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In reply to the discussion: It is with some trepidation I post here [View all]applegrove
(126,050 posts)29. So sorry for your loss. I spent hours on the Internet looking for
poems and readings for my mom's memorial service. Just type in what your dad loved and the word poem and see what you find. We ended up using a Mary Oliver poem. She has many nice nature ones. Not too religious.
We used 'Sleeping In The Forest' by Mary Oliver. I had seen it months before but felt it was too dark. Then when mom passed and I was there I saw the poem again and it was no longer too dark. Good luck on your journey. It was gratifying to find the right poem. My brother read it at the service.
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Maybe the priest has some ideas. Or maybe your dad's old hippie friends do.
struggle4progress
May 2015
#2
There are a lot of meaningful songs that generation sang, with various words
struggle4progress
May 2015
#6
The funerals I've attended often begin dark and mournfully but end upbeat
struggle4progress
May 2015
#10
"Johnny Got His Gun" was actually a 1938 novel about a badly wounded WWI soldier:
struggle4progress
May 2015
#26
poetry that expresses deep emotions for those who we love and who just passed on.
achsadu
May 2015
#32
Sorry BB. I wrote a short story which had a theme. I'll DUmail it to you if you want. It's my view.
freshwest
May 2015
#33
Any particular literature or poetry, or even ideas he might have liked?
AtheistCrusader
May 2015
#37
I would imagine an Episcopal priest would end the service with The Lord's Prayer.
NaturalHigh
May 2015
#38