poem

[stylinsam]

hi bit of a weird one, but me and my bf are going to visit my bfs grandads grave on saturday, im looking for a poem to put on his grave alongside the flowers, anyone have any ideas of one, or websites that can help tia xx

[nat_84]

Thats a really nice idea, why dont u try and write one yourself?

I might actually do the same for my boyfriends dads grave.

xxx

[drchasuble]

In the recent Prime Suspect on ITV they quoted a poet called Mary Frye. This poem was originally published in 1932 and is very moving:

Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there; I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sun on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circling flight.
I am the soft starlight at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there; I did not die.

[happygam]

Alternativly, you can google poetry on the net...my best friend found out that she had breast cancer last year, and I printed a couple of lovely poems of some sites, but I cannot honestly remember what sites they were - but they had poems for all occasions etc....it is a lovely, thoughtful idea!!

[loobie]

Drchasuble got there first!! We had Do not stand at my grave and weep read at my grandad's funeral. Is such a beautiful poem.

[4getmenot]

yer I read that poem to my nan on the way to Bury my grandad.

[loopyc]

hi sam i used this poem when my nan passed on.

"If tears could build a stairway,
and memories were a lane,
I would walk right up to heaven
to bring you home again.
No farewell words were spoken
no time to say goodbye
you were gone before I knew it,
and only God knows why.
My heart still aches in sadness
and secret tears still flow,
what it meant to lose you,
no one will ever know."

[Trotbot]

Christina Rossetti....

REMEMBER me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go, yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day
You tell me of our future that you plann'd:
Only remember me; you understand
It will be late to counsel then or pray.
Yet if you should forget me for a while
And afterwards remember, do not grieve:
For if the darkness and corruption leave
A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,
Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad.

[Waaii]

I'm with Nat 84. Try to write something yourself. It is not so hard once you get started and you can make it so much more personal. Think of something special to your Bf and his gramps and work round those few words. I always keep a pad and pen by the bed to write things down as ideas often come then. Good luck.