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			<title><![CDATA['DEATH']]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/117/death</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	I wonder where you might go after death...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 2 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA['PRANA. LIFE FORCE YOGA CLASS']]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/116/prana-life-force-yoga-class</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	I thought we&#39;d start with a downward dog, To help you all unwind...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 1 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA['THE END']]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/113/the-end</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	Time flies...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 1 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[PAINTING ON THE OTHER SIDE]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/114/painting-on-the-other-side</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	A brush with death, Shapes a new picture...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 1 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA['THE FARM IN THE SKY']]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/115/the-farm-in-the-sky</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	It&rsquo;s magical to put my feet up, After so many farming years...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 1 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA['A SOLICITOR CRACKS OPEN THE LAST CASE']]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/111/a-solicitor-cracks-open-the-last-case</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	Cheerio! Farewell! Adieu and goodbye!, As I clutch two vintage bottles and a pheasant pie...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 1 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA['DANCING AWAY UP THE BLACKPOOL TOWER']]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/112/dancing-away-up-the-blackpool-tower</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	Ballroom dancing has been my passion, An Argentinian tango wrapped around my heart, A love affair from the very beginning...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 1 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA['SPIRITED AWAY ON MY LAST TAXI RIDE']]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/108/spirited-away-on-my-last-taxi-ride</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	&lsquo;You&rsquo;re taxi&rsquo;s here&rsquo;, Pinged on my phone...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 1 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA['A DENTIST'S LAST APPOINTMENT']]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/110/a-dentists-last-appointment</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	Welcome everybody, To my last surgery today, I thought it best to check you out...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 1 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA['A DOCTOR'S LAST PRESCRIPTION']]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/109/a-doctors-last-prescription</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	No more surgeries or stethoscope, Or ever again being a desperate last hope...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 1 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA['CHECKMATE']]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/107/checkmate</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	Pheromones give my position away, To the new Queen moving onto the board...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 10 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[DEVON CREAM SEA]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/106/devon-cream-sea</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	Footprints sink in golden sand...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 23 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CHARLIE'S GONE FISHING]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/105/charlies-gone-fishing</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	As I leave this final harbour, and head for other shores

	&nbsp;

	Remember me with kindness...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 3 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA['IT'S MY FUNERAL']]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/104/its-my-funeral</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	My skin was wrinkly crinkly, And my teeth were custard creams...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 1 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[FUNERAL POEM FOR MUM]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/103/funeral-poem-for-mum</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	&#39;So polish the stars &amp;&nbsp;fire up the sun, And put out some slippers, To welcome my mum...&#39;

	&nbsp;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 30 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA['A DRAGON'S REAL TREASURE']]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/102/a-dragons-real-treasure</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	The once fearsome flame,&nbsp;&nbsp;Flickered and died,&nbsp;As scaly lids lowered...&nbsp;

	&nbsp;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 16 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA['ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES']]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/101/arrivals-and-departures</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	&nbsp;&ldquo;The flight departing for the afterlife is now boarding /&nbsp;Please proceed to the &lsquo;Over The Rainbow&rsquo; gate.&rdquo; /&nbsp;Squaring shoulders, our pilot picked up speed...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 3 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA['LET'S TALK ABOUT MY FUNERAL']]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/100/lets-talk-about-my-funeral</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	I always wanted to see our customer service, From our clients point of view, So now that I&rsquo;ve gone under cover...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA['PLEASE SAVE OUR PLANET']]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/99/please-save-our-planet</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	It&#39;s absolutely essential, To be environmental, Because it&#39;s completely fundamental...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 6 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[THE SHOT OF MY LIFETIME]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/98/the-shot-of-my-lifetime</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	Red yellow green brown, pink black and blue, I always knew I could count on you...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA['A STING IN THE TALE']]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/97/a-sting-in-the-tale</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	It&#39;s been a busy, busy busy morning / And I&#39;ve been as busy as I can be...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 7 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA['BEING HOMO SAPIENS']]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/96/being-homo-sapiens</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	On Tuesdays, I&rsquo;m homosexual - On Wednesdays, I&rsquo;m bisexual - On Thursdays, I&rsquo;m asexual - On Fridays, I&rsquo;m transsexual...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 6 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA['THE JOKES AND DRINKS ARE ON ME!']]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/95/the-jokes-and-drinks-are-on-me</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	Turn off the gas to the crematorium, There&rsquo;s been a terrible mistake...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/94/the-jewel-in-the-crown</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	They called her Elizabeth, The jewel in the crown...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 8 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A FIREFIGHTER'S LAST WORDSÂ ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/93/a-firefighters-last-words</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	Have you checked the smoke detectors?&nbsp;Are the fire exits clear?&nbsp;I&rsquo;d really like to keep you safe...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[NURSES ARE THE N IN THE NHS]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/92/nurses-are-the-n-in-the-nhs</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	Oh! How I wish I was still on duty,&nbsp;As busy as I used to be,&nbsp;Caring for the patients of our world...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MY LAST WOOF]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/91/my-last-woof</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	I&rsquo;m mankind&rsquo;s most, Faithful friend, But all good bones, Must come to an end...

	&nbsp;

	&nbsp;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA["THE CHIPS ARE DOWN"]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/90/the-chips-are-down</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	Why, Oh why, didn&rsquo;t I build my own coffin?

	Now that the chips are down

	Then I wouldn&#39;t have a splinter in my bum...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Funeral Poems For A Cook & Chef: "MORE THYME! MORE THYME! MORE THYME!"]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/89/funeral-poems-for-a-cook-chef-more-thyme-more-thyme-more-thyme</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	If only I&rsquo;d been more sage with my thyme,

	And possibly quaffed a&nbsp;little&nbsp;less wine...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Animals Save The World: NO MORE PLASTIC]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/88/animals-save-the-world-no-more-plastic</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	&nbsp;Team Animal takes on The World Plastics Factory to end production forever.

	&nbsp;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Funeral Poems For A Cyclist: "THE TOUR DE UNIVERSE"]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/87/funeral-poems-for-a-cyclist-the-tour-de-universe</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	I should be quicker ... , Than a turbo-charged hearse]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 8 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[POCKITUDES]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/86/pockitudes</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	your journal that &quot;can be the genisis to your own personal transformation&quot;&nbsp;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA["WHERE'S SHE GONE?" by OLIVER WRIGHT]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/85/wheres-she-gone-by-oliver-wright</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	&nbsp;Where&rsquo;s she gone, the one we knew,&nbsp;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 8 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[FUNERAL CELEBRANT TRAINING BY PETER HEADINGTON]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/84/funeral-celebrant-training-by-peter-headington</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	&nbsp;For funeral celebrant training I recommend to you Peter Headington]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[1 MILLION  LIKES ON FACEBOOK]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/82/1-million-likes-on-facebook</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	&nbsp;&quot;I Am Not Gone&quot;, While you remember with me....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA["SINCERE MOMENTS": CAROLE RENSHAW'S AWARD WINNING STAFFORDSHIRE CELEBRANCY SERVICE]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/81/sincere-moments-carole-renshaws-award-winning-staffordshire-celebrancy-service</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	&#39;Sincere Moments, an established and award winning Civil Celebrancy service that&rsquo;s owned and run by&nbsp;Carole&nbsp;Renshaw, a professionally trained Civil Celebrant..&#39;

	&nbsp;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[How To Write A Funeral Poem]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/80/how-to-write-a-funeral-poem</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	Should you be considering writing a funeral poem, please allow us to encourage you....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[EDEN LIFE CELEBRANCY: ADRIAN EDEN, FUNERAL CELEBRANT.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/79/eden-life-celebrancy-adrian-eden-funeral-celebrant-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	For a personal, meaningful tribute....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 6 Mar 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA["LIVING WELL, DYING WELL"]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/78/living-well-dying-well</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	Four of the most important words you will ever read....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA["WISHFUL INKING" : Kingsley Squire]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/77/wishful-inking-kingsley-squire</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	The Heaven Herald&rsquo;s new columnist,

	Was most affeared...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 4 Dec 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA["TILL MY LAST BREATH" by GAURAV SAW]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/76/till-my-last-breath-by-gaurav-saw</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	I&rsquo;m still submerged in the sweetness of your heart....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA["LOST SPRING" by MONA JHA]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/75/lost-spring-by-mona-jha</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	Flowers of happiness have all faded away, &nbsp;

	Reason of my joy is now buried in clay]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA["REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY" POEM]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/74/remembrance-sunday-poem</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	&quot;I left my legs on the battlefield, But I will still stand tall....&quot;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 7 Nov 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA["TEA AT THE GROSVENOR"]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/73/tea-at-the-grosvenor</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	I&#39;m dreaming of tea at The Grosvenor......

	&nbsp;

	&nbsp;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA["SOUSSE BEACH" Memorial Poem Of Remembrance]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/71/sousse-beach-memorial-poem-of-remembrance</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	It could have been me, It could have been you, That perished in Sousse.....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Remember A Lost Loved One In 'THE MELODIES FROM THE HEART FOUNDATION's New Video]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/70/remember-a-lost-loved-one-in-the-melodies-from-the-heart-foundations-new-video</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	&quot;Goodbye my friend, Your smile is everlasting...&quot;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[m.thefuneralpoem.com OUR MOBILE FRIENDLY Website Is Now Live]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/69/m-thefuneralpoem-com-our-mobile-friendly-website-is-now-live</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	m.thefuneralpoem.com&nbsp;is now live.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA["LIFE ISN'T ABOUT WAITING FOR THE STORM TO PASS, IT'S ABOUT LEARNING HOW TO DANCE IN THE RAIN"]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/68/life-isnt-about-waiting-for-the-storm-to-pass-its-about-learning-how-to-dance-in-the-rain</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	&quot;Life isn&#39;t about waiting for the storm to pass, it&#39;s about....&nbsp;

	&nbsp;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[IF YOU DON'T LIKE SOMETHING CHANGE IT; IF YOU CAN'T CHANGE IT..]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/67/if-you-dont-like-something-change-it-if-you-cant-change-it-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	&nbsp;if you can&#39;t change it, change the way you...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA["OUR GREATEST GLORY"]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/66/our-greatest-glory</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 9 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Funeral Poems For Gardeners: "PUT OUT TO SEED AGAIN"]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/65/funeral-poems-for-gardeners-put-out-to-seed-again</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	It&#39;s my turn now to be planted...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[THE TAJ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/64/the-taj</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	Where perfect service worshipped by gods, Awaits aspirational mortals]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA["HE WENT FAR OFF"  Elegy poem by ASNA AZHAR]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/63/he-went-far-off-elegy-poem-by-asna-azhar</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	Spread smiles while you live,

	For good deeds take you to heaven]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 5 Nov 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA["MY LEGACY: A BOOK ABOUT YOU" by CHRISTY PERDUE]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/62/my-legacy-a-book-about-you-by-christy-perdue</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	How many people have you known that have died without a last will and testament, with words unsaid, and questions unanswered?]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA["GIVE MY MOTHER HER DYING WISH" by JESSICA ROONEY]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/61/give-my-mother-her-dying-wish-by-jessica-rooney</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	&nbsp;&quot;...&nbsp;last hope that I don&#39;t loose my mother forever and can bury her with her husband...&quot;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 8 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA["A Brother And A Butterfly" by Suzanne Simonovich, from her book " Forty Poems For Restless Nights: Prayer In Poetry"]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/60/a-brother-and-a-butterfly-by-suzanne-simonovich-from-her-book-forty-poems-for-restless-nights-prayer-in-poetry</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	When I wake, You are still here, Soft on my cheek no reason for flight]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 4 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA["A Mother's Loss" by Amanda Jane Penny, from the book "Journey To The Rainbow"]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/59/a-mothers-loss-by-amanda-jane-penny-from-the-book-journey-to-the-rainbow</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	It was 2 years ago today, When the angels decended and led you away....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 5 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA["Maya Angelou" True poets never die]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/58/maya-angelou-true-poets-never-die</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	True poets never die....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 1 Jun 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Funeral Poems For Police Officers: "In The Line Of Duty"]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/57/funeral-poems-for-police-officers-in-the-line-of-duty</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	To keep our country safer,

	Sometimes a sacrifice is made...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 7 Apr 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA["Granny Moore" by Tink Linn]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/56/granny-moore-by-tink-linn</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	...That you&#39;re smiling down from heaven,

	Knowing that you did Good!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA["The Clutha Vaults" Memorial Poem Of Remembrance]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/55/the-clutha-vaults-memorial-poem-of-remembrance</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	It could have been me,

	It could have been you,

	That perished in Glasgow,

	Under a bolt from the blue.....

	&nbsp;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 5 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Accident & Emergency Poem: "War Zone" by Michael Ashby]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/54/accident-emergency-poem-war-zone-by-michael-ashby</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	&quot;While shots echoed around the city...And deadly cocktail bombs exploded in confined venues...&quot;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 27 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Funeral Poems For Basketball Players: " Shooting Stars"]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/53/funeral-poems-for-basketball-players-shooting-stars</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	&nbsp;

	The ball in the coffin,

	Rather gave the game away...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 2 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Funeral Poems For Cowboys: "A Cowboy's Last Ride"]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/52/funeral-poems-for-cowboys-a-cowboys-last-ride</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	Put spurs on the foot of my coffin...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Funeral Poems For Teachers: "My Last Assembly"]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/51/funeral-poems-for-teachers-my-last-assembly</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	If this life has taught me anything...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Poem "Do Not Be Afraid" : for Seamus Heaney]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/49/poem-do-not-be-afraid-for-seamus-heaney</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	The Liffey drowned in Irish tears...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 4 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Funeral Poems For A Grandpa: "Grandpa's Lost His Gr"]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/48/funeral-poems-for-a-grandpa-grandpas-lost-his-gr</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	&nbsp;

	My&nbsp;grandpa&nbsp;has lost his gr,

	And gone to &lsquo;andpa land...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 25 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Funeral Poems For Soldiers: "A Soldier - His Prayer"]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/47/funeral-poems-for-soldiers-a-soldier-his-prayer</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	&nbsp;

	Help me, O God, when death is near,

	To mock the haggard face of fear....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Funeral Poems For Drinkers: "Fortifying The Spirits"]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/46/funeral-poems-for-drinkers-fortifying-the-spirits</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	&nbsp;

	It&rsquo;s always opening time in heaven,

	And the alcohol doesn&rsquo;t go to your head...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Edinburgh Fringe Festival Plays "A POEM FOR MY SISTER"]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/45/edinburgh-fringe-festival-plays-a-poem-for-my-sister</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	A poignant, uplifting and moving play, a modern ghost story...&nbsp;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Funeral Poems For Tennis Players "Game, Set And Match"]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/44/funeral-poems-for-tennis-players-game-set-and-match</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;I always dreamt of winning Wimbledon....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Funeral Poems For Rugby Players "The Rugby Player's Last Try"]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/43/funeral-poems-for-rugby-players-the-rugby-players-last-try</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	The rugby ball inside the coffin,

	Rather gave the game away....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 3 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Funeral Poems For Cricketers "A Cricketer's Last Boundary"]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/41/funeral-poems-for-cricketers-a-cricketers-last-boundary</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	Weeping willows formed an honour guard...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Funeral Poems For A Fisherman "Hook, Line And Sinker"]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/40/funeral-poems-for-a-fisherman-hook-line-and-sinker</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	As I sat upon a rock...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Funeral Poems For A Musician "Funeralissimo"]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/39/funeral-poems-for-a-musician-funeralissimo</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	The musical notes stood in lines, Discordant in their loss......]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Funeral Poems For A  Sailor: "CRUISING THE SUPERNOVA"]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/37/funeral-poems-for-a-sailor-cruising-the-supernova</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	The sailor cast off the mortal coil...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 1 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Funeral Poems For An Actor: "THE LAST CALL" dedicated to Richard Briers]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/38/funeral-poems-for-an-actor-the-last-call-dedicated-to-richard-briers</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	The curtain has come down... &nbsp;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Funeral Poems For A Football Player: "THE PASSING OF A FOOTBALLER".]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/36/funeral-poems-for-a-football-player-the-passing-of-a-footballer-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	&quot;Football&#39;s a match made in heaven...&quot;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Funeral Poems For A  Bingo Player: "BINGO!"]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/35/funeral-poems-for-a-bingo-player-bingo</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	&nbsp;

	&nbsp;

	My mum&#39;s playing Bingo in heaven,

	With a happy smile on her face..

	&nbsp;

	&nbsp;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 6 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Funeral Poems For A  Golfer : "The Golf Course In The Sky"]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/34/funeral-poems-for-a-golfer-the-golf-course-in-the-sky</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	As eighteen flags flew at half mast.....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 3 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA["Every Exit Is An Entry Somewhere Else"]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/33/every-exit-is-an-entry-somewhere-else</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	Every exit is an entry.....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[âPerhaps They Are Not Stars, But Rather Openings In Heaven"]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/32/perhaps-they-are-not-stars-but-rather-openings-in-heaven</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	&ldquo;Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines........&quot;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[" He Spake Well Who Said..."]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/31/-he-spake-well-who-said-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	&quot;He spake well who said that graves are the footprints of ...&quot;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 9 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA["Even If Happiness Forgets You..."]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/30/even-if-happiness-forgets-you-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	&quot;Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never...&quot;&nbsp;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 1 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA["What You Leave Behind Is Not What Is Engraved..."]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/29/what-you-leave-behind-is-not-what-is-engraved-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	&quot;What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is ...&quot;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MEMORIAL FUNERAL POEMS: DO NOT STAND AT MY GRAVE AND WEEP]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/27/memorial-funeral-poems-do-not-stand-at-my-grave-and-weep</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	&nbsp;Do not stand at my grave and weep,&#8232;I am not there, I do not sleep.&#8232;I am in a thousand winds that blow,&#8232;I am...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 3 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Funeral Poems FAMOUS Quotes ABOUT LIFE AND DEATH: LORD BYRON]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/26/the-funeral-poems-famous-quotes-about-life-and-death-lord-byron</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	&#39;Tis very certain the desire of life......]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Funeral Poems FAMOUS Quotes ABOUT LIFE AND DEATH: MAE WEST]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/25/the-funeral-poems-famous-quotes-about-life-and-death-mae-west</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	You only live once, but if you do it right...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Funeral Poems FAMOUS LAST WORDS: BING CROSBY]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/24/the-funeral-poems-famous-last-words-bing-crosby</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	That was a great game of ....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 9 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Funeral Poems FAMOUS EPITAPHS: SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/23/the-funeral-poems-famous-epitaphs-sir-winston-churchill</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	I am ready to meet my maker. Whether....]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Funeral Poems FAMOUS EPITAPHS: STAN LAUREL]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/22/the-funeral-poems-famous-epitaphs-stan-laurel</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	If anyone at my funeral has a long face, I&#39;ll never...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Funeral Poems FAMOUS EPITAPHS: SPIKE MILLIGAN]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/21/the-funeral-poems-famous-epitaphs-spike-milligan</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	I told you I was ill.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 9 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[THE FUNERAL POEM POEMS "QUOTE OF THE DAY" ABOUT DEATH]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/20/the-funeral-poem-poems-quote-of-the-day-about-death</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	&nbsp;It&#39;s not that I&#39;m afraid to die, ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[FAMOUS EPITAPHS & DEATH  POEMS: WILLIAM  SHAKESPEARE'S  EPITAPH POEM]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/19/famous-epitaphs-death-poems-william-shakespeares-epitaph-poem</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
	&nbsp;&ldquo;Good Friends for Jesus sake forbeare,
	To dig the dust enclosed here.

	&nbsp;

	&nbsp;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[STEVE JOBSâ LAST WORDS REVEALED AT HIS MEMORIAL SERVICE]]></title>
			<link>http://www.thefuneralpoem.com/3/the-death-poems-poetry-verses-blog/post/17/steve-jobs-last-words-revealed-at-his-memorial-service</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Oh wow.  Oh wow. Oh wow.&rdquo; Steve Jobs&rsquo; sister, Mona Simpson, has revealed his last words  before his death. &nbsp;&nbsp;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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