Long Memorial service Poems

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As is the case with all of life's special moments
this one had to end when she again became weak.
We strolled the beach one last time
our toes curled in the sand
as the sun warmed our backs
and...

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That furniture at Grandma’s house has never had a;
Behind, sit down directly on it-
The plastic had duct tape overtop
Where something sharp had pierced a hole
This sofa, that had lasted 30 years… unscathed.
The sofa also had...

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FORLORN HOPE 

I accepted it was a forlorn hope; however, I still had a little hope
that I kept wishing my mother would give me the answers why
she treated me differently, why she criticized, judged, said...

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It’s already been three years now since you passed away,
Yet, those mem’ries of you are alive, in my heart you’ll forever stay;
Every time I think of you, I smile with pain,
And wish that I can...

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MY HEARTACHE WENT WITH YOU 

The short sweet moment I had with you a week before
you passed, brought me contentment for it made me feel
our hearts touched and we finally connected and bound.

We were alone...

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Mein kampf synonymous as a blooper

Writer of these words,
a former Lower Providence inhabitant,
who dwelled within darkest depths
of Dante Alighieri's inferno
for most of his outlandish, impish,
and devilish growing up years
witnessed microscopic scrimmage,
where spermatozoan with most forcefulness
muscled...

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As you probably already know (if you don't I apologize) my wife, and life's  partner, has departed this life and gone to heaven to be with other loved ones who have passed before her....

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Memorial service ~10:00 A.M. October 21st, 2020...
at Cherry Hill, New Jersey Unitarian Fellowship

Boyce Brandon Harris cremains
(approximately one fourth entire contents)
offered, interred, and eulogized
within ‘Tristan’s Pollinator Garden,'
which constitutes minute arboretum
bore witness to immediate family of said...

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"You're not afraid- are you, Stacey?"  She giggled. "Don't you think you 
ought to slow down?" I mustered.  "We'll be alright," she said with a grin and kept 
on trucking, but when we...

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As the ravens fed Prophet Elijah by the brook
you brought gentle words to nourish our souls.

Like the paintings of Monet, Van Gogh and Degas
Your creative artistry of poetry touched our beings.

As the great works of...

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The Great Lakes Engineering Works built a new boat
S. S. Edmund Fitzgerald, t'would soon be afloat
The people that owned her needed a name
President of the company was given that fame.

One of the largest boats to...

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I remember in 1968 when the President decided not to seek reelection.                       ...

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I stand at the doors of the funeral room afraid,
afraid-  of how I am going to get through this day;
knowing the end was coming did not prepare me mother,
no one is ever ready...

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it's by the group "Switch"
for memorial service 9/29/10


i'm not worried bout a doggone thing
i'll take anything you bring
although i love the sunshine
i still accept the rain
and when i'm in a lonely mood 
and i just...

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At a memorial service for a friend in a park down by the sea
as we remembered her I wondered…how will people remember me?

I imagine most of the people at the memorial…from her friends to her...

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PATHOS

Every time I have to do something for you,
an overwhelming sadness envelopes me.
It’s been eight months since you passed,
I still have not shed a tear, there is none.

I did most of the things needed in...

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There'll be another empty cot on the camp ground tonight.
Alas, a gallant soldier gave his all in the frightful fight.
His anguished pleas for peace were unheard o'er the battle's roar.
Will humankind ever learn from the...

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Scorned coquette
perched so solemnly
upon your death stool,
claw deep the fresh flesh of victors
bearing armfuls of decaying flowers
stolen from your mother’s grave.

A diverse parade -
clairvoyants and gigolos
tyrants and schizophrenics
junkies and Jesus freaks;
you seem to attract
an unending...

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Maybe it is because of the loneliness of listening to opera on the radio by myself too many Saturday afternoons. It might be due to the sadness of seeing autumn leaves dripping tears outside my...

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Today, I seem to be consumed with an idea about tears.
The Bible records the word 'tear' 13 times, and 'tears' 36 times.*

I do not recall giving any thought to this in the past, but this...

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When sadness grips my weeping soul and the days seem gloom and hopeless,
memories of you live on and linger like a gentle breeze passing through the leaves on a tree. When I am in denial...

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In 2020 I wish I had not let my mother die,
but bone cancer has a mind of its own, and does not ask permission
I am glad we had her memorial service on February second
For other...

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I wade into the surf and stand alone

                    enfolding in my arms, the dust of You

...

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Her body lies in state before us now
  Her last breath taken after a vow
As remarkable as any ever heard
  Magnanimous in message; brief in word

As we gather to bid her farewell
 ...

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IF DEATH SHOULD VISIT ME TODAY
Whether young or old and gray
As earthly life is swept away
Please do not mourn, do not be sad
Just think of joy yet to be had.
Set loose from flesh- forever free
To...

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