To celebrate National Poetry Day we've rounded up the best poems for reading at weddings, funerals and other occasions.

Poets have been writing about death since the beginning of the written word, and it’s no wonder their poems often appear at funerals. Not only do funeral poems help people process the loss of a loved ...

said of the poem he texted to members of the Flatline band. “He'd bring it up every now and again about it really needing to be made into a song. Danny said they could play it at his funeral.” ...

The Hong Kong writer’s penchant for transforming taboo subjects—death, illness, or gender—into fodder for intellectual ...

It was the night before the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II ... To everyone's delight, the man read a poem he had written about the late Queen's 70-year reign. In a fitting tribute, he spoke ...

Sharon Thomas Yarbrough — a prominent member of the Black culture and arts community in Hawaii for more than 30 years — died ...

Sally Rooney’s family drama. In Intermezzo, we get characters acting out their political commitments instead of just talking about them. But is their vision of domestic cooperation enough?

Not a comforting uplifting reply I thought. But there was clearly no point in pursuing it so I thanked him and left. Recently, my wife and I attended another such funeral, this time of a 53 year old ...