Good Love Poem For a 50th Anniversary:
Any Husband or Wife
This good love poem by Carol Haynes is a great lesson in how any husband or wife should treat one another at all times. So many fights and misunderstandings could be avoided if we just followed the advice that is given in this verse. It's also a wonderful verse to be read at weddings for future advice and to recite for a 50th anniversary.
Any Husband or Wife
by Carol Haynes
Let us be guests in one another's house
With deferential "no" and courteous "yes";
Let us take care to hide our foolish moods
Behind a certain show of cheerfulness.
Let us avoid all sullen silences;
We should find fresh and sprightly things to say;
I must be fearful lest you find me dull,
And you must dread to bore me anyway.
Let us knock gently at each other's heart,
Glad of a chance to look within–and yet,
Let us remember that to force one's way
Is the unpardoned breach of etiquette.
So, shall I be host–you, the hostess,
Until all need for entertainment ends;
We shall be lovers when the last door shuts
But what is better still–we shall be friends.
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