Are you looking for inspiration for a suitable funeral poem for the funeral card? Below you will find five examples of beautiful and comforting poems that can help you to express your feelings of sadness and loss. These poems have been carefully selected to contribute to coping with the loss of a loved one.

The trees are coming out of the ground
and from their trunk the twigs
And everyone thinks it's very normal
that they will grow leaves again
We see them fall to the ground
and then grow again
This is how the earth has taught us
that everything that dies will bloom

-Toon Hermans

You were beneficial to me.
A beacon of light,
refuge.
Your body is no longer here,
But still I feel you
still close to me.
In what I say and do,
you fly ahead of me
like a butterfly of light.
So I can go further
in your light trail.
Circling across the sky,
multicolored and free.
Like a butterfly of light.

-Simone Snakenborg

Treasured in my hand
In my heart I carry you
A memory beyond time
Beyond the emptiness and the cold
In love and in warmth
For the rest of my life
Connection string
The imprint of love

-Karin Anbergen

Darling
Life is like snow
You can't keep it
Consolation is
That you were there
Hours, months, years.

-Herman van Veen

I'm so glad I knew you
And that you're still with me.
You're forever in my heart
and in my mind.

Even though I feel so alone sometimes.
In the lonely nights
I always find you in everything around me.

And even though I often grieve,
All the beautiful memories
always stay with me.

I will always cherish it.
No, I won't forget that one.

-Ilone Krukkert