Poems and Readings for a Funeral

Poems and Readings for a Funeral are eased by our loving memories of the loved one concerned.They are able to be as light or as heavy as you feel the need! Possibly humorous or quirky even because that is how that person will always be loved and remembered.These are free for you to use for non commercial purpose.










Poems and Readings for a Funeral

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A ship sails and I stand watching till she fades on the horizon
and someone at my side says
She is gone.

Gone where? Gone from my sight, that is all.
She is just as large now as when I last saw her.
Her diminished size and total loss from my sight is in me, not in her.

And just at that moment, when someone at my side says she is gone,
there are others who are watching her coming over their horizon
and other voices take up a glad shout -
There she comes!

That is what dying is.
An horizon and just the limit of our sight.

Lift us up O Lord, that we may see further.
Bishop Brent

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They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more;
neither shall the sunlight on them, nor any heat.
for the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne
shall feed them,and shall lead them unto living
fountains of water; and God shall wipe out every tear from their eyes.
Revelation; 7:16-17

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So what is love?

So what is love?If thou wouldst know
The heart alone can tell
Two minds but with a single thought
Two hearts that beat as one.
And whence comes love? Like morning bright
Love comes without thy call
And how dies love? A spirit bright
Love never dies at all.
Maria Trovell

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Poems and Readings for a Funeral

FROM FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.

Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message
He is Dead.
Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,
Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.

He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last forever:
I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now; put out every one,
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun,
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the woods;
For nothing now can ever come to any good.
W.H.Auden

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Poems and Readings for a Funeral

Don't cry when the sun is gone, because the tears won't
let you see the stars.
Violeta Parra

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If tears could build a stairway,
and memories a lane, I’d walk
right up to heaven and bring you
home again.

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Do not stand at my grave and weep;
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.

When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am not there, I did not die.

Mary Frye

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Stillborn Baby

My heart is broken into pieces
You were born whilst still asleep;
You've taken my heart with you
It's yours for you to keep.

You are my little treasure
And will always be close to me;
As you are locked away
For ever in my memory.

As I look upon the daisies
That flower all around;
You are like that now in heaven
With the angels above the ground.
Maggie-May

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Poems and Readings for a Funeral

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Today we celebrate Dad's life
Just how special he was to us;
He was like no other
And he wouldn't like a fuss.

A wonderful crowd to meet us here
For us to say Goodbye;
Lots of stories to exchange
Maybe to have a good cry.

Laughter though is the best sound
With memories from everywhere;
It doesn't matter what they are
We're here today because we care.

It sounds quite contrite to say we'll miss him
But to be sure we truly will;
He has left a gaping hole
That no one else can ever fill.
Maggie-May

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