bereavement poem

[balearic]

A friend died this week and I would like to write a lovely poem inside of the card which will give the family a little comfort, any ideas please

[cinders01]

type in bereavement poems and it gives you a list..i found one for my friend who i lost at xmas.. otherwise spell out the persons name and write your own feelings for them. ie P.A.U.L S.M.I.TH would be P prescious and perfect A allways late or on time ect ect putting a description to the persons name on how he/she was and appeared to everyone is very personal and the family to the person they lost will apprieciate how much they ment to other pple and when my friend died his parents were overwelmed by the love and respect of all his friends and what he as a person ment to them. even if a little cheeky like ALLWAYS LATE its descibing them true to there nature and its what there family will wont to here.....

[alijangra]

All Is Well
Death is nothing at all,
I have only slipped into the next room
I am I and you are you
Whatever we were to each other, that we are still.
Call me by my old familiar name,
Speak to me in the easy way which you always used
Put no difference in your tone,
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow
Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes we enjoyed together.
Play, smile, think of me, pray for me.
Let my name be ever the household world that it always was,
Let it be spoken without effect, without the trace of shadow on it.
Life means all that it ever meant.
It it the same as it ever was, there is unbroken continuity.
Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight?
I am waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere very near,
Just around the corner.
All is well.

--Henry Scott Holland
1847-1918
Canon of St Paul 's Cathedral

[whiskeysheri]

alijangra posted the poem I was about to (good choice!). It's lovely...

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[pixiepie]

we had that poem at my grandads funeral. I think its beautiful

[manxbiker]

I lost my wife 8 weeks after we were married then i found this site to leave a lasting memorial to her it is free and friends and family can access it
http://www.gatesofremembrance.co.uk/?ref=Googl e

[redhead23]

ah ali that is so sweet

[redhead23]

i found this one

we feel so sad , when those we love are called to live in the home above, but they have but gone to prepare the way,
and we'll meet them again some happy day ,
for god has told us that nothing can sever ,
a life he created to live on forever ,
so let God's promise soften our sorrow,
and give us new strength for a brighter tommorow.