A BOOK of poetry has been created from people's own experiences to comfort others who are grieving.
Kettles Funeral Directors' A Time To Reflect has been created by more than 20 contributors, sharing their personal stories.
Kettles administrator Denise Rudd said writers were expressing private feelings to the rest of the world.
She said: "We wanted an alternative from Gideons Bible for grievers to be comforted.
"The poetry book is more up-to-date and has a personal touch because the writers had the same emotions the grievers are feeling. They are very touching and we have some very talented people in North East Lincolnshire who have helped create this."
Poem writer Hazel Horrocks, from Cleethorpes, wrote When Time Allows and Perpetuity – inspired by her late sister Sheila Cole, who passed away five years ago from lung cancer.
Hazel said: "I was inspired from my life experiences of grieving and I want to help others going through the same process by reading my poems.
"My poems aren't religious and Perpetuity is about a life cycle.
"I have written poems for more than 20 years and I used to write them with my sister and it is the first time I have written them since she has passed away."
Marie Riley, from Grimsby, has a passion for writing poems and she hopes the book will help others.
She said: "I have penned two poems, Cry Not For Me and Missing You, and they have been written through my experience of losing my sister and father.
"My passion for writing began at Wintringham Grammar School and it is a very nice to think my poems will comfort people."
Dave and Julie Evardson, known for their folk singing, have also contributed.
Dave wrote Jimmy Lowe and Julie created That's Where I'll Be.
Julie said: "I woke up one morning with a rhythm and words and that was the beginning of the poem. It was pretty much instant.
"It's about my friend Heather, who I used to perform at folk clubs with and we sang at The Royal Oak, in Holton-le-Clay, and the Black Swan, in Victoria Street.
"It's about the nice things in life and that spirits are not in the graveyard but in a bright, open space."
