as part of a eulogy speech or as part of an "in loving memory" tribute. Even using a short poem on the card that you send with the flowers for the funeral can help you to find the right words.
At 96, I have been to many funerals and witnessed much sadness. I don't want that at my funeral, and I wrote the following poem to share with friends and family what I would like them to do.
The central theme of "I Remember, I Remember" is the contrast between the poet's happy memories of his childhood and the harsh realities of his present life. The poem begins with the lines, "I remember, I remember / The house where I was born, / The little window where the sun / C...
I recently came across this poem and I would like to share it with you all. It reminds me of Nada. 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. ...
And in his poem God’s Grandeur, G.M. Hopkins speaks of how the grandeur and glory of God charged into the very being of the world, will ‘gather to a greatness’. Bell fuses these two sources and calls us, even in the midst of our grief, to be the priests who help to gather ...