Keepsake Verses

Personalised graduation poem or toast

Type the graduate's name and three details, and read the first stanza of their graduation poem for free.

Before you type anything

Write their graduation poem

Write each detail as a short phrase, the way it would fit after "a love of". A detail left blank is replaced by a general phrase.

Example: what the full version looks like

Name used: Priya. Details used: marine biology; colour-coded notes; the first-year chemistry exam. Form and tone: spoken toast, funny. Paragraph 1 is what the free preview shows; paragraphs 2 to 5 are what the $7 key adds.

Example with made-up details. Verses were written by AI.

A Graduation Toast to Priya

Priya, well done. Years of marine biology, years of colour-coded notes, and at least several hours of actual work have finally paid off.

I was going to tell you about the first-year chemistry exam, but I've been reminded that future employers may be listening.

You've learned so much: how to write an essay overnight, how to live on toast, and how to look awake when you aren't.

May your first job have good coffee, a kind boss and a chair that spins.

Jokes aside, we're so proud of you. Raise your glass with me: to Priya, the graduate.

Verses written by AI

When a graduation poem or toast is used, and what the $7 unlock adds

A graduation poem or toast is used at the family lunch after the ceremony, written in the card that holds the gift, or printed and framed beside the certificate. A parent, grandparent or older sibling usually reads it. The funny toast shown above suits a relaxed meal; the warm poem suits a card that will be kept.

The free preview shows the opening. The $7 licence key adds stanzas 2 to 5 (in a toast, paragraphs 2 to 5, ending on the raised glass); the "Try another wording" button, which gives a different set of lines for the same name and details; and the print layout, a clean page your browser can save as a PDF.

What to put in a graduation poem

A graduation poem marks the end of years of work, so it should say what the effort looked like and not only that it ended. It suits a card, a speech at the family lunch or a frame next to the certificate.

What to include:

Keep advice light. Graduates hear a lot of it in one week, and a line of plain pride tends to be remembered longer than a list of instructions. If you choose the funny tone, tease the late nights, not the grades.

A five-stanza poem takes about a minute to read aloud. For delivery, read from paper, pause before the last stanza and look up for the final line. If several relatives want to speak, agree the order first so the toast with the raised glass comes last.