The mother of 17-year-old Karlianne Short wrote a poem in memory of her daughter that was read Friday at the sentencing of ...

Poetry lovers who crave Shakespearean-style sonnets and rhyming iambic pentameter have a new collection to pick up for their reading pleasure: Last ...

Every day Derbyshire residents say their final farewells to family members, friends, colleagues, neighbours and many other ...

Any anthology is a product of its editor’s decisions. In “ 100 Great Catholic Poems ” (Word on Fire, $34.95), editor Sally ...

Families were given the opportunity to scatter the ashes of their veteran loved ones at sea in a special Remembrance Day service.

As the inspiration behind John McCrae's moving poem 'In Flanders Fields,' the flower became synonymous with remembering those who lost their lives in the Great War. From 1921, Artificial poppies ...

The white poppy remembers those who died in conflict towards the end of a war. Some people choose to wear the white poppy as they feel the red poppy glorifies conflict and wars. The poppy is handed ...

Former broadcaster David Davin-Power was a “journalistic giant” who had an “eloquence” as a broadcaster, mourners heard. The ...

Northern Irish pupils can choose to continue their English literature studies in their A Levels. Those who do will end up studying a wide range of books and plays - and plenty of poetry. A number of ...

(ANALYSIS) Funerals — often thought of as solemn events filled with grief and mourning — are starting to take on a different tone. In Britain, anyway. According to recent research from Co-op ...

The heartfelt messages appeared in the funeral notices section of ... Rosa and Norman then moved to Oswaldtwistle. Dorothy loved reading, knitting and crosswords, but her main hobby was Bingo.

A motorbike enthusiast has been given one last ride to his own funeral - in a hearse made from his favourite bike model. Colin Reed, known to friends as Reedy, spent much of his life on the road ...