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The Best Poems For A Funeral

This is a selection of some of the best funeral poems that are suitable for reading at funerals and memorial services. Grief in any circumstance can be difficult to articulate. Through poetry many are able to express some of what they are feeling.

The best poems for a funeral are often as much about life and love as they are about death and grief. We have lived and laughed our life with the person who has died. A poem is a memorable way to share our grief. Poetry can sometimes help with the pain of the loss of our loved one.

The following is a selection of popular poems used for funeral or memorial services. There is also a selection of poems specifically suited for the death of a mother, father, or a child. We also have poems from our visitors.

Goodbye My Friend

I Did Not Die

High Flight - the poem read at Christa McAuliffe's funeral

Miss Me But Let Me Go by Edgar A Guest

All Is Well

Poems Read At Princess Diana's funeral

Do Not Stand At My Grave and Weep

A Selection of Poems and Musings by Robert Louis Stevenson

Death Be Not Proud

God Saw You Getting Tired

If Tomorrow Starts Without Me

There Is No Death

Additional poems by Edgar A Guest

To An Athlete Dying Young, the poem read by Meryl Streep in the movie, Out Of Africa

When I Am Gone

Footprints in the Sand

Remember Me

Poems for Mothers

Poems for Fathers

Poems for a Child's Death


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