Since I was a child, I have loved poetry.  I tried to experience it from many different perspectives (through song, written words, and even writing it myself) to get immersed in the art.

I thought I had experienced all aspects of poetry until I attended the funeral of my grandmother.  You see one of the eulogies that were read also had a couple of funeral poems in it.

I had never seen this side of poetry before.

After the funeral was over, I went over to talk to the gentleman who read the eulogy that contained poetry.  I asked him where he got the idea to use poetry at the funeral.  He said he found it in one of those "How to Write a Eulogy" books from the library.

I am going to have to look into this aspect of poetry, as I somehow missed it altogether.  And I thought I knew everything about poetry…