Modern Funeral Poems

My other funeral poems include

A LONG CUP OF TEA
"Death is too negative for me..."

GOLDEN MOMENTS
"... And now my time of liquid gold, has flowed from my hands..."

JUST IN CASE
"I wonder if, My atheist friend, Risked a quick prayer, Right at the end..."

RAINBOWS ON THE MOON
"... There are rainbows on the moon, There are colours crying in tiers..."

MY MUM
"... So polish the stars, And fire up the sun, And put out some slippers, To welcome my mum..."

ONE LAST FLUTTER
"I've always gone with the roll of the dice, But now my numbers up..."

MILKING THE MOMENTS
"We only have today, In fact, we only have now..."

I WANT TO BE BURIED WITH MY MOBILE PHONE
"... And if I'm feeling a bit under the weather, I'll talk to you until I begin to feel better..."

A BRIEF MATTER
"Life is, Short, But death, Takes..."

A LEAP OF FAITH
"I was coming home to die, In my own bed..."

SUN ARISE
"God woke his sun, For me this morning..."

GHOSTS OF THE FALLEN
"... Knowing families and friends lie waiting in their homes, To be shot through their heads with their telephones..."

WE ARE NOT GONE
"...We are not gone, While you remember with us..."

SWAN SONG
"...The swan started swimming, And slowly singing, The most beautiful music, I had ever heard in my life..."

A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE
"Death is guilty, Life is innocent, But...."

(All poems © Michael Ashby. All rights reserved.)