Loving Memory Poems
Sometimes the written word can be a powerful picture of a loved one’s life. A well-written poem or story can evoke distant memories and beautiful images. It may be an appropriate gesture to choose a poem for your funeral program or memorial web site that characterizes your departed loved one and honors his or her memory.
As a helpful resource, included below is a list of commonly used poems and readings. Some of these works comfort the grieving, some honor the deceased, and some express the deep sorrow of loss.
Comforting Poems
- All Is Well by Henry Scott Holland
- Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep by Mary Elizabeth Frye
- I Am Always With You by an author unknown
- No Longer Mourn for Me by William Shakespeare
- Play Jolly Music at My Funeral by Richard Greene
- Remember Me by author unknown
- Wake by Langston Hughes
- While Waiting for Thee by an author unknown
- You Walk Beside Me Every Day by Tracy Lamont
Sorrowful Poems
- Stillborn by Jane Duran
- My Adam by Tracy Lamont
Religious Readings
- No Coward Soul is Mine by Emily Bronte
- Poem Of Life by an author unknown
- What is dying? by Bishop Brent
- Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi
- Psalm 23: The Lord is My Shepherd
Poems by Emily Dickenson
- Asleep
- Dying
- Farewell
- If Anybody’s Friend Be Dead
- If I Should Die
- Joy in Death
