Best Funeral Director Poems
My Dad...My Dad was Chicagoan.
He would light up a room just like my Mom.
He loved to fish ! He loved his beer .
He also designed a Octagon home in the 70's
Built custom by hand . I was very proud of Dad .
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Categories:
funeral director, addiction, anger, betrayal, birth,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Guess My Name...I can be anything you like
the one to love you; your esquire,
I can be love’s greatest asset
or the hangman’s noose if of that you require.
I can be the bastard that spoils your day
or indeed th......
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Categories:
funeral director, confusion,
Form:
Free verse
One Sandwich Short of a Picnic...Funeral planning - oh what can I say
Not only are you coping with your loss
There is so much to arrange
The process took us hours and hours
Meet with the priest and funeral director
Book......
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Categories:
funeral director, humorous, life,
Form:
Free verse
Dark January...
Dark January
It was a snowy January night.
Unknown to us, my husband's mom had passed.
Alone, asleep with no one by her side,
Except for Kitty...pet of eighteen years.
Our he......
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Categories:
funeral director, dark, january,
Form:
Blank verse
Funerals...“Coffins. Who’d of thought it? Catalogues for coffins. And the speed and efficient nature of funerals in general. I mean I know we’ve been doing them for years, but we’re very good at it aren......
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Categories:
funeral director, cry, death, funeral, funny,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Four Years Gone...Of my life it’s been four long years of never-ending trips to the facility, you name it, in and out and up and down and over.ARGUMENTS? Don’t get me started. Every doctor and nurse on the plan......
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Categories:
funeral director, bereavement, caregiving, death, death
Form:
Blank verse
Death In Chicago...She wrote a letter
Which I happily read
In Spring
Summer baked on
Autumn arrived with a chill in the air
Winter followed with snow
Then the call came
Aunt Stella had passed away
Two months ......
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Categories:
funeral director, familyfuneral, funeral, cousin,
Form:
Narrative
Man of the House...A man read a book with the title,
“You Can Be the Man of the House”!
It gave a big boost to his ego,
so he went to explain, to his spouse!
I am the Man of this House, my dear!
My word is law, ......
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Categories:
funeral director, me,
Form:
Rhyme
Gp...GP
She ran away when
She was 13 years old
Nobody filed a
Missing person report
Got in with a driver
All the things that he did
Made her convict uncle
Look like a picnic
She thought s......
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Categories:
funeral director, abuse, addiction, beauty, life,
Form:
Rhyme
A Religious Belief...We were three in a group,
When we came back after preaching,
Father blessed to each other individually,
What is your bless God may bless you?
My friend was a funeral director,
He had a prayer ......
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Categories:
funeral director, caregiving, education, happiness, imagination,
Form:
Name
Tom Died At Winter Solstice...You asked us not to cry when you have passed on
But we do not need handkerchiefs we need storm water drains
May the flash floods of tears irrigate your memory and wishes
To dance on your gra......
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Categories:
funeral director, death, funeral, future,
Form:
Epitaph
Commuter Funeral Subway Ride...We all gathered together in the Home Going of Harold Smiley
The story of life in a previous daily ride
But on this day, a deceased body traveling in the stride
A funeral will take place with Coffi......
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Categories:
funeral director, bereavement, character, death, dedication,
Form:
Ballad
The Death Wish...I was sitting on the back veranda perusing through a book,
and I could find nothing in it that I should ever overlook.
I’m not certain that the contents would be welcome by my spouse,
for the titl......
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Categories:
funeral director, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Virtual Reality...A yoga teacher unable to disentangle her legs
Trazepe artists suspended in mid air flight
Contortionist arrested for public indecency
The snake charmer caught in a muddy sand pit
Poets dr......
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Categories:
funeral director, death, irony,
Form:
Free verse
Funeral Or No Funeral...My uncle is dead.
Funeral or no funeral?
He was a blue baby; born dead.
Oxygen did not get to his brain in time.
The doctor worked on him too long.
He had multiple mental, social and emotional c......
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Categories:
funeral director, funeral,
Form:
Free verse