Poems picked by Lorraine's family

Created by Trevor 6 years ago

Don't cry for me now I have died, for I'm still here I'm by your side,
My body's gone but my soul's is here, please don't shed another tear,
I am still here I'm all around, only my body lies in the ground.
I am the snowflake that kisses your nose,
I am the frost, that nips your toes.
I am the sun ,bringing you light,
I am the star, shining so bright.
I am the rain, refreshing the earth,
I am the laughter, I am the mirth.
I am the bird, up in the sky,
I am the cloud, that's drifting by.
I am the thoughts, inside your head,
While I'm still there, I can't be dead. Picked by Emily (& Lee)

"Come to the edge," he said.
"We can't, we're afraid!" they responded.
"Come to the edge," he said.
"We can't, We will fall!" they responded.
"Come to the edge," he said.
And so they came.
And he pushed them.
And they flew." Picked for Sophie because this was Nani's favourite

The Parting Glass

Of all the comrades that e'er I had
They are sorry for my going away
And all the sweethearts that e'er I had
They would wish me one more day to stay
But since it falls unto my lot
That I should rise and you should not
I'll gently rise and I'll softly call
Good night and joy be with you all. Picked by Ann & Tim

One day I wrote her name upon the sand, But came the waves and washed it away:

Again I wrote it with a second hand, But came the tide, and made my pains his prey.

"Vain man," said she, "that dost in vain assay, A mortal thing so to immortalize;

For I myself shall like to this decay, And eke my name be wiped out likewise."

"Not so," (quod I) "let baser things devise To die in dust, but you shall live by fame:

My verse your vertues rare shall eternize, And in the heavens write your glorious name:

Where whenas death shall all the world subdue, Our love shall live, and later life renew." Picked by Trevor