Raise a Glass
The poem read at wakes and funerals across the world. 200 people have it saved; 24 have reviewed it at five stars.
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Poems you can
have in the room
Every poem here is an instant download — a print-ready file you can have in minutes, print at home or hand to a printer. Most are bought for a funeral at short notice, or given to somebody who needs the words more than the frame.
The shop, in numbers
278 sales · 5.0 from 28 reviews
158 admirers · selling since 2021
Checkout, payment and delivery are handled by Etsy
Everything in the shop
Poem prints
Print-ready PDF in A4, A3 and US Letter · print at home or hand to a printer
Raise a Glass — print + mass card set
The poem, a companion “In Loving Memory” print, a 5×7 keepsake card, and the mass card in two layouts — folded or open spread.
When My Time Comes
For the ones who want their own send-off said plainly. A night sky and a mountain, and the poem in the middle of it.
€9.99
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But I Loved You First
Loving someone before they knew. The plain edition — one file, framed as it is.
€9.99
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But I Loved You First — gift edition
The same poem in handwritten script on aged paper, in sienna or brick red. Both designs come with every order.
Across Lifetimes
A love that finds its way back. Four settings included — hibiscus, calligraphy, gold frame, velvet roses. Print one or hang them all.
I Feel Helpless As I Stare
Rain on a window and a sleepless night: how do you comfort a heart you can’t be next to?
€12.99
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The Unbreakable
For the couples who had to fight for it — the distance ones, the wrong-timing ones, the ones who nearly didn’t make it and did. Set quietly, in a warm neutral palette.
€12.00
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The Unbreakable — love covenant
Most love prints ask you to read something. This one asks you to sign it: the same promise set as a deed, both names at the top and two signature lines at the foot.
My Heart Will Always Belong To You
The one promise time can’t reach — for anniversaries, the quiet years of a long marriage, and anyone facing memory loss in someone they love. Sunset, pastel and aged-paper settings.
Narrations
Read aloud by me · an audio file to play on the day
Raise a Glass — audio narration
The poem in my own voice, to play at a service when nobody in the room can manage to read it out.
When My Time Comes — audio narration
Narrated in full, delivered as a file you can play from a phone or hand to the church.
I Love You Neither With My Heart Nor With My Mind
Rumi, read aloud without music. Not my words — but the ones I go back to.
My Heart Will Always Belong To You — audio narration
The poem in my own voice, with the pauses where I meant them to fall. Played at weddings and anniversaries, sent to someone far away, kept for the days that need it.
Let Me Go — funeral narration
“Miss me a little, but not for long.” The poem asked for at celebrations of life, read aloud for the day. Not my words — but ones I’m asked for.
Photographs
Two Irish sunsets · digital prints to download
Church, Co. Laois — sunset
The sun going down over a church in Co. Laois. A photograph rather than a poem, as a file to print at home or hand to a printer.
Lough Tay, Co. Wicklow — sunset
Sunset over Lough Tay in the Wicklow mountains. A photograph as a file to print at home or hand to a printer.
What buyers said
5.0 from 28“Possibly the most profound poem for me since Yeats. Moved me in ways I can’t quite explain.”
“I am willing to pay a poet for their words. … This is perfect for my husband’s Celebration of Life.”
“This poem perfectly represents my husband. … It is not all ‘doom and gloom’, it’s life affirming!”
How a download works
Nothing is posted. You get files, straight away, and they’re yours to print as often as you need.
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Buy through Etsy — card, PayPal, Apple Pay, Klarna.
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The files appear immediately, no waiting on me.
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Print at home, or send the PDF to any print shop.
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Want it signed, framed and posted? Ask me.