20 Poems About Life + Death Inappropriate 4 Funerals
“Poetry is most often experienced unintentionally at private ceremonies such as weddings and funerals, with eighty percent of the potential audience and more than ninety percent of the current audience reporting that they’ve been exposed to poetry at one of these private occasions.”
—Poetry in America Study commissioned by the Poetry Foundation
The choice of what to read at a ritual requiring poetry can be daunting. In recognition of that fact, this collection aspires to be helpful in identifying some poems best read before or after – but not actually at — the ceremony in question.
Knowing what not to say is always a good first step.
—Poetry in America Study commissioned by the Poetry Foundation
The choice of what to read at a ritual requiring poetry can be daunting. In recognition of that fact, this collection aspires to be helpful in identifying some poems best read before or after – but not actually at — the ceremony in question.
Knowing what not to say is always a good first step.