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His Funeral

That he planned his funeral is factual And being a prankster quite actual He prerecorded his voice So when we kneeled on the joist He said, "Hi there! Don't I look natural."

Copyright © | Year Posted 2008




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Date: 12/9/2017 6:26:00 PM
Interesting work..Who did he get to play the tape recording at the proper time so that it would be funny?? Sorry for your loss..It is good that he tried to make people laugh at a sad occasion..Sara
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Date: 5/22/2016 5:53:00 AM
Cool! WW
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Date: 3/21/2016 11:55:00 AM
I choke with so much of your owe from this wonderful piece. You are a gem and blessed talent. Keep it up.
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Date: 5/16/2015 11:57:00 AM
Hi Judith, nice to know you: Sorry for delay. A very cute and clever limerick. Welcome!
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Judith Angell Meyer
Date: 5/17/2015 1:05:00 PM
Glad you enjoyed this one. Was fun to write. And thank you Ralph for your welcome! ~J~
Date: 5/8/2015 8:43:00 AM
FUNNY READ AND I LOVED IT THANKS FOR MAKING MY DAY-MATT
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Judith Angell Meyer
Date: 5/17/2015 1:07:00 PM
You are quite welcome Matt! You would have liked him me thinks! ~J~
Date: 5/6/2015 9:05:00 AM
A beautiful funny poem read from you. Sometimes joke refreshes and builds up mind.Lovely done my lovely friend. Loved always,bl
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Judith Angell Meyer
Date: 5/17/2015 1:12:00 PM
Thank you for your complimentary comment. Was fun to write, all the while remembering him talking about all the fun his friends would have with it. :-) ~J~
Date: 5/5/2015 5:49:00 PM
Judith, I love your sense of humor.
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Judith Angell Meyer
Date: 5/17/2015 1:15:00 PM
I think we are lost without a sense of humor! Thank you James. ~J~
Date: 5/5/2015 2:15:00 PM
It makes sense..Good
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Date: 5/5/2015 2:14:00 PM
I5 makes sense..Good
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Date: 5/5/2015 2:12:00 PM
Unfortunately this does not follow the conventions of a limerick. First of all, you only have near-rhymes. "factual" and "actual" don't rhyme with "natural." And neither does "voice" rhyme properly with "joist." Second, your rhyme scheme is off. The meter for a limerick is two stressed syllables, followed by a stressed syllable. that he PLANNED his FUN er al is FAC tu al Notice how you have an extra unstressed syllable between "funeral is factual". Same with L4.
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Date: 2/21/2014 8:06:00 PM
awesome limerick. I just found this one by looking at Soup's list of limericks.
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Judith Angell Meyer
Date: 2/21/2014 8:34:00 PM
(Found it.) And, this is the only limericks l ever wrote.
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Judith Angell Meyer
Date: 2/21/2014 8:30:00 PM
Glad you found. My husband was quite a jokester, and this is a true story. Thank you for stopping by and commenting!
Date: 12/22/2013 2:54:00 AM
its amazing and a funny poem toooooo wow its awesome
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Judith Angell Meyer
Date: 12/22/2013 11:50:00 AM
Thank you Afiva ... This really happened too. My husband was really the jokester. After his death the memory came back, and it was fun to write. I giggle when I read it still! ~J~
Date: 12/20/2012 5:47:00 PM
very funny poem nice job :-) i fav'd it
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Date: 12/19/2012 3:07:00 PM
That there be a fun loving man. Congrats on the selection. daver
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Judith Angell Meyer
Date: 2/21/2014 8:36:00 PM
That he was!!
Date: 12/17/2012 7:01:00 AM
I love the irony. It's great that you could put three rhymes at the end of such a short piece.
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Date: 3/8/2009 3:21:00 PM
Hello Judith, did it really happen? You made me laugh, my friend. You gave me an idia, lol. Keepon sharing. Ernilando
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Judith Angell Meyer
Date: 4/14/2015 5:11:00 PM
Can't believe I didn't answer this comment. Hope you are still around here on PS ... to answer, indeed, it really happened. Did you ever write out your idea? Would love to see it. ~J~
Date: 1/11/2009 11:41:00 PM
Lol...like this one a lot Judith. All the best for 2009 and keep doing what you're doing :-)
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Date: 12/30/2008 1:21:00 PM
A sense of humour to the end... and beyond! BRAVO Judith! Best wishes, Keith
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Date: 9/12/2008 5:16:00 PM
..and I hear his laugh!
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Date: 7/18/2008 1:00:00 PM
This is great - so clever! Too many limericks are predictable predictable predictable...thank you for this hilarious surprise!! love.t
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