Funeral Poems: Death, Grief & Loss Poetry

by Michael Ashby

Healing words. 137 "Celebration Of Life" poems; Michael Ashby's 57 modern, moving global "I AM NOT GONE", "THE GOLF COURSE IN THE SKY”, “MY MUM”, "FUNERALISSIMO", “I WANT TO BE BURIED WITH MY MOBILE PHONE", "BINGO", "LIFE GOES ON", “GRANDPA'S LOST HIS GR”, "A CRICKETER'S LAST BOUNDARY", "THE PASSING OF A FOOTBALLER", "THE RUGBY PLAYER'S LAST TRY", “A LONG CUP OF TEA”, “RAINBOWS ON THE MOON” ... unite with Shakespeare, Tennyson, Wordsworth, Burns, Keats, Shelley, Byron, Dickinson, Browning, Rossetti, Brooke… to help comfort you. Written & selected by one of the world’s leading, living remembrance poets, whose poems have already touched tens of millions of lives in over 172 countries through his website (thefuneralpoem.com), social media, television ...

Genres: Poetry, Ebooks, Reference

171 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 21, 2016

Reviews

[Len Knighton · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have written in previous reviews that one does not read a book or write a review in a vacuum. The reading of this book and the writing of this review is a perfect example of that hypothesis. If I had read this book thirty years ago, in the first years of my ministry, I would have likely given it a higher rating. I would have highlighted poems that I would have used for funerals. Currently, however, I am retired, seventy years old, and while considering the possibility of future funerals, I realize that most of my life has been lived. Michael Ashby is a gifted poet and many of his poems touched my heart. Most of the poems he presented from the great poets did not. Each reader will judge the poems on his/her life experience, faith, stage of life, etc. No matter the circumstances, I believe this book is a wonderful resource.

Three stars waxing

[Joy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Heh. How to get more exposure to your poetry? Bundle it with a bunch of public domain poems. Doesn't matter which ones, doesn't matter if you repeat a few, or if there's some typos here and there, whatever...

And I would be far kinder to this book if, interlaced with this guy's poems, he hadn't included positive comments from his website. So like after a poem, it's like "And here are some people on the internet who loved the mediocre poem you just read!" Like. The cringe.

[Beatrice Drury · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quite a good collection. A little something for everyone. I think that the poems could have been arranged a bit different by showing similar ideas together. There was (in my opinion) a major poem left out. Funeral Blues many Auden should have been included.

[Martha Johnson]

I was looking for a poem to read for a funeral and found so many good poems to choose from. Many brought tears to my eyes ( used several tissues) and touched my heart and emotions.

[Dawn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent collection of poetry for those dealing with loss

[Jane Faulkner · Rating 5 out of 5]

A useful book for funerals and memorials with a good selection of modern and classic poems.

[Ash · Rating 1 out of 5]

These are mainly poems written by the author although there are a few poems from more known writers toward the back. Unfortunately my style and this poets style are not similar and I didn't find his poems to be enjoyable.