Included by the Queen on the order of service for the Queen Mother's funeral on Tuesday 9th April 2002, the poem 'She Is Gone' was credited to 'Anon'.

Video PDF. Years later, the Queen of England read his work during her mother’s funeral in 2002. You can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn your back or you can do what she’d want: smile, open your eyes, love and go on.

But despite the grief, everyday life continues. Print this funeral poem
A short but uplifting funeral poem by famous Victorian poet Christina Rossetti, about saying goodbye to a loved one. Order of Service.

You can close your eyes and pray that she’ll come back or you can open your eyes and see all she’s left. This funeral poem captures the reality that the world doesn’t stop when our lives have been shattered by our Mom’s passing. You can shed tears that she is gone or you can smile because she has lived. Her Majesty was said to have encountered the work at the funeral of the late" Dowager Viscountess De L'Isle, whose family had found the poem in a small anthology published in 1999. At 11.30 a.m. the Cortège enters the Great West Door and, preceded by the Collegiate Procession, moves to the Quire. His Mother’s death distresses him and shakes him to the core. You can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn your back or you can do what she’d want: smile, open your eyes, love and go on. You can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn your back Or you can do what she would want: smile, open your eyes, love and go on.

Included by the Queen on the order of service for the Queen Mother’s funeral on Tuesday 9th April 2002, the poem ‘She Is Gone’ was credited to ‘Anon’. ... of service for the Queen Mother's funeral has prompted an international search for its thus far anonymous author.

This verse is available in both 'She is Gone' & 'He is Gone'. Afterglow.

This is when poetry or the lyrics from a song can rescue us.

This poem read at the Queen Mother’s Funeral ~~~~~ The poem read out at the Queen's Mother's funeral struck a chord with many mourners, but that does not mean it's any good, says Justine Jordan Justine Jordan Published on Wed 10 Apr 2002 19.23 EDT

"She is Gone" funeral poem. Attempts to track down the author of She Is Gone have come to nothing, The Times newspaper has said. But a simple anonymous poem that has been bouncing around the world on the Internet lent a touch of new age sentimentality to the royal farewell, leaving Britons speculating about its origins, and even sparking a bit of literary sleuthing. Your heart can be empty because you can't see her or you can be full of the love you shared.

You can remember her and only that she’s gone or you can cherish her memory and let it live on. The following is a selection of poems for mothers, suitable for reading at the funeral or memorial service. funeral poems She is Gone (Read out at the Queen Mother's Funeral) You can shed tears that she is gone or you can smile because she has lived. Accidental poet laureate David Harkins penned a poem over twenty years ago when he was just a shy, brokenhearted Cumbrian baker. This poem read at the Queen Mother’s Funeral ~~~~~

Funeral Poems for Mom -- Mother - Grandmother. Her Majesty was said to have encountered the work at the funeral of the late" Dowager Viscountess De L’Isle, whose family had found the poem in a small anthology published in 1999. Her Majesty was said to have encountered the work at the funeral of the late” Dowager Viscountess De L’Isle, whose family had found the poem in a small anthology published in 1999.


The verse – sometimes also known as "She Is Gone" – has often been given an anonymous attribution, but Harkins claimed his original authorship after it was chosen by Queen Elizabeth II as part of the funeral ceremony for her mother, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, in April 2002. Included by the Queen on the order of service for the Queen Mother’s funeral on Tuesday 9th April 2002, the poem ‘She Is Gone’ was credited to ‘Anon’. We have just added a beautiful new verse to our 'Verses & Poems for Funeral Thank You Cards' page on our website. David Harkins.