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 ...

To celebrate National Poetry Day we've rounded up the best poems for reading at weddings, funerals and other occasions.

This posthumously published poem takes readers on an emotional journey, from the joyous pealing of wedding bells to the somber toll of funeral chimes, and brilliantly explains what each of these ...

Poets who compile anthologies--or even reading lists--should be scrupulously honest in including only poems they genuinely ... Let's build a funeral pyre out of the dessicated conventions piled ...

It was the night before the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II ... To everyone's delight, the man read a poem he had written about the late Queen's 70-year reign. In a fitting tribute, he spoke ...

The Hong Kong writer’s penchant for transforming taboo subjects—death, illness, or gender—into fodder for intellectual ...

Former Gov. Winfield Dunn's grandchildren served as pallbearers at his Nashville funeral on Friday. He died on Sept. 28 at ...

It wasn't meant to be sent to her, but drawing on her people-reading skills as a tarot card reader, she decides to attend the funeral of the ... short stories and poems, along with letters ...

Before the war in Gaza, the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis was a regularly functioning hospital. Patients would come ...

His coffin was carried into the busy church to a funeral hymn based on the poem Crossing the Bar by Lord Tennyson. The remainder of the service featured hymns, readings, poetry, and a solo cello ...

The death of imprisoned pianist Pavel Kushnir while on a hunger strike has garnered attention, and the U.N. says all ...

In addition to the eulogy from Charles Dunn, both daughters offered scripture readings at the service. The funeral bulletin for the service also included a poem written by the former governor ...