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  2. Tyre Nichols’ godsister reads heartbreaking poem at funeral

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    Tyre Nichols's godsister read out a heartbreaking poem at his funeral service as he was laid to rest in Memphis. LaToya Yizar, who says she is the daughter of Nichols’ godmother, continued to ...

  3. Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep - Wikipedia

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    Harner's poem quickly gained traction as a eulogy and was read at funerals in Kansas and Missouri. It was soon reprinted in the Kansas City Times and the Kansas City Bar Bulletin. [1]: 426 [2] Harner earned a degree in industrial journalism and clothing design at Kansas State University. [3] Several of her other poems were published and ...

  4. You can shed tears that she is gone - Wikipedia

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    [1] Harkins said that he had originally written the poem down in the margin of his copy of Dylan Thomas' verse Once It Was The Colour Of Saying, but after reading of its use at the Queen Mother's funeral had removed the page and sent it as a gift to Prince Charles, who thanked him. [3] [2]

  5. Elegy - Wikipedia

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    An elegy is a poem of serious reflection, and in English literature usually a lament for the dead. However, according to The Oxford Handbook of the Elegy, "for all of its pervasiveness ... the 'elegy' remains remarkably ill defined: sometimes used as a catch-all to denominate texts of a somber or pessimistic tone, sometimes as a marker for textual monumentalizing, and sometimes strictly as a ...

  6. Pastoral elegy - Wikipedia

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    Eventually, pastoral poetry became popular among English poets, especially through Edmund Spenser's “The Shepherd’s Calendar,” which was published in 1579. One of the most famous examples of pastoral poetry is John Milton's “Lycidas.” Written in 1637, the poem is written about Edward King, a fellow student of Milton's who had died. [5]

  7. Priscilla Tearfully Reads Lisa Marie Eulogy That Harper and ...

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    “The old soul — this is a poem — In 1968, she entered our world, born tired, fragile yet strong. She was delicate, but was filled with life,” the New York native read during the service.

  8. Funeral Blues - Wikipedia

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    The introduction to a 2000 poetry anthology published by Miles Kelly Publishing credited the poem's reading in Four Weddings and a Funeral with showing how poetry could be "cool". [16] In 2013 "Funeral Blues" was described by the English scholar Abbie Garrington as "perhaps Auden's best‐known work". [17] The poem is often read as a memorial.

  9. Thomas Lynch (poet) - Wikipedia

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    He took over his family's funeral home in Milford, Michigan in the 1970s, though he has since stepped back from the role. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Lynch married in 1972 and divorced in 1984. He later remarried to Mary Tata in 1991.