Talks & Events
Conversations and gatherings about death, dying, funerals and the culture around them.
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Poetic Endings
Journal
Ideas, stories and photographs exploring funerals, death and how we do things differently.
Who knew that coffins could be this fun!
An eight-year-old said it best. Two coffins, several hundred coloured balls and an afternoon of decorating at the Horniman's Day of the Dead celebration in Forest Hill.
Read the storyThe mushroom coffin arrives in Britain
Poetic Endings hosted the official UK launch of Loop Biotech's Living Cocoon, transforming the floral studio into a forest of moss, snowdrops and fungi.
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How many roses?
Friends, collaborators, an extraordinary feast and exactly 473 roses. A photographic story from Poetic Endings' fifth birthday.
Read the storyPoetic Summer Party 2019
A summer evening beside the Thames at Linden House, with food, flowers and a house full of people from the early days of Poetic Endings.
Photography by Shaun Foulds
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Archive
Earlier writing
Essays, funeral stories, poetry, events and snapshots from the earlier years of Poetic Endings.
Our new funeral home in Forest Hill, South East London
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To be or not to be? Using alternative venues for funeral services in Covid times
Funerals & ideas
LGBTQ Grief Support: The Good Grief Trust's Virtual Cafe
Support
Welcoming a new member of the team, Victoria Keen
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David Sinclair's Powerful Funeral
Funeral story
Life would be better if we faced up to death
Death & dying
A Woman Mourned by Daughters
Poetry
"Good night, Willie Lee, I'll see you in the morning"
Poetry
You're invited to an Evening of Remembrance
Events
What's the plural of octopus?
Behind the scenes
In Memory of Death Cafe's Jon Underwood
Death & dying
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