Poetry Quotes For Funerals

What is the purpose of a funeral? Mortuary science teaches about the importance of an open casket so that loved ones can see that the deceased has moved on. The five stages of grief are denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. The funeral, then is a way for the mind to conceptualize the death of a loved one. The funeral is also an opportunity to reflect upon the vacuum that the loss of one human being can leave in the world. It is a chance to remember how a spark of divine energy made the world a different place.

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Quote from “Eternal Love” familyfriendpoems.com/poem/93328

Memories will never fade.
Like a light that guides me,
your love, your beauty,
will always find me.

- Alan E. Owen

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Quote from “Back To The Start” familyfriendpoems.com/poem/57228

Memories last a lifetime.
They are planted in your heart.

- Rita Box

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Quote from “A Mother's Blessing” familyfriendpoems.com/poem/95347

If you must cry for me,
cry only for a little while,
for you have my blessing
to move on with a smile.

Linda M. Patino

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Quote from “Do Not Cry” familyfriendpoems.com/poem/89364

Do not cry.
Celebrate my memories and life.
Keep my memories in your heart,
for we will never be far apart.

Priscilla May

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Quote from “Because I Could Not Stop For Death” familyfriendpoems.com/poem/40664

Because I could not stop for Death,
He kindly stopped for me;
The carriage held but just ourselves
And Immortality

Emily Dickinson

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Quote from “It Is Over ” familyfriendpoems.com/poem/42360

There are no answers as to why you are gone,
but like the kaleidoscope,
your brilliance left patterns on this earth
for those of us left behind.

- Cheryl L. Johnson