Ten Uplifting Funeral Poems (words to express your grief)

Funeral poems can be a great comfort at a time of bereavement. They can help us express our feelings of love and loss at a time when the right words may be hard to find. These are 10 of the most uplifting and inspirational poems recited at funerals across the world.

Watch the video to hear the poems recited to wonderful haunting music and beautiful imagery.

The 10 poems featured:

Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep (Mary Elizabeth Frye)

Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep has a positive uplifting quality that has made it one of the most widely used funeral poems over the last 30 years.

Feel no Guilt in Laughter (Author unknown)

Feel no Guilt in Laughter, like many funeral poems, can easily be adapted to apply to a man or a woman.

Death is Nothing at All

Death is Nothing at All is a remembrance poem by the Reverend Henry Scott Holland, written in 1910 following the death of King Edward VII.

If I Should Go Tomorrow (Author unknown)

Remembered Joy (Irish traditional)

Though I am Dead — Anonymous

Those Who Love — Anonymous

Farewell My Friends (Rabindranath Tagore)

Farewell My Friends is popular with people who want a humanist or non-religious poem to celebrate the life of a loved one.

Remember Me When I am Gone Away (Christina Rossetti)

The funeral poem Remember Me When I am Gone Away was written by Christina Rossetti to invite her friends to remember her but not to feel guilty about getting on with their own lives. It’s been popular since the 19th century.

The Parting Glass (Irish traditional)

The Parting Glass is often sung at funerals to a haunting Irish melody but can also be recited as a poem.

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