Finding the words to say at a funeral or memorial can often be challenging. You might have a rush of emotions circling you but can’t quite find the exact words to express how you feel. Remembrance poems can help with that; they can put how you feel into the right words to express your emotions perfectly. Poetry can be a great source to remember a loved one; it can often put your feelings and emotions into words, and writers and poets can turn pain into beauty. Remembrance poems can be a comforting way to remember your loved one, as there may be a line or two that you can relate to strongly. Below, we have come up with a selection of remembrance poems that you may wish to include in your loved one’s funeral or memorial. We hope these poems can help soothe and comfort you during this challenging time.

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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