All of these poems for lost loved ones seem too impersonal...

I think whatever YOU feel like you want to do would be perfect. My dad has passed I haven't figured out what I am doing yet. But i know what ever I chose to do will be just right

I don't think it's sad, I think it's a beautiful idea and a lovely way to honor your dad. I've never seen it, but personally I'd be impressed if I did see something like that. Do what feels right to you.

It would be sad, but in a good way.

I am having the wedding photo of my mom and dad, and a photo of my mom, dad and I when I was little on a table with a dozen red roses (they were my mom's favorite flower).

I have a little chalk board block that I am going to right a little something on in memory of her.

I think that would be beautiful! One of our groomsmen passed and DH just said a few words about him at the reception - about how much he would have wanted to be there and how much he meant to him.

Both my parents have passed away. I'm going to have their wedding picture on a table as well as other family members that have passed away. I'm not sure if I'm going to have a poem or just a sign that says "In Loving Memory".

I always recommend less is more, especially when it ones to memorial mentions.

Remembrance

Playwright Welly Yang writes, in his play, Finding Home, “We are all a culmination of the people that came before us, and we’re here to finish the dreams they left unfinished.” We include in our thoughts this evening those who could not be here with us. We feel their presence and hear their voices in the wind. . We want to lift the name of ____ a man who (loved to play tennis, loved stinky cigars, couldn't miss a Giants game....) Let us take a moment of silence, not so much to realize the time gone by, but to remember the wonderful experiences we’ve shared