a poem to be read at a true love's funeral..

[isabeau]

Funeral Blues

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.

Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message He is Dead.
Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,
Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.

He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now; put out every one,
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun,
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the woods;
For nothing now can ever come to any good.

-- W.H. Auden

 

[DannyMc]

That's beautiful Melanie and sad .

 

[BLUE_THUNDER]

wow, that was deep........and depressing.....but with some drums, bass and guitar behind it, might make a cool ballad or something

 

[Deadsea7777]

Funeral Blues

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.

Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message He is Dead.
Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,
Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.

He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now; put out every one,
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun,
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the woods;
For nothing now can ever come to any good.

-- W.H. Auden

you are right that is the one read in "Four Weddings and a Funeral"
Very good indeed

 

[isabeau]

That's beautiful Melanie and sad .

thank you Danny, it's truly amazing how poetry lives through the ages..i have heard this poem from the movie, Four Weddings and a Funeral and decided to google the author.. it always touches me when i hear his lover reciting it at the man's funeral..his lover and best friend.

 

[Bugman]

A tear running down one cheek here.

 

[isabeau]

wow, that was deep........and depressing.....but with some drums, bass and guitar behind it, might make a cool ballad or something

yes that would be cool....

 

[TKpervert]

Damn, I was hoping this was a misplaced joke.
It wasn't.
It does show us what's really important though, and how much we take day to day living for granted.

 

[TicklishGrl4Lfe]

Funeral Blues

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.

Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message He is Dead.
Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,
Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.

He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now; put out every one,
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun,
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the woods;
For nothing now can ever come to any good.

-- W.H. Auden

oh god! it filled my eyes with tears because it reminds me of my friend who is the ICU at a hospital down here. I am so worried! Anyways, no hijacking Angel! That was very beautiful Isabeau thank you for sharing it with us all.

 

[TKpervert]

Best of luck to your friend, TicklishGrl4Lfe.

 

[TicklishGrl4Lfe]

Best of luck to your friend, TicklishGrl4Lfe.

Thanks, hun, I have been praying for her all day.

 

[luvgirlsfeet]

being a poet myself, that is truely great work

 

[isabeau]

oh god! it filled my eyes with tears because it reminds me of my friend who is the ICU at a hospital down here. I am so worried! Anyways, no hijacking Angel! That was very beautiful Isabeau thank you for sharing it with us all.

o hon i'm so sorry. i hope she will be ok

 

[CitY of MicA]

Very nice, Isabeau. I especially like the last stanza.

oh god! it filled my eyes with tears because it reminds me of my friend who is the ICU at a hospital down here. I am so worried! Anyways, no hijacking Angel! That was very beautiful Isabeau thank you for sharing it with us all.

I wish your friend all the luck in the world, Angel.

 

[TicklishGrl4Lfe]

I wish your friend all the luck in the world, Angel.

Thanks Mica....I wish it could have turned out differently.....🙁