#funeral poems on Hello Poetry

Cat Fiske May 2015

I've daydreamed of my burial day,
I've thought about,
who I want to come,
If anyone would come,
and you understand,
if you've been on death's end before,

but if what's more important,
or adequate,
is the music performed,
then we get our ends,

and as the soulless bodies glance down,
as I'm buried in,
there will be a concert,
I'll hear,
six feet underground.

I will,
Just
hear,
Sound.

*R.I.P.

death man,

#death #die #music #funeral #song #funerals #lastwish #concerts #last-song

Francie Lynch Apr 2015

Viking Grave

I've been at hundreds of funerals
Standing beside Fathers
Soon to be posted to Peru
Or to missions for black African babies.
They'd sprinkle caskets like Spring rains,
Burn incense to smudge the dead
With rising smoke signals.
Sounding the advance.
I witnessed pain in the front pews,
The kneelers with thin cushioning.
I prayed fervently for a whosh of wind
To sweep behind me,
Billow my soutane,
And lift the lid;
Prayed for the candle flame to flare,
For the body to rise
As Rathgar did.
He was a faker.
Not like what I saw.
Up close.
On Friday mornings.

Rathgar Lothbrok: See final episode of this season's "Vikings."

#ashes #death #funeral #paganism #atheism #vikings #christiantiy

Naphyla Apr 2015

Funeral

Funerals
What a tedious business, truly!
To be put on display, to let the world see
My battered face caked in blotches of white paint
“She’s beautiful”
They say, tears rolling down their faces
But just enough not to smear the meticulous liners
They spent the last hour adjusting
“I knew her. She was nice,” they say,
Thought they meant every word of it

And so the day goes
Goodbyes are said, picked out like cards from the dollar store
“I will always remember her”
Words said and forgotten on the same day

Funerals
What a tedious business, indeed!
Only another excuse for the living to party

Someone I knew recently passed away and lots of people posting messages about them. It got me thinking: how many people actually knew her well though to mean what they say, and how many just said that because it was appropriate?

#funeral

Mike Essig Apr 2015

Cold Comfort Dream

I keep attending
my own funeral;
I am the
only one there;
somehow,
I find that
comforting.
~mce

#funeral #deatth

William McLaughlin Apr 2015

Dead Man’s Day

I’m on my way to the ground down under
I can hear my family, the crowd; like thunder
Death had stricken my name so fast
And i am in my grave at last
My family will be gone soon
And i’ll be left alone by noon
And then my body will start to decay
And my memory will fade away

you cant always expect your name to go down in history, so its important to cherish life as it comes

#poem #life #death #funeral #memory #cherish

xx Apr 2015

Dead's Wish

The dead man's heart
Isn't beating anymore
And so does mine
Though I'm still awake
And so cold
I'm longing for a coffin
Longing for the dusk
In my home of tranquil
Dug me up from underneath
Come pull me down
Show my face from a glass
I want to get back
From where I was
Burry me alive
Burry me inside
**** my all at once
Leave this wish underground

#broken #life #heart #pain #dead #wish #you #nightmare #funeral

Miki Apr 2015

Dot

2 am coffee rings on my bedside table
procrastination at the expense of a letter grade
Nana's hand-stitched quilt has never felt so soft
But her funeral hit me hard
That quilt draped over her coffin
matched the color scheme
of the one she made for a little girl
who love butterflies and spring time
I remember pool side juice boxes
stuffed animals from a pretty lady
she was nice to me
her mom was mean to her
she cried at the funeral
Nana was a better mother to her than
her own ever dared to be
her sister found cigarettes
shes so thin now
I remember her lipstick
its always been red
it looks so red on her skin
the color of the ash
that falls from her stick
matching the skin of Papa
Nana's son
He sang at her funeral
He cried the whole time
Everyone cried
Not me
but I cant cry
Jade Green words
she read them
spotty reading with bad rehearsal
but I remember
her and I and him and my brother
juice boxes
quilts
that pool
its all her
and
I wish I had known her well enough
to miss her

My Nana's funeral was today. Her quilt is still in my room. She made us a few. It means a lot more now that im out of chances to thank her for it.

#death #cry #cried #crying #funeral #pool #juice #nana #quilt #quilts

Scarlet Niamh Apr 2015

Returning Soldiers

The war carries on
And people are dying,
But all that remains
Are families crying
Over gravestones in the rain.

It was meant to be a sunny day
When their son came home from the war.

#war #life #death #tears #grave #funeral