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 ...

LONDON, April 9 -- The Times prints a poem by Rudyard Kipling, which is to be read at the burial of Cecil Rhodes on the hill called "The View of the World," in the Matoppo Hills, Rhodesia ...

Why does it stream those sorrowful tears? Is it for some burial place, vast and dry? Is it to wet the soil of graves? This poem is written in free verse. Try writing your own free verse poem.