5 Heartwarming Poems for Your Dad’s Funeral

Posted on September 26, 2022 by Roslyn Heights Funeral Home under funeral home
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You want to express your love, affection, and admiration for your dad in a meaningful way. But how? For some people, poetry is the answer. A poetry reading during a Westbury, NY, funeral home service can be just the right amount of words to express what you feel and mean so much more than a standard eulogy. 

If you are looking for ideas on how best to honor your father through his eulogy by using poetry, we’ve got you covered! Read on for some great examples of poems that best suit the occasion. 

1. As We Look Back – Unknown Author 

As we look back over time 

We find ourselves wondering ….. 

Did we remember to thank you enough 

For all you have done for us? 

For all the times you were by our sides 

To help and support us ….. 

To celebrate our successes 

To understand our problems 

And accept our defeats? 

Or for teaching us by your example, 

The value of hard work, good judgment, 

Courage and integrity? 

We wonder if we ever thanked you 

For the sacrifices you made. 

To let us have the very best? 

And for the simple things 

Like laughter, smiles and times we shared? 

If we have forgotten to show our 

Gratitude enough for all the things you did, 

We’re thanking you now. 

And we are hoping you knew all along, 

How much you meant to us. 

2. He’s Gone – David Harkins 

You can shed tears that he is gone, 

or you can smile because he has lived. 

You can close your eyes and pray that he’ll come back, 

or you can open your eyes and see all he’s left. 

Your heart can be empty because you can’t see him, 

or you can be full of the love you shared. 

You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday, 

or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday. 

You can remember him only that he is gone, 

or you can cherish his memory and let it live on. 

You can cry and close your mind, 

be empty and turn your back. 

Or you can do what he’d want: 

smile, open your eyes, love and go on. 

3. To My Father – Georgia Harkness 

A giant pine, magnificent and old 

Stood staunch against the sky and all around 

Shed beauty, grace and power. 

Within its fold birds safely reared their young. 

The velvet ground beneath was gentle, 

and the cooling shade gave cheer to passers by. 

Its towering arms a landmark stood, erect and unafraid, 

As if to say, “Fear naught from life’s alarms”. 

 

It fell one day. 

Where it had dauntless stood was loneliness and void. 

But men who passed paid tribute – and said, 

“To know this life was good, 

It left it’s mark on me. Its work stands fast”. 

And so it lives. Such life no bonds can hold 

This giant pine, magnificent and old. 

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4. His Journey’s Just Begun – Elle Brenneman 

Don’t think of him as gone away 

his journey’s just begun, 

life holds so many facets 

this earth is only one. 

Just think of him as resting 

from the sorrows and the tears 

in a place of warmth and comfort 

where there are no days and years. 

 

Think how he must be wishing 

that we could know today 

how nothing but our sadness 

can really pass away. 

And think of him as living 

in the hearts of those he touched… 

for nothing loved is ever lost 

and he was loved so much. 

5. Father – Ella Wheeler Wilcox 

He never made a fortune, or a noise 

In the world where men are seeking after fame; 

But he had a healthy brood of girls and boys 

Who loved the very ground on which he trod. 

They thought him just little short of God; 

Oh you should have heard the way they said his name – 

‘Father.’ 

 

There seemed to be a loving little prayer 

In their voices, even when they called him ‘Dad.’ 

Though the man was never heard of anywhere, 

As a hero, yet somehow understood 

He was doing well his part and making good; 

And you knew it, by the way his children had 

Of saying ‘Father…’ 

Finding the right poem is as hard as picking the right words to describe your dad. But once you find one that speaks to your heart, writing a eulogy will be effortless. 

Personalizing the funeral itself is also another way to honor his memory. If you need a funeral home in Westbury, NY, to help you craft a unique ceremony for your dad, we’re here for you. Our staff is available 24/7 to assist you. Call us now to get started. 

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