![]() If you would like to discuss funeral plans with one of our celebrants, our online map makes it easy for you to find a celebrant near you. The ceremony is conducted by a humanist celebrant and it is both a celebration of a life and a dignified, personal farewell. It’s also easy to incorporate poems where there is some mention of religious concepts into a humanist funeral, especially if the poet or the poem itself is significant to the deceased or how they lived.Ī humanist funeral is a non-religious ceremony that focuses on the person who has died, the life they led, and the relationships they forged. If you’re planning a non-religious funeral, you’ll find that very little poetry about death is deeply religious in character. The canon of beautiful poetry about death is especially vast and humanist authors make up a big part of it. Discovering them and sharing them can bring us joy, solace, and emotional relief. The humanist Sigmund Freud once remarked when discussing psychology that ‘Everywhere I go, I find that a poet has been there before me.’ Great writers over centuries have captured thoughts, ideas, and feelings we thought inexpressible, or unique to our lives, and made them beautiful and memorable. After meeting you and talking to you about the person who has died, a humanist celebrant will be able to suggest something absolutely perfect and suited to the person you want to remember.Įnglish poetry offers such a rich source of consolation when confronting death. You don’t have to dig around in a library to find the perfect poem. ‘Just talk amongst yourself my friends, And share a toast or two.’ Where else can I look for uplifting funeral poems?ĭon’t worry. Oh dear, if you’re reading this right now,Īnd we’ll have a good laugh at the end. Would you be proud of the things they say He noted that first came the date of birth He referred to the dates on the tombstone Of happy memories that I leave when life is done. I’d like the tears of those who grieve, to dry before the sun He referred to the dates on the tombstone from the beginning to the end. ![]() Here is an excerpt: I read of a man who stood to speak at the funeral of a friend. Of happy times and laughing times and bright and sunny days. I am reminded of a poem that I am planning to have read at my own funeral called The Dash by Linda Ellis. I’d like to leave an echo whispering softly down the ways, ![]() I’d like to leave an afterglow of smiles when life is done. I’d like the memory of me to be a happy one. Nor when I’m gone speak in a Sunday voiceīut be the usual selves that I have known ‘Death (If I Should Go)’ by Joyce Grenfell
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