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| my dh is going to mexico to help his best friend throw the ashes of his friend father in mexico in 2 weeks.
they are going to his fathers favorite place.... does anybody know of a good poem or saying to present as the ashes are thrown? it's a guy thing, so nothing really girlie, but, again touching would be so sweet. he was a wonderful man, and meant alot to both. trin |
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- Posted by Lulie___Wayne (lulieathome@aol.com) on Wed, Sep 22, 04 at 17:41
| Trin, I don't know of any off hand, but we found a beautiful poem online and used it at my mom's funeral. Do some searches for "Poems for Friends", "Memorial Poems for Friends" or the like. You would know which ones fit your DH's friend or not. You might find the perfect one. If I had some sites handy now, I'd send them to you, but I don't. Sorry. Lu |
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- Posted by FoxesEarth (My Page) on Wed, Sep 22, 04 at 21:33
| So many poets; there are a number of male poets who wrote of death. Walt Whitman, Robert Frost, Carlos Williams, e.e. cummings, Dylan Thomas (Do not go gently into that good night). Without knowing the people involved here, I would throw out this touching end to a long poem: [Yet when we meet we seem in silence to say, Pretending serene forgetfulness of our youth, "Do you remember but then why should you remember! Do you remember a certain day, Or evening rather, spring evening long ago, We talked of death, and love, and time, and truth, And said such wise things, things that amused us so How foolish we were, who thought ourselves so wise!" And then we laugh, with shadows in our eyes.] --Conrad Aiken, Nocturne of Remembered Spring. or this: [The world is too much with us ; late and soon, --William Wordsworth Or, [Epitaph by Sir Walter Ralegh There's a popular one that ends "...Twas Heaven Here with You." that I can't find. Here's a place to start a search. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Poets' Graves
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| maybe he had a favorite song that they could play..when we took jamie out to set her free we played a song for her which reflected alot of what she had went thru in her life"no more drama"my mary j blige...i always thought that my way by frank sinatra was a great song ..but there may be a more appropriate one for this man |
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