The ceremony itself is just two words: “I do.” But lots more has been written about the anticipation, the event, and the aftermath, and The Voices of Marriage gathers the best poems ever written on this most extraordinary moment—at once the most private and the most public—in a person’s life. From Shakespeare to our own day, here are poets whose lines sparkle with wit, or hush with mystery.

The CD Edition is packaged with a perfect-bound book containing the text of all the poems and feature an introduction by J.D. McClatchy.