A new poem has been written that is suitable for the eulogy of someone who took their own life. It is always difficult to know what to say in such circumstances, so I hope this will help through those difficult times. No one knew the torment, that you were going through; We only kept...
A hallowed place within our hearts is where you'll always stay. In Loving Memory of (Pet's Name) (Arrival Date) - (Passing Date) Follow this link to view a selection of our free funeral poems. Thanks for visiting, I hope you found a suitable memorial poem.Hopeful...
Every day, in funeral homes, new widows are born, new orphans. They sit with their hands folded, trying to decide about this new life. Then they're in the cemetery, some of them for the first time. They're frightened of crying, sometimes of not crying. Someone leans over, tells ...
as male. This was the 19th century, when the assumed pronoun for a poet washim. It’s no stretch at all to read the Him in this poem as Emily Dickinson, as Emily referring toherself. No mysterious “Master” or male lover need be invoked. She was, with a touch ...
Sometimes a heavy-tolling funeral bell. And that little morsel was by Watson Gilder, the John Ashbery of his day, famous in his age and held in high esteem by his contemporaries. Every heard of him? Mezey provides another example: Alone it stands in Poesy’s fair land, A temple by the...
Andrew McMillan, Manchester Metropolitan University One of the things you get asked most when people find out that you’re a poet is whether you can recommend something that could be read at an upcoming wedding, or if you know something that might be suitable for a funeral. For most people...