Funeral poems for mum

For a mum, by the children who still feel like children when they think of her. These readings are about the kind of comfort nobody else could copy.

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Rudyard Kipling · 1891

If I were hanged on the highest hill, Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine!

40 sec

Who's it for

A mother whose love never had any conditions on it. The kind that would have followed her children anywhere, and they always knew it.

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Christina Rossetti · 1862

Remember me when I am gone away, Gone far away into the silent land;

50 sec

Who's it for

A long marriage, or a parent you were really close to. It's the person who died giving everyone permission to be happy again.

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Elizabeth Akers Allen · 1859

Backward, turn backward, O Time in your flight, Make me a child again just for tonight;

3 min

Who's it for

A mother whose children still feel like children when they think of her. Someone whose particular comfort nobody else was ever able to copy.

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David Harkins · 1981

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Who's it for

A mother or a grandmother, and a family trying to turn back towards living. Right for someone who'd have wanted everyone to get on with it.

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