If you’ve just lost a loved one and need some comfort, these bereavement poems can help soothe you. Bereavement poems offer you words of comfort and may often include experiences that you relate to, which may help in your mourning, knowing that you’re not alone. Poetry is a way of putting our emotions into words, and the right poem can be used to remember a loved one best. Bereavement poems can be used to support a loved one or someone close to you who might be grieving. It lets them know that you’re thinking of them. Here is a collection of bereavement poems we have selected to offer some comfort to those who have experienced a loss in their life. We’ve included a range of poetry, from beautiful, uplifting, and deeper ones to some that include humour to help you best remember your loved one.

Feel No Guilt in Laughter, He’d Know How Much You Care

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Afterglow by Helen Lowrie Marshall

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May Time Soften Your Pain - Anonymous

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Don't Cry for Me - Anonymous

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Requiem by Robert Louis Stevenson

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She (or He) is Gone by David Harkins

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Roads Go Ever On by J.R.R. Tolkien

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Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep by Mary Elizabeth Frye

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Funeral Blues by W.H. Auden

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Departed Comrade by Lucretius

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