https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:25:36 +0000 Sat, 26 Mar 2011 20:22:21 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.05 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=38531 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=38531&PID=1293389&title=poem-for-funeral#1293389 Author: Jaxnz1
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Posted: 26 March 2011 at 8:22pm

Thanks ladies, we ended up using that poem Mel, she was a lady who didn't want any fuss, so very fitting. ]]> Sat, 26 Mar 2011 20:22:21 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=38531&PID=1293389&title=poem-for-funeral#1293389 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=38531&PID=1292813&title=poem-for-funeral#1292813 Author: julz85
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Posted: 25 March 2011 at 7:45pm

i read that poem at my nanas funeral baygirl . it is a beautiful poem , its what i was going to sugest . (do no stand at my grave and weep) . i think its fitting for someone that has lived a long and happy life .]]> Fri, 25 Mar 2011 19:45:11 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=38531&PID=1292813&title=poem-for-funeral#1292813 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=38531&PID=1292689&title=poem-for-funeral#1292689 Author: BayGirl
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Posted: 25 March 2011 at 4:17pm

here is a few of poems i like for these type of things. They seem to say just the right words.


Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep.

I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.

When you wake in the morning hush,
I am the swift, uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circling flight.
I am the soft starlight at night.

Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there, I did not die


Anon


Stop all the clocks:

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 for ever: 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 wood.
For nothing now can ever come to any good.

W. H. Auden


Remmber:

REMEMBER me when I am gone away,   
Gone far away into the silent land;   
When you can no more hold me by the hand,   
Nor I half turn to go, yet turning stay.   
Remember me when no more day by day          5
You tell me of our future that you plann'd:   
Only remember me; you understand   
It will be late to counsel then or pray.   
Yet if you should forget me for a while   
And afterwards remember, do not grieve:   10
For if the darkness and corruption leave   
A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,   
Better by far you should forget and smile   
Than that you should remember and be sad.

Christina Rossetti ]]> Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:17:07 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=38531&PID=1292689&title=poem-for-funeral#1292689 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=38531&PID=1292504&title=poem-for-funeral#1292504 Author: didi99
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Posted: 25 March 2011 at 12:30pm

So sorry to hear about your grandmother, I have a couple that I have read at my Nana and Grandfathers funerals that I think are quite nice, I also wrote one for my grandfather's a couple of weeks ago, it actually wasn't as hard as I thought (although not really publishing material so I wont share). Failing that if you google "funeral poem" there are heaps out there.

Here are mine:

To Those Whom I Love and Those Who Love Me
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 I have had so many years
I gave you my 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 on alone

So grieve a while 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 the memories in your heart

I will not be far away, for life goes on
So if you need me, call and I will come
Though you can not 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 a
"Welcome Home"



And:

I read of a man that stood to speak
At the funeral of a friend
He referred to the dates on her tombstone
From the beginning to the end

He noted that first came her date of birth
And spoke the following date with tears,
But he said what mattered most of all
Was the dash between those years

For the dash represents all the time
That she has spent on earth.
And now only those who loved her
Know what that little line is worth.

For it matters not how much we own;
The cars, the house, the cash.
What matters is how we live and love
And how we spend our dash.

This one actually goes on for quite a bit but I shortened in down as I didn't want to speak for that long.

I hope everything goes well on Saturday.]]> Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:30:53 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=38531&PID=1292504&title=poem-for-funeral#1292504 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=38531&PID=1292133&title=poem-for-funeral#1292133 Author: .Mel
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Posted: 24 March 2011 at 8:28pm

I read this one out at my Grandfathers funeral; I'm sure you could change he to she:


You can shed tears that he is gone
or you can smile because he has lived.
You can close your eyes and pray that he'll come back
or you can open your eyes and see all he's left.
Your heart can be empty because you can't see him
or you can be full of the love you shared.
You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday
or you can behappy for tomorrow because of yesterday.
You can remember him and only that he has gone
or you can cherish his memory and let it live on.
You can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn your back
or you can do what he'd want: smile,
open your eyes, love and go on.

Anonymous

Check out this website, there are some lovely readings on there:
Readings]]> Thu, 24 Mar 2011 20:28:42 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=38531&PID=1292133&title=poem-for-funeral#1292133 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=38531&PID=1292112&title=poem-for-funeral#1292112 Author: Jaxnz1
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Posted: 24 March 2011 at 7:59pm

My lovely Nana passed away on Tuesday night and I'm off to the funeral on Saturday.
My brother is getting up to say something and I wouldn't mind finding a short poem to be read out too. Does anyone know of something nice? Nana-related would be good, but will consider anything really.

Thanks.]]> Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:59:02 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=38531&PID=1292112&title=poem-for-funeral#1292112