Can anyone suggest a poem for my gran's funeral?

Question

I like W. H. Auden's 'Funeral Blues' and Mary Frye's 'Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep', but I have heard these read at other funerals and would prefer something different. My Gran was a well-loved, fiesty, bubbly lady who loved her many grandchildren and will be deeply missed. I am trying to find a suitably positive and uplifting poem that will celebrate her life as well as show how much we will miss her. She was a devout Catholic, so a religious poem could work.

Thanks for your help!

Answer 1

God looked around his garden

And saw an empty space.

He then looked down upon this earth

And saw your smiling face.



God's garden must be beautiful,

He always takes the best.

For an unknown reason he took you

up to heaven,and shielded you with grace.



It broke our hearts to see you go,

But you did not go alone.

For part of us went with you,

The day God called you home.

Answer 2

Funeral Poems For Gran

Answer 3

Hi im sorry to hear about this but here's a poem that I thought sounded good: I've had the garden tidied up, As she would have me do. This little pal who couldn't stay To see the season through. The flowers were her dearest friends, The garden was her own, I've watched her work, but never knew The things that she had grown. Her, catalogues keep coming, and Her garden magazine; I run across the queerest names, And study what they mean, I read them all, from end to end, And when the spring is here, I'll have a garden just like hers, As though my gran were near.

Answer 4

John Donne's 'Death be not Proud',

Shakespeare's Song for Fidele ('Fear no more the Heat of the Sun')

Dylan Thomas 'Do not go Gentle into that Goodnight',

Christina Rossetti 'Remember Me'

Sara Teasdale 'If Death is Kind'

gerard manley Hopkins 'Heaven Haven'



try



http://www.poetseers.org/short_poem/poem_for_funerals



or



http://www.milestonepress.co.uk/poems_for_funerals.htm



You are doing a good thing and it will helpeveryone who misses her to have something beautiful read out.

Answer 5

I think that a poem that someone in the family wrote is an excellent idea. That way it would be personal, and you could talk about exactly what you want to talk about. And if you do write your own poem, I would make sure people know that. It's more from the heart.

Answer 6

I've used this one before. The author is unknown.



After Glow



I’d like the memory of me

to be a happy one.

I’d like to leave an after glow

of smiles when life is done.

I’d like to leave an echo

whispering softly down the ways,

Of happy times and laughing times

and bright and sunny days.

I’d like the tears of those who grieve,

to dry before the sun

of happy memories

that I leave when life is done.



I’m Free



Don’t grieve for me, for now I’m free

I’m following the path God has laid you see.

I took His hand when I heard him call

I turned my back and left it all.



I could not stay another day

To laugh, to love, to work, to play.

Tasks left undone must stay that way

I found that peace at the close of day.



If my parting has left a void

Then fill it with remembered joy.

A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss

Oh yes, these things I too will miss.



Be not burdened with times of sorrow

I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow.

My life’s been full, I savored much

Good friends, good times, a loved one’s touch.



Perhaps my time seemed all too brief

Don’t lengthen it now with undue grief.

Lift up your hearts and peace to thee

God wanted me now; He set me free.

Answer 7

Why dont you just do your own reading, it would be better than a poem. You knew your Gran best and I am sure if you put pen to paper the words will flow.



Good luck x

Answer 8

E-mail me details of your gran's personality and lifestyle, I'll write a personalised poem for you. I write eulogy's for my local funeral home in my spare time. I do this free of charge as I have lost many people close to me and like to help people encapsulate their memories and love of those who have passed on.

Answer 9

What about this.......

Grandmother.



We had a wonderful grandmother,

One who never really grew old;

Her smile was made of sunshine,

And her heart was solid gold;

Her eyes were as bright as shining stars,

And in her cheeks fair roses you see.

We had a wonderful grandmother,

And that' s the way it will always be.

But take heed, because

She's still keeping an eye on all of us,

So let's make sure

She will like what she sees.

Answer 10

Afterglow.



I'd like the memory of me to be a happy one,





I'd like to leave an afterglow of smiles when day is gone.





I'd like to leave an echo whispering softly down the ways,





Of happy times, and laughing times, and bright and sunny days.





I'd like the tears of those who grieve to dry before the sun,





Of happy memories that I leave when life is done.











Author: Dr. John A. Baker





1997

Answer 11

So Be It



When I am dead

Cry for me a little

Think of me some times

But not too much.

Think of me now and again

As I was in life

I now remain



At some moments it's pleasant to recall

But not for long!

Leave me in peace in God's sweet arms

And while you live

My peace, I give you

And I shall leave you in peace

As I was in life

I will always remain

Answer 12

I love the "do not stand at my grave and weep one". Theres loads of websites for this which would probably help you out. Sorry to hear bout your gran

Answer 13

You have to be thoughtful about what is appropriate to your gran and her life.



You know better than me, because you knew her.



Perhaps, read as a poem:



Abide with me.

///

Answer 14

got the poem



The last dance of chances



In that last dance of chances

i shall partner you no more

i shall watch another turn you

as you move across the floor





in that last dance of chancers

when i bid your life goodbye

i will hope your treated kindly

i will hope you learn to fly





in that last dance of chances

when i know you'll not be mine

i will let you go with longing

and the hope that you'll be fine





in that last dance of chances

we shall know each others mind

we shall part with our regrets

when the tie no longer binds.

Answer 15

footprints is a good all round poem

Answer 16

I agree with wolf.... footprints is a lovely poem and would be my first chioce....

Answer 17

gran you was the best!

Better than all the rest!

You gave without thinking,

your feet weren't stinking,

except when they laid you to rest!

Answer 18

sorry

Answer 19

jack and jill went up the hill, to fetch a pail of water...jack fell down and broke his nose, and jill laughed a big one