Poems and Readings for a Funeral

Poems and Readings for a Funeral are emotional trips down memory lane and are unique to each individual occasion. There are many that are adaptable and offer just the right setting for your "Goodbye" to your loved one.They are free for you to use for non commercial purpose.










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Poems and Readings for a Funeral

When I am gone, release me -let me go
I have so many things to see and do.-
You must not tie yourself to me with tears
Be happy that we had so many years
I gave you love, you can only guess
how much you gave me in happiness
I thank you for the love each have shown
But now it is time I travelled alone
So grieve awhile for me if grieve you must,
Then let your grief be comforted by trust -
It is only for a while that we must part
So bless those memories within your heart.-
I will not be far away, for life goes on.
So if you need me, call and I will come. -
Though you cannot see or touch me, I will be near -
And if you listen with your heart, you will hear -
All of my love around you, soft and clear.-
Then when you must come this way alone,
I will greet you with a smile and "welcome home"

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Thanks to the human heart by which we live
Thanks to the tenderness, it's joys and fears.
To me the meanest flower that blows can give
Thoughts that do often lie to deep for tears.
William Wordsworth

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So what is love?

So what is love?If thou wouldst know
The heart alone can tell
Two minds but with a single thought
Two hearts that beat as one.
And whence comes love? Like morning bright
Love comes without thy call
And how dies love? A spirit bright
Love never dies at all.
Maria Trovell

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Indian prayer

When I am dead
Cry for me a little
Think of me sometimes
But not too much
Think of me now and again
As I was in life
At some moments it’s pleasant to recall
But not for long
Leave me in peace
And I shall leave you in peace
And while you live
Let your thoughts be with the living

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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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God be in my head
and in my understanding,
God be in my eyes
and in my looking,
God be in my mouth
and in my speaking,
God be in my heart
and in my thinking,
God be at mine end

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Humoress Funeral Remark

The graveside service just barely finished, when there was
massive clap of thunder, followed by a tremendous bolt of
lightning, accompanied by even more thunder rumbling in the
distance.

The little old man looked at the pastor and calmly said,
"Well, she's there."

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