Funeral Poem for Mum – Anonymous

Read by Marc Lemezma – Funeral Celebrant

This is a lovely poem that a client has recently chosen to to read at a funeral, dedicated to their late mother. I can’t trace the author, so if you do know who it is – let me know 🙂

I would say this is probably more likely to be read by a daughter, I have chosen to add it to my collection today on Mother Day!

The beautiful nurse featured in the opening is my late Mother, Joan.

I hope you enjoy.

You were someone I could talk to;
That no one can replace.
You were someone I could laugh with;
‘Til tears ran down my face.
You were someone I could turn to;
When I needed a helping hand;
You were someone I could count on;
To advise and understand.
You were someone I thought more of;
As each year came to an end.
You were my dearest mother;
And also my dearest friend.
Thank you for the memories;
That are yours and mine alone;
For they recall so many special moments;
That you and I have known.

Poetry is written to be shared, read and heard.

Can I share or use this poetry?

All the poems I share on my website or social media have been in the public domain and are sometimes used at funerals. Wherever known, I do give credit and thanks to the author. If you know the author of any I have marked as ‘unknown’, then let me know, and I will amend the page.

If you chose to share or use the poetry at a funeral or memorial service, please give the author credit.

Many of these poems are original to me; please feel free to share those or use them if they seem right for your service. All I ask is that you give credit to me as the author.

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Funeral Poem My Journey’s Just Begun by Ellen Brenneman

Read by Marc Lemezma – Funeral Celebrant

This lovely poem is another message to the living from a person who has passed away. This time it is a reminder of more than life simply going on. It tells of a new existence and relationship, founded on the love that existed in life.

Don’t think of me as gone away
My journey’s just begun
Life holds so many facets
This earth is but one

Just think of me as resting
From the sorrows and the tears
In a place of warmth and comfort
Where there are no days and years

Think of how I must be wishing
That you could know today
How nothing but your sadness
Can really go away

And think of me as living
In the hearts of those I touched
For nothing loved is ever lost
And I know I was loved so much

Poetry is written to be shared, read and heard.

Can I share or use this poetry?

All the poems I share on my website or social media have been in the public domain and are sometimes used at funerals. Wherever known, I do give credit and thanks to the author. If you know the author of any I have marked as ‘unknown’, then let me know, and I will amend the page.

If you chose to share or use the poetry at a funeral or memorial service, please give the author credit.

Many of these poems are original to me; please feel free to share those or use them if they seem right for your service. All I ask is that you give credit to me as the author.

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See the list of other Poems for Funerals

Funeral Poem One At Rest by A J Stanley

Read by Marc Lemezma – Funeral Celebrant

A lovely poem by AJ Stanley, a conversation between the deceased and those that knew him. A reminder to cherish what was and embrace what is. A reminder that a well-lived life is full of love and other happy memories. 

Think of me as one at rest,
for me you should not weep
I have no pain no troubled thoughts
for I am just asleep
The living thinking me that was,
is now forever still
And life goes on without me now,
as time forever will.

If your heart is heavy now
because I’ve gone away
Dwell not long upon it friend
For none of us can stay
Those of you who liked me,
I sincerely thank you all
And those of you who loved me,
I thank you most of all.

And in my fleeting lifespan,
as time went rushing by
I found some time to hesitate,
to laugh, to love, to cry
Matters it now if time began
If time will ever cease?
I was here, I used it all,
and now I am at peace

Poetry is written to be shared, read and heard.

Can I share or use this poetry?

All the poems I share on my website or social media have been in the public domain and are sometimes used at funerals. Wherever known, I do give credit and thanks to the author. If you know the author of any I have marked as ‘unknown’, then let me know, and I will amend the page.

If you chose to share or use the poetry at a funeral or memorial service, please give the author credit.

Many of these poems are original to me; please feel free to share those or use them at a service if they seem right for you. All I ask is that you give credit to the author.

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See the list of other Poems for Funerals

Traditional Gaelic Funeral Blessing – May The Road Rise Up To Meet You

Read By Marc Lemezma Funeral Celebrant in Maidstone 

Traditional Gaelic Funeral Blessing – May The Road Rise Up To Meet You

Happy St Patrick’s Day

I’ve heard this traditional Irish blessing read at a few funerals lately. Although brief, it carries much meaning. Here shared today for 17th March!

May the road rise up to meet you.

May the wind be always at your back.

May the sun shine warm upon your face;

the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again,

may God hold you in the palm of His hand.

Poetry is written to be shared, read and heard.

Can I share or use this poetry?

All the poems I share on my website or social media have been in the public domain and are sometimes used at funerals. Wherever known, I do give credit and thanks to the author. If you know the author of any I have marked as ‘unknown’, then let me know, and I will amend the page.

If you chose to share or use the poetry at a funeral or memorial service, please give the author credit.

Many of these poems are original to me; please feel free to share those or use them if they seem right for your service. All I ask is that you give credit to me as the author.

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See the list of other Poems for Funerals

Funeral Poem – Ever by Meghan O’Rourke read By Marc Lemezma Funeral Celebrant in Maidstone 

This is poem, with an unusual meter and sonnet-like structure, deals with the toughest part of bereavement. Denial. The author struggles with comprehending the finality of death, and the meaning of loss plays in her head.

If you look beyond the complex structure – there is a deep resonance with the internal fight we all face after losing someone.

Even now I can’t grasp “nothing” or “never.”
They’re unholdable, unglobable, no map to nothing.
Never? Never ever again to see you?
An error, I aver. You’re never nothing,
because nothing’s not a thing.
I know death is absolute, forever,
the guillotine—gutting—never to which we never say goodbye.
But even as I think “forever” it goes “ever”
and “ever” and “ever.” Ever after.
I’m a thing that keeps on thinking. So I never see you
is not a thing or think my mouth can ever. Aver:
You’re not “nothing.” But neither are you something.
Will I ever really get never?
You’re gone. Nothing, never—ever.

Poetry is written to be shared, read and heard.

Can I share or use this poetry?

All the poems I share on my website or social media have been in the public domain and are sometimes used at funerals. Wherever known, I do give credit and thanks to the author. If you know the author of any I have marked as ‘unknown’, then let me know, and I will amend the page.

If you chose to share or use the poetry at a funeral or memorial service, please give the author credit.

Many of these poems are original to me; please feel free to share those or use them if they seem right for your service. All I ask is that you give credit to me as the author.

Visit Marc’s Facebook Page

See the list of other Poems for Funerals