic poem You by the former British Poet Laureate evokes the firey feelings of love when it enters your life. As she says: "Falling in love, is glamourous hell". If you like this you should also check out Rings, which we previously featured.

You by Carol Ann Duffy

Uninvited, the thought of you stayed too late in my head,

So I went to bed, dreaming you hard, hard, woke with your name like tears, soft, salt, on my lips, the sound of its bright syllables

Like a charm, like a spell.

Falling in love

Is glamourous hell;

The crouched, parched heart

Like a tiger ready to kill; a flame’s fierce licks under the skin.

Into my life, larger than life, you strolled in.

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