Poems and Readings for Funerals

Author: Julia Watson
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141911603
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 115

Book Description
Words of sadness and loss, comfort and consolation Summoning the words to express our feelings of loss for a loved one in the days following a death can feel almost impossible. And often the choice of readings available can seem daunting. Poems and Readings for Funerals is a carefully curated collection of the very wisest words about death by some of the world's greatest poets, thinkers, playwrights and novelists. Featuring beautifully and thoughtfully written poems, prose extracts and prayers, these readings have been chosen to move and console, sympathize and relieve - to bring everyone attending a funeral or memorial closer together.

Funeral and Memorial Service Readings, Poems and Tributes

Author: Rachel R. Baum
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786437294
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 185

Book Description
Words can fail even the most articulate when called upon to speak at a loved one's funeral or memorial occasion. The bereaved desires to say something meaningful, yet services are often held so quickly that there is little time to find something appropriate at the library or bookstore. This book is a collection of poetry and prose appropriate for reading at a funeral or memorial service. To assist the reader in finding a suitable passage, the book is divided into eleven chapters. There are tributes for mothers; fathers; children; spouses and soulmates; friends; siblings and other close relatives; soldiers and victims of war or violence; pets; and general readings appropriate for men, women, or any loved one. These selections will also prove helpful for clergy, counselors, and hospice, hospital, and funeral professionals. Appendices list resources and support organizations, and each selection is indexed by author, title, and first line. A special additional index references pieces by famous uses, such as in a film, novel, or celebrity's funeral, so readers can locate a passage they remember from its context.

Poems and Readings for Funerals and Memorials

Author: Luisa Moncada
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781847734044
Category : Bereavement
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The death of a loved one is one of the hardest things that most people have to deal with. Selecting a reading that commemorates or reminds you of that special person can be very difficult and finding it easily can be even harder. Poems and Readings for Funerals and Memorials gathers together many of the most treasured and poignant poems, readings, quotations and religious extracts that both celebrate life and express grief and sorrow about death. The readings have been chosen from a wide range of sources and include both well-known and less familiar poems, extracts from the New and Old Testaments, song lyrics, quotations from plays and extracts from books. Authors are diverse including Nick Cave, W. H. Auden, Simon Armitage, A. A. Milne, Raymond Carver and Alice Walker. This collection hopes to inspire and provide much-needed help for anyone dealing with the death of a loved one and is indispensable at this difficult time.

Death Is Nothing at All

Author: Canon Henry Scott Holland
Publisher: Souvenir PressLtd
ISBN: 9780285628243
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
A comforting bereavement gift book, consisting of a short sermon from Canon Henry Scott Holland.

The Picador Book of Funeral Poems

Author: Don Paterson
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1447204239
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 145

Book Description
In our deepest grief we still turn instinctively to poetry for solace. These poems, drawn from many different ages and cultures, remind us that the experience of parting is a timelessly human one: however alone the loss of a loved one leaves us, our mourning is also something that deeply unites us; these poems of parting and passing, of sorrow and healing, will find a deep echo within those who find themselves dealing with grief or bereavement. Whatever our loss, it is assuaged in finding a voice – and whether that voice is one of private remembrance or public memorial, The Picador Book of Funeral Poems will help you towards it.

Funeral Poems

Author: Michael Ashby
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781518624971
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 168

Book Description
137 FUNERAL POEMS to COMFORT YOU, already being used by UK & US Funeral Directors & Civil Funeral Celebrants; 80 inspirational famous poems by SHAKESPEARE, TENNYSON, WORDSWORTH, BURNS, KEATS, SHELLEY, BYRON, DICKINSON, BROWNING, ROSSETTI, BROOKE... and 57 MODERN funeral poems including: "I AM NOT GONE", "A LONG CUP OF TEA", "RAINBOWS ON THE MOON", "MY MUM", "GRANDPA'S LOST HIS GR", "THE GOLF COURSE IN THE SKY" & "I WANT TO BE BURIED WITH MY MOBILE PHONE"... by Michael Ashby, one of the world's leading, modern funeral poets, whose poems have already touched the lives of millions in over 172 countries through Michael's website & facebook pages & moving, global Comments from these are included.

We all know how this ends

Author: Anna Lyons
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472966783
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 305

Book Description
'Wonderful, thoughtful, practical' - Cariad Lloyd, Griefcast 'Encouraging and inspiring' - Dr Kathryn Mannix, author of Amazon bestseller With the End in Mind End-of-life doula Anna Lyons and funeral director Louise Winter have joined forces to share a collection of the heartbreaking, surprising and uplifting stories of the ordinary and extraordinary lives they encounter every single day. From working with the living, the dying, the dead and the grieving, Anna and Louise reveal the lessons they've learned about life, death, love and loss. Together they've created a profound but practical guide to rethinking the one thing that's guaranteed to happen to us all. We are all going to die, and that's ok. Let's talk about it. This is a book about life and living, as much as it's a book about death and dying. It's a reflection on the beauties, blessings and tragedies of life, the exquisite agony and ecstasy of being alive, and the fragility of everything we hold dear. It's as simple and as complicated as that.

Do Not Go Gentle

Author: Neil Astley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 102

Book Description
This volume of poetry provides a collection of funeral poems, appropriate for reading at a funeral or memorial service.

Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep

Author: Anonymous
Publisher: Inspirational
ISBN: 9780285633353
Category : Bereavement
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
This beautiful and moving poem, by an unknown author, was left by a soldier killed in Ulster "to all my loved ones". This special edition, sensitively illustrated with delicate drawings by Paul Saunders, is intended as a lasting keepsake for those mourning a loved one.

Readings for Remembrance

Author: Eleanor C. Munro
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN: 9780140280647
Category : Bereavement
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A UNIQUE SELECTION OF WRITINGS, FROM ANTIQUITY TO POSTMODERNISM, FROM THE SUBLIME TO THE HUMOROUS, THAT CELEBRATES HUMANITY'S SURVIVING "RITES OF PASSAGE". A rich and thoughtful selection of writings both religious and secular, Readings for Remembrance reaffirms a belief in the renewable spirit of men and women to sustain human community through empathy and affection. Assembling many of her literary favorites, Eleanor Munro has gathered words from antiquity, from scripture and hymns; from Milton and Montaigne; from Stevens and Lawrence; from the modern and postmodern poets whom she adores. Organizing her selections around such themes as raw grief, the mystery of death, heroes, and healing, Munro offers thoughts on how we react to death, why we have memorial services and make readings a part of the ritual, how we remember and pay tribute to loved ones who have died. "My aim in gathering these readings has been to counter the isolation that visits the bereaved in our society", writes Munro in her wonderful introduction, "to remind us all, myself included, that loss is the fundamental human experience, universally shared and collectively survived generation after generation". The result is an anthology unique in its scope, sensibility, and purpose.