Poems to Say at a Funeral | Poems for a Funeral Memorial Service | Poem to Read at a Funeral

A collection of funeral poems that can play a very meaningful role in a memorial or funeral service. Use funeral poems are noted within funeral programs or can be read aloud at the funeral memorial service. The best poems for funerals are those that express your emotions when words cannot. Poems with themes of missing you, remembering special moments, thoughts of your loved one, resting in peace and being reuntied may all be a part of such funeral poems. Here are some of our favorite poems suitable for any loved one.

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God Saw You Getting Tired

God saw you getting tired,
When a cure was not to be.
So He wrapped his arms around you,
and whispered, "come to me."

You didn't deserve what you went through,
So He gave you rest.
God's garden must be beautiful,
He only takes the best

And when I saw you sleeping,
So peaceful and free from pain
I could not wish you back
To suffer that again.

–Frances & Kathleen Coelho (by permission)

God's Garden

God looked around his garden
And found an empty place,
He then looked down upon the earth
And saw your tired face.
He put his arms around you
And lifted you to rest.
God’s garden must be beautiful
He always takes the best.
He knew that you were suffering
He knew you were in pain.
He knew that you would never
Get well on earth again.
He saw the road was getting rough
And the hills were hard to climb.
So he closed your weary eyelids
And whispered, ‘Peace bethine’.
It broke our hearts to lose you
But you didn’t go alone,
For part of us went with you
The day God called you home.
–Anonymous

Goodbye, My Friend

Though we never know

Where life will take us,

I know it's just a ride

On the wheel.

And we never know

When death will shake us

And we wonder how

It will feel.

So Goodbye my friend.

I know I'll never see you again.

But the time together

Through all the years,

Will take away these tears.

It's OK now - Goodbye my friend.

I see a lot of things

That make me crazy,

And I guess I held on to you,

You could have run away

And left - well maybe,

But it wasn't time

And we both knew.

So Goodbye My friend.

I know I'll never see you again.

But the love you gave me

Through all the years

Will take away these tears.

I'm OK now - Goodbye my friend.

-Anon

Though we never know

Where life will take us,

I know it's just a ride

On the wheel.

And we never know

When death will shake us

And we wonder how

It will feel.

So Goodbye my friend.

I know I'll never see you again.

But the time together

Through all the years,

Will take away these tears.

It's OK now - Goodbye my friend.

I see a lot of things

That make me crazy,

And I guess I held on to you,

You could have run away

And left - well maybe,

But it wasn't time

And we both knew.

So Goodbye My friend.

I know I'll never see you again.

But the love you gave me

Through all the years

Will take away these tears.

I'm OK now - Goodbye my friend.

-Anonymous

Grieve Not For Me

I cannot let you grieve for me,
For those who love must let us go.
In comfort, please believe I’m free,
From all the pain life can bestow,
As I begin my world anew,
Consider not what used to be,
I’m sending happy smiles to youWhile I enjoy eternity.
Lord, bless the home
From which I came,
Yet brush each lonely hour away,
With fond remembrance of my name,
And a sunshine for a newer day.
Look to the wind to find me there,
Beside the hardest thing you do.
I’ve left my love within this prayer
I’m always watching over you.
–Author unknown