Centerpiece Cake Poem

hollieheidi

I posted this on the cake board too, but thought it might get more eyes in both places... Chubbybunnie's post on the cake board made me think of yet another thing on my list...a poem for the person doing the cake cutting at the reception.We are having individual cakes as centerpieces at the reception. We are designating one person at each table to be the "cake server". However, we didn't want some people to cut the cake just willy-nilly we wanted them to wait until after we cut the cake....which FYI we will do within the first 10-15 min. of the reception because it would just be torturous to be at a table with a wedding cake and not be able to eat it for an hour or so....I came up with this poem...tell me what you think ladies...Please take noteThere will not be a toast.However, there will beThe Loving Cup Ceremony.After the Bride and GroomHave taken their last drinkPlease do us the honorOf serving the cakeA generous sliceFor each guest to take.There is also a card at each place setting describing the loving cup ceremony. Do you think it will convey the message? TIA

mbcdefg

The poem's really not necessary. Your guests should be able to figure it out of someone announces, "You are now welcome to slice and eat the cakes at your tables." Someone will probably volunteer to serve the cake, or people will cut their own slices. In a quarter of the time that it'd take guests to read this poem, someone could make an announcement telling them what they can do. And if you HAVE to do a poem ... this one doesn't even rhyme or follow any kind of scructure because you go from 4 lines in one stanza to 6 lines in the next, and you're trying to rhyme words that don't even rhyme. If you're really afraid that people will dive into the cake as soon as they sit down (which I doubt most well-mannered people will do, because they will know to wait for either dessert or for an announcement), put a sign out that says "Cake cutting to follow Loving Cup Ceremony" or something like that. I think the Loving Cup explanation cards are good, because as a guest I'd want to know what you were doing and the significance behind it.

hollieheidi

we're not having a DJ to make announcements, we're doing tours of the venue between the ceremony and reception so we are afraid that not everyone would hear an announcement if we made one..... there will be only one poem at the seat of the person designated to slice the cake thanks for the suggestions  

aerinpegadrak

...and this is why I hate "wedding poetry."  If you hadn't told me that was supposed to be a poem, I would have just assumed that it was a regular sign that got annoyingly Seussian at the end.If you have a little card explaining the ceremony at each place, why not just add a line saying, "At the conclusion of the Loving Cup ceremony, we invite you to join us in a slice of cake"?  If you're designating cake servers in advance, contact those people directly beforehand so they know the game plan.

ffmaid

Honestly the attempt to turn that into a poem failed. It is now neither clear nor poetic. How about Please wait for the cake cutting cermoney to cut this cake. The Cate cutting which will follow the loving cup ceremonety. Then explain the loving cup significance

hollieheidi

gotcha...poem sucks...will leave cards with clear instructions...