Funeral Poems

If you could have seen the devastation, shattered hearts you’d leave behind, would you still have left this world that day? Would it have made

Short funeral quote, ideal as a funeral reading or bereavement quotation.

A funeral poem by Joyce Kilmer, ideal for a religious or non-religious funeral service, in memory of a loved one.

A thousand times we needed you. A thousand times we cried. If love alone could have saved you, you never would have died. A heart

If I could write a story, It would be the greatest ever told Of a kind and loving father Who had a heart of gold.

We thought of you with love today, But that is nothing new. We thought about you yesterday And days before that, too. We think of

A traditional Indian prayer ideal for a funeral service of any religion or no religion. A short funeral poem about grief and loss.

This extract from a longer ode by William Wordsworth is appropriate for funerals and memorial services because it acknowledges that although nothing can bring back

This poem is a very old traditional verse from Ireland in which the narrator hopes that their friends enjoy good fortune after his or her

A short funeral poem about not taking loved ones for granted and being thankful for their presence in your life.

A short but uplifting funeral poem by famous Victorian poet Christina Rossetti, about saying goodbye to a loved one.

You’re still here in my heart and mind, still making me laugh because your stories live on.  I hold you in a thought and I

A memorial poem by Sir Francis Bacon about the nature of life and death, suitable as a funeral reading or memorial quotation.

I am lying next to you, awake now while you sleep, For death has just released me, yet in your dream you weep. If only

light a candle, see it glow, watch it dance, when you feel low, think of me, think of light, I’ll always be here, day or

Sonnet 60 by William Shakespeare is ideal as a funeral poem or memorial service reading for a loved one.

This is an extract from a longer poem by T.S Elliot, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1948. It reflects on the optimism

A short poem by Czeslaw Milosz about what love means, suitable as a funeral poem or reading for a loved one.

A beautiful funeral poem by Romantic poet John Clare, suitable for religious and non-religious funeral services.

This short poem of remembrance and love is a very popular choice for funerals and memorial services. The words celebrate the love for someone who

God gave me an angel, A sweet, smiling baby girl. He gave her to me… 10 little fingers, 10 tiny toes…all curled. God gave me

A traditional Irish blessing often used as a funeral poem or reading, blessing the spirit of the person who has died.

I feel a warmth around me, like your presence is so near. And I close my eyes to visualize your face when you were here.

This short poem acknowledges that we cannot stop old age or death, but assures us that even after a loved one has died, we can

A beautiful and moving funeral poem by American poet John Greenleaf Whittier. A touching tribute to happy memories.

My memories are what I have left, and a lesson I will not forget. The time has come when time is no more and all

I awake each morning to start a new day, But the pain of losing you never goes away. I go about the things I have

One morning I found you in eternal sleep; I tried to wake you as I began to weep, But all my pleas you could not

I sit alone now in the darkness of despair. I cry my silent tears. My heart is broken into a million tiny pieces. The silence

Still I hear those voices From a time so long ago. I see so many faces But not the one I love and know. I