Poems and Readings for a Funeral

Poems and Readings for a Funeral for the celebration of your loved ones life. To be able to commend them onto the next chapter and declare your love/feelings and your emotions for them and how much they will be missed. We offer our condolences and hope that these will be of comfort and inspiration. They are free for you to use for non commercial purposes.











Poems and Readings for a Funeral
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Say not, in grief, that (name) has gone
But give thanks that she was yours!

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Perhaps my time seemed all too brief,
Don’t lengthen it now with undue grief.

If my parting has left a void
Then fill it with remembered joy.

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Don't be sad-
I am in a snowflake,
I am in the rays of sun,
I am in the sparkling of stars

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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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As you love me, let there be
No mourning when I go,-
No tearful eyes,
No hopeless sighs,
No woe, nor even sadness!
Indeed I would not have you sad,
For I myself shall be full of glad,
With the high triumphant gladness of a soul made free
Of God’s sweet liberty
No windows darkened:
For my own
Will be flung wide as ne’er before,
To catch the rqadiant inpour
Of Love that shall in full atone
For all the ills that I have done:
And the good things that I have left undone:
-No voices hushed:
My own full flushed
With an immortal hope, will rise
In ecstasies of new born bliss
And joyful melodies.
Rather, of your sweet courtesy,
Rejoice with me
At my soul’s loosing from captivity.
Wish me Bon Voyage
As you do a friend
Whose joyous visit finds its happy end.
John Oxenham

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Poems and Readings for a Funeral

Father, the death of (name) brings an emptiness
into our lives. We are separated from him/her and
feel broken and disturbed.
Give us confidence that he/she is safe and his/her life
complete with you, and bring us together at the last
to the wholeness and fullness of your presence in heaven,
where your saints and angels enjoy you for ever and ever.
Amen

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Funeral Blues- Made popular by the movie
“Four Weddings and a Funeral”

These are those famous words by W.H.Auden and quoted by many!

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

In many cases there has been a choice regarding flowers
and whether or not to donate the monies to a charity.
This Poems covers that subject!

I Would Rather Have A Little Rose

I would rather have a little rose
From the garden of a friend,
Than to have the choicest flowers
When my stay on earth must end.
I would rather have a pleasant word
In kindness said to me
Than flattery when my heart is still
And this life has ceased to be.
I would rather have a loving smile
From friends I know are true,
Than tears shed round my casket
When this world I bid Adieu.

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