Funeral Poems

Read wonderful funeral poetry on the following sub-topics: baby, brother, christian, dad, friend, funny, grandmother, happy, husband, mother, religion, sister, uncle and more. Read a definition and example (where appropriate).

List of New Poems

PM	Poem Title	Poet	Form	Categories
	last goodbye	paul dick	I do not know?	funeral, heaven, humor,
	We Wish You Were Here	Dana Redricks	Ballad	funeral, animal, appreciation, betrayal, blue,
	The Time Is Now	Terry Philips	Free verse	funeral, bereavement, death, death of
	Wielder of the Scythe	PJ Gongora	Rhyme	angel, death, fate, funeral,
	GOODBYE YOU ARE DEAD	Martin Brown	Couplet	death, funeral,
	January funeral	Catherine Wood	Free verse	funeral, bereavement, death of a
	Pretty Dhramned Mean	Caren Krutsinger	Free verse	fun, funeral, funny, hilarious,
	A Friends Burial	Tom Cunningham	Rhyme	death, friend, funeral,
	Winter garden haiku	Charlie Knowlton	Haiku	death, funeral, garden, grave,
	I Dont Want to Live This Life	matthew harris	Elegy	funeral, addiction, birth, courage, death,
	Beware	Bette Bavington	Rhyme	funeral, abuse, bereavement, death, drug,
	Omega Letter	Tom Wright	Free verse	angst, courage, death, funeral,
	CRISIS	Brian Strand	Verse	death, funeral, hope,
	Fishes From Heaven - for If I Had A Secret Life Contest	Terry Flood	Rhyme	funeral, appreciation, death, fish, fishing,
	Who Knew About The Packers	Caren Krutsinger	Light Verse	death, eulogy, fun, funeral,
	Seventeen Funeral Cards In His Pocket	Caren Krutsinger	Free verse	death, funeral, life,
	Finite	Lone Hermit	Narrative	funeral, birth, dark, death, destiny,
	Missing	Rachel Schlichting	Free verse	farewell, funeral, mental illness,
	One With Gun is Majority	Chime Justice Ndubuisi	Didactic	funeral, violence, war, world,
	HORROR	Okonkwo Ifeanyichukwu	Lyric	conflict, death, evil, funeral,
	The Black Dog and Mary	Wanda Daugherty	Rhyme	funeral, angst, anxiety, child, friend,
	Innocence	Alyson Lang	Free verse	childhood, death, funeral, poetry,
	GRAVE YARD	Okonkwo Ifeanyichukwu	Lyric	funeral, 9th grade, dark, depression,
	To My Son	Jinty Carrino	Lyric	funeral, blessing, child, emotions, eulogy,
	GIZZARD	Okonkwo Ifeanyichukwu	Quatrain	funeral, death of a friend,
	Mark his words	Gershon Wolf	Clerihew	funeral, murder, spoken word,
	Puttin' The Sod In	Duncan R. M. Ferguson	Lyric	death, funeral, grave, life,
	Funeral	arthur vaso	Free verse	art, death, funeral, introspection,
	Merciful Deceased Mother Father Twill See Thee Anon	matthew harris	Elegiac Lyric	cinderella, forgiveness, funeral, goodbye,
	Pinned Down By A Million Pounds	Mike Grant	I do not know?	funeral, confidence, courage, emotions, england,
	One Thousand Goodbyes	arthur vaso	Free verse	art, death, funeral, introspection,
	Under Your Cover	BECKY K MARTINSON	Free verse	funeral, bible, christian, death, faith,
	Socrates and his Ouzo	arthur vaso	Limerick	funeral, anti bullying, art, christian,
	Dr Narcotic	Anthony Slausin	Rhyme	drug, funeral,
	No Vanity Set For This Chap No Way	matthew harris	Dramatic Verse	funeral, age, analogy, change, father,
	The Grieving Process	Liz Vad	Rhyme	death, deep, funeral, grief,
	An Angels Kisses	Tegan Elliott	Narrative	funeral, angel, death, death of
	Want Ad for a Funeral Companion	Anthony Slausin	Free verse	funeral, life,
	Epitaph	Debjani Mitra	Monoku	dark, death, dream, funeral,
	vulnerable	MAHTAB BANGALEE	I do not know?	funeral, words,
	THE BABY GRAND	John Lars Zwerenz	Verse	funeral, allegory, angel, beauty, birth,
	Skeleton Quay - abridged for Goosebumps contest	Terry Flood	Rhyme	death, dog, funeral, soulmate,
	Ten Percent - for Last Letter To My Beloved contest	Terry Flood	Rhyme	bereavement, eulogy, farewell, funeral,
	expatriate grief	MAHTAB BANGALEE	Monorhyme	funeral, life,
	When You Know	Julian Scutts	Prose Poetry	funeral, granddaughter, humor,
	Drugs	Kevon Worrell	Rhyme	funeral, abuse, addiction, death, drug,
	Professional Mourners	Rhona McFerran	Free verse	funeral, grief, memorial, people,
	WALTER	Marc Pallanes	I do not know?	funeral, brother, celebration, death of
	Why Do We Do This	Caren Krutsinger	Free verse	funeral, 10th grade, 11th grade,
	Memorial	Anna Hopper	Free verse	funeral, anxiety, bereavement, best friend,

Funeral Poem Example

Solomon Mahlangu: My Blood will Nourish the Tree that will Bear the Fruits of Freedom

(special thanks to a friend who shared this tribute to Solomon Mahlangu)



Solomon Mahlangu: My Blood will Nourish the Tree that will Bear the Fruits of Freedom:



Solomon Mahlangu was trained as an MK soldier with a view to later rejoining the struggle in the country.


He left South Africa after the Soweto Uprising of 1976 when he was 19 years old, and was later chosen to be part of an elite force to return to South Africa to carry out a mission commemorating the June 16th 1976 Soweto student uprising.


After entering South Africa through Swaziland and meeting his fellow comrades in Duduza, on the East Rand (east of Johannesburg), they were accosted by the police in Goch Street in Johannesburg.


In the ensuing gun battle two civilians were killed and two were injured, and Mahlangu and Motloung were captured while acting as decoys so that the other comrade could go and report to the MK leadership.


Motloung was brutally assaulted by the police to a point that he suffered brain damage and was unfit to stand trial, resulting in Mahlangu facing trial alone.


He was charged with two counts of murder and several charges under the Terrorism Act, to which he pleaded not guilty.


Though the judge accepted that Motloung was responsible for the killings, common purpose was argued and Mahlangu was found guilty on two counts of murder and other charges under the Terrorism Act.


On 15 June 1978 Solomon Mahlangu was refused leave to appeal his sentence by the Rand Supreme Court, and on 24 July 1978 he was refused again in the Bloemfontein Appeal Court.


Although various governments, the United Nations, International Organizations, groups and prominent individuals attempted to intercede on his behalf, Mahlangu awaited his execution in Pretoria Central Prison, and was hanged on 6 April 1979.


His hanging provoked international protest and condemnation of South Africa and Apartheid.


In fear of crowd reaction at the funeral the police decided to bury Mahlangu in Atteridgeville in Pretoria.


On 6 April 1993 he was re-interred at the Mamelodi Cemetery, where a plaque states his last words:


‘My blood will nourish the tree that will bear the fruits of freedom.

Tell my people that I love them.

They must continue the fight.’



Mahlangu died for a cause!



Salute!



The Struggle Continues…




(special thanks to a friend who shared this tribute to Solomon Mahlangu)

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