Wind up the clocks, answer the phone Leave the dog to bark loudly – she’s at home. Play the piano and beat the drum Bring out dancers, let people come. Watch buzzards circle overhead Looking for footprints where she treads. Decorate trees with ribbons and bows
This poem gives me a thrill in its celebration of life. It reminds me of how my Mum said my Dad wouldn’t mind if we ate a sweet at his funeral - and that he would want us to love our life despite his absence in it. This poem is an amazing and selfless gift to the world, a lovely antidote to Auden’s cry of anguish. Thank you!
Funeral Blues is one of my favorite poems and now your version is so beautiful and a new favorite. May you live your remaining days and nights in comfort and ease and poems to meet every moment of just waking up in the morning.
It’s beautiful. Your poem, inspired by Funeral Blues. I never knew the origin of part of this poem that’s read in the movie Four Weddings and a Funeral. Thank you on both levels, your art in words and how one isolation journal post leads a path here.
This poem gives me a thrill in its celebration of life. It reminds me of how my Mum said my Dad wouldn’t mind if we ate a sweet at his funeral - and that he would want us to love our life despite his absence in it. This poem is an amazing and selfless gift to the world, a lovely antidote to Auden’s cry of anguish. Thank you!
Funeral Blues is one of my favorite poems and now your version is so beautiful and a new favorite. May you live your remaining days and nights in comfort and ease and poems to meet every moment of just waking up in the morning.
It’s beautiful. Your poem, inspired by Funeral Blues. I never knew the origin of part of this poem that’s read in the movie Four Weddings and a Funeral. Thank you on both levels, your art in words and how one isolation journal post leads a path here.
Heartfelt again Juliet, your adaptation is beautiful. I hope you have a lovely day.