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Do Not Go Gentle: Funeral Poems
Neil Astley
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Description for Do Not Go Gentle: Funeral Poems
Paperback. This volume of poetry provides a collection of funeral poems, appropriate for reading at a funeral or memorial service. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSC; HRA; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 7. Weight in Grams: 146. Funeral Poems. 96 pages. This volume of poetry provides a collection of funeral poems, appropriate for reading at a funeral or memorial service. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSC; HRA; VFJX. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 7. Weight: 146.
This wide-ranging selection combines popular choices of traditional poems read at funerals with powerful poems by contemporary writers more tuned to our present age of doubt and disbelief. There are poems here for churchgoers and believers, including classic verses of grief and consolation by John Donne, Christina Rossetti, Emily Bronte and Emily Dickinson, the anonymous Do not stand at my grave and weep, and the poems read at Princess Diana's funeral. But there are also poems for people of all faiths and religions, for agnostics and atheists, and most importantly for those who aren’t sure what they believe, whose grief ... Read more
This wide-ranging selection combines popular choices of traditional poems read at funerals with powerful poems by contemporary writers more tuned to our present age of doubt and disbelief. There are poems here for churchgoers and believers, including classic verses of grief and consolation by John Donne, Christina Rossetti, Emily Bronte and Emily Dickinson, the anonymous Do not stand at my grave and weep, and the poems read at Princess Diana's funeral. But there are also poems for people of all faiths and religions, for agnostics and atheists, and most importantly for those who aren’t sure what they believe, whose grief ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781852246358
SKU
V9781852246358
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Ref
99-10
About Neil Astley
Neil Astley is the editor of Bloodaxe Books which he founded in 1978. His books include many anthologies, most notably those in the Staying Alive series: Staying Alive (2002), Being Alive (2004), Being Human (2011) and Staying Human (2020), along with four collaborations with Pamela Robertson-Pearce, Soul Food (2007) and Soul Feast (2024), and the DVD-books In Person: 30 Poets ... Read more
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