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You can shed tears that she is gone..." is the opening line of a piece of popular verse, based on a short prose poem, "Remember Me", written in 1982 by English painter and poet David Harkins (born 14 November 1958).
Jun 16, 2015 · A poem about coping with loss and grief, written by David Harkins. It offers two choices: to cry and close your eyes, or to smile and open your eyes, to love and go on.
- David Harkins
A poem by David Harkins to comfort the bereaved and celebrate the life of the departed. It offers a choice between shedding tears or smiling, closing eyes or opening them, and cherishing memory or turning back.
The accidental laureate. Twenty years ago a shy, lovelorn Cumbrian baker, David Harkins, wrote a poem. This year, the Queen read it out at her mother's funeral. Matt Seaton hears his extraordinary ...
Find two of David Harkins' best funeral poems, \"Remember Me\" and \"She Is Gone (He Is Gone)\", with audio and PDF versions. Learn about the poet's life, works, and themes of love, loss, and human experience.
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Browse more funeral poems to find the right song for your loved one’s funeral. Download the words for the funeral poem She Is Gone (He Is Gone) by David Harkins on Funeral Guide.
David Harkins is a former bakery worker and painter from Cumbria who wrote the popular poems 'She is Gone' and 'He is Gone' in 1981. His poems were used at the Queen Mother's funeral and inspired by an unrequited love.
