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The Best 6 Funeral Poems About Fishing
Losing a loved one who cherished the serenity and thrill of fishing can leave a profound imprint. To capture the essence of such a unique bond, we've assembled a collection of funeral poems about fishing. These verses vividly depict the tranquility of a fishing life, the connection to nature, and the joy of casting a line. Whether you're delivering a eulogy or participating in a memorial, our array of unique and expressive funeral poems provides the right language to honor the life of your loved one, their passion for fishing, and the lasting memories they've left behind.
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1) A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
Author: John Donne
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As virtuous men pass mildly away,
And whisper to their souls to go,
Whilst some of their sad friends do say
The breath goes now, and some say, No:
So let us melt, and make no noise,
No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests move;
'Twere profanation of our joys
To tell the laity our love.
Moving of th' earth brings harms and fears,
Men reckon what it did, and meant;
But trepidation of the spheres,
Though greater far, is innocent.
Dull sublunary lovers' love
(Whose soul is sense) cannot admit
Absence, because it doth remove
Those things which elemented it.
But we by a love so much refined,
That our selves know not what it is,
Inter-assured of the mind,
Care less, eyes, lips, and hands to miss.
Our two souls therefore, which are one,
Though I must go, endure not yet
A breach, but an expansion,
Like gold to airy thinness beat.
If they be two, they are two so
As stiff twin compasses are two;
Thy soul, the fixed foot, makes no show
To move, but doth, if the other do.
And though it in the center sit,
Yet when the other far doth roam,
It leans and hearkens after it,
And grows erect, as that comes home.
Such wilt thou be to me, who must,
Like th' other foot, obliquely run;
Thy firmness makes my circle just,
And makes me end where I begun.
This category may seem unrelated, but the poem's metaphor of two compasses might be seen as a metaphor for two fishermen, one staying at home (the fixed foot) while the other goes out to sea (the roaming foot), making it tangentially related to this category.
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2) Heaven's Fishing Hole
Author: Jill Eisnaugle
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For years, the riverbank was where
Your soul felt most at peace
Your heart was most content when there
With the fish and the geese.
But then, your spirit came to rest
Where angels chose to roam
And once equipped with ten-pound test
You made yourself at home.
The sky became your deep blue sea
The clouds became your shore
And there, for all eternity
You sat with friends galore.
Each angel was a fisherman
Who had traded his pole
For golden wings and a game plan
At Heaven’s Fishing Hole.
This category may seem unrelated, but the poem's metaphor of two compasses might be seen as a metaphor for two fishermen, one staying at home (the fixed foot) while the other goes out to sea (the roaming foot), making it tangentially related to this category.
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3) A Boy And His Dad
Author: Edgar Albert Guest
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A boy and his dad on a fishing-trip –
There is a glorious fellowship!
Father and son and the open sky
And the white clouds lazily drifting by,
And the laughing stream as it runs along
With the clicking reel like a martial song,
And the father teaching the youngster gay
How to land a fish in the sportsman’s way.
I fancy I hear them talking there
In an open boat, and the speech is fair.
And the boy is learning the ways of men
From the finest man in his youthful ken.
Kings, to the youngster, cannot compare
With the gentle father who’s with him there.
And the greatest mind of the human race
Not for one minute could take his place.
Which is happier, man or boy?
The soul of the father is steeped in joy,
For he’s finding out, to his heart’s delight,
That his son is fit for the future fight.
He is learning the glorious depths of him,
And the thoughts he thinks and his every whim.
And he shall discover, when night comes on,
How close he has grown to his little son.
A boy and his dad on a fishing-trip –
Builders of life’s companionship!
Oh, I envy them, as I see them there
Under the sky in the open air,
For out of the old, old long-ago
Come the summer days that I used to know,
When I learned life’s truths from my father’s lips
As I shared the joy of his fishing-trips.
The poem centers around a fishing trip shared between a father and son, making it a perfect fit for this category.
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4) Gone Fishin'
Author: Delmar Pepper
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I’ve finished life’s chores assigned to me,
So put me on a boat headed out to sea.
Please send along my fishing pole
For I’ve been invited to the fishin’ hole.
Where every day is a day to fish,
To fill your heart with every wish.
Don’t worry, or feel sad for me,
I’m fishin’ with the Master of the sea.
We will miss each other for awhile,
But you will come and bring your smile.
That won’t be long you will see,
Till we’re together you and me.
To all of those that think of me,
Be happy as I go out to sea.
If others wonder why I’m missin’
Just tell ’em I’ve gone fishin’.
The poem is about the speaker's desire to go fishing in the afterlife and reunite with the "Master of the sea."
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5) The Fisherman's Prayer
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Our fisherman
Who art on riverbanks
Angler be thy name
Thy fishing season comes
Thy casting will be done
The weather will be heavenly.
Give us this day lots of bites
And forgive us our laughter
As we forgive you, your
Lies about the one that got away.
Lead us to a shoal of fish
And deliver us a big catch
For thine is the carp
The Pike and the Trout
Forever and ever,
Amen.
The poem is focused on fishing and describes various elements of the activity.
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6) Fish Tales
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The tales you told about each catch
Its stature and its girth
Will live in memories unmatched
As days pass here on earth
Until we meet again, one day
Upon God’s golden sand
We’ll picture you, no other way
Than with a pole in hand.
The poem directly speaks about fishing and the stories shared about the catches, making it a fitting choice for someone who loved fishing.
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