Poets have been writing about death since the beginning of the written word, and it’s no wonder their poems often appear at funerals. Not only do funeral poems help people process the loss of a ...

Like many funeral poems that give comfort to the grieving, Dickinson’s piece—and the final stanza, in particular—suggests the dead might live on in the afterlife. An icon of his time ...

Sonnet to My Mother by George Barker is the type of poem that rolls off the tongue, making it a good choice for a reading at ...

Were you conditioned by academia to think that love poems, short poems, funeral poems and other forms of poetry are stuffy, profound waxings on the natural world and the human condition?

Warren recommends Auden’s poem “Funeral Blues,” a powerful reflection on grief that is featured in the movie “Four Weddings and a Funeral.” If you’d like to pick up a copy of Auden’s ...