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In reply to the discussion: It is with some trepidation I post here [View all]achsadu
(41 posts)32. poetry that expresses deep emotions for those who we love and who just passed on.
Sorry for your loss. I don't know who you are (except that you're a participant of DU) but I think that Emily Dickinson's "Because I could not stop for Death..." is a great poem for this sad occasion.
Just a suggestion.
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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