Dinosaur Wedding Reading Print Edward Monkton Love Monkey Poem Print Speech Bridesmaid Groomsman Bestman Maid of Honour Gift Unframed Poetry

This popular wedding speech print featuring a Edward Monkton's Love Monkey makes the perfect gift if this speech if it featured in your wedding celebration.

This minimalist print with quote from Edward Monkton is also available in landscape/horizontal upon request.

Edward Monkton Quote reads:

"It was once the custom that every monkey would carve for himself a

wooden heart. And the heart that Love Monkey carved was the most

beautiful of all. Its contours were soft and rounded, like an ancient

pebble sculpted by the oceans. Its surface was smooth and shiny like

liquid silk, and it shone as bright as a ruby in the desert sun.

“Take your hearts with you wherever you go,” said their teacher. “Nurture

them as a mother nurtures her new-born baby. For when you want to

give of yourself fully, your heart is the only true gift you will have.”

That night, Love Monkey had a dream. He dreamt of a monkey whose smile

lit up his soul like sunshine. He held out his heart to her, so radiant,

so splendid and so new. She took him in her arms and he felt truly,

perfectly, at peace. When Love Monkey awoke he resolved that, from that

day forward, he would search for his Dream Monkey until he could stand

before her and give to her his perfect heart.

He travelled through deserts…and climbed over mountains. He trekked

across forests…and sailed many oceans. Love Monkey looked after his heart

as best he could, but the storms that he endured on his travels chipped

away at its surface and each new adventure reshaped it. By the time he

arrived on the last distant shore, his heart was so changed by the patina

of time that it barely resembled his old heart at all.

And then, he saw her. Standing before him, as radiant and as beautiful as the

sunshine, was his Dream Monkey. At first he could not speak. But then,

from somewhere deep inside himself, he found a voice. “I have travelled

the world over to find you, and to give you my heart,” he said. “But now that

I am finally with you, I see how foolish I have been. You are so beautiful,

so perfect. And my heart that was once so smooth, so bright and so new is

now not something that I could even bring myself to show you,” and he turned

to go. “Let me see it,” said Dream Monkey. She took his heart and held it up to

the light. “Nothing to me is more beautiful. Every fissure tells a story.

Every blemish makes you more real. All my life I have been waiting for a

heart like this; a heart that speaks the truth.” “Come here,” she said.

“I have something for you too.” In her hand was a tiny golden heart. It was

as worn and as scratched as Love Monkey’s own… and it was the most precious

thing that he had ever seen.

Love Monkey put his arms around her and they held each other for a long,

long time. “I shall treasure this heart for as long as I live,” said Dream Monkey,

running her fingers over its ridged and dimpled surface. Then they looked into each

other’s eyes and, feeling the joy of truth in their souls for the first time,

they began to laugh. And often they sit together still, holding each other’s hearts

in their warm hands, lifting them to the light…and laughing. Always laughing."

Sizes available:

4 x 6 inches

A6 (4.1 x 5.8 inches)

5 x 7 inches

A5 (5.8 x 8.3 inches)

8 x 10 inches

8.3 x 11 inches

A4 (8.3 X 11.7 inches)

11 x 14 inches

A3 (11.7 x 16.5 inches)

16 x 20 inches

Other sizes can be requested.

These Edward Monkton quote prints are printed onto high quality 300gsm textured linen paper for a professional look and feel.

If you choose the digital file then send your email address and choice of size and the file containing the printable artwork will be sent to you.

•••IMPORTANT••• If you’re purchasing a digital download from outside of the UK, then input “DIGITAL” when finalising your order to avoid paying postage charges. No refunds or returns are offered on the digital prints.

Sizes, colours, images, fonts and the text itself on any of my prints can be altered to suit your preference, so get in touch before ordering and I can put together the perfect print for you.

Please note that the frames shown in the images are not included in the purchase and are for illustration purposes only.

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