The death of a loved one is one of the hardest things that most people have to deal with. Selecting a reading that commemorates or reminds you of that special person can be very difficult & finding it easily can be even harder. Poems & Readings for Funerals & Memorials gathers together many of the most treasured & poignant poems, readings, "ations & religious extracts that both celebrate life & express grief & sorrow about death. The readings have been chosen from a wide range of sources & include both well-known & less familiar poems, extracts from the New & Old Testaments, song lyrics, "ations from plays & extracts from books. Authors are diverse including Nick Cave, W. H. Auden, Simon Armitage, A. A. Milne, Raymond Carver & Alice Walker. This collection hopes to inspire & provide muchneeded help for anyone dealing with the death of a loved one & is indispensable at this difficult time.