Best Mortuary Poems
Below are the all-time best Mortuary poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of mortuary poems written by PoetrySoup members
In the MortuaryWhen I lay in the mortuary,
Don’t cry, smile and appreciate my journey.
Throughout life, at times, I lived wary.
I carried hope, love and even the...
Read more of this work...
Categories:
mortuary, death, grief, pain, poets,
Form:
Free verse
Broken Hearted MonokuWhy is it called ECSTASY – your two friends lie in a mortuary.
I wrote this poem for my son who was devastated after the death...
Read more of this work...
Categories:
mortuary, heartbroken,
Form:
Monoku
Categories:
mortuary, fear,
Form:
Haiku
Death ComesDeath Comes
All arguments and denials were fruitless;
The deceased fell prey to the Master Thief.
The “One” whose icy-cold touch is . . .
Just Too Cold to...
Read more of this work...
Categories:
mortuary, change, dark, death, horror,
Form:
Lyric
Transcendental TimeIncandescent illusions of massive transfusions
For we are all trapped in tautological time
There is no escape for when you awake
A punitive prisoner that has committed no...
Read more of this work...
Categories:
mortuary, time,
Form:
Rhyme
Chicken Little's Sad Demise - Fable(7/5 Trochee Poem)
Chicken Little, thinking that
sky was soon to fall,
saw a mortuary and
crawled beneath a pall.
He was in a strange dark box
where a dead...
Read more of this work...
Categories:
mortuary,
Form:
Quatrain
The Legend of RobotoriaUpon this world in centuries long past,
Dwelt in woodland glades and pastures fresh,
The spirit of Utopia was cast
By...
Read more of this work...
Categories:
mortuary, science fiction, world, dark,
Form:
Verse
Swallowed DeathI wade the waterside enticing death.
The sea extols the brash to th’ outermost
Abyss. A ‘know it all’, I challenged this
Watery host.
I capsized in the...
Read more of this work...
Categories:
mortuary, death, loss,
Form:
Quatrain
Battle Raphey buddy, I have to tell you,
you stink just like rat pooh!
raw effluent smells so much better!
I wear a gas mask so I can breathe...
Read more of this work...
Categories:
mortuary, rap,
Form:
Rhyme
From Where To There
Washed up on the beach
Laid out on a mortuary slab
My entry into Brian's " SPACES " contest...
Read more of this work...
Categories:
mortuary, life, loss, sad
Form:
Imagism
Mocking Dance of the DeadWritten: September 19, 2023
Mocking The Dead Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Silent One
"Do not be...
Read more of this work...
Categories:
mortuary, analogy, bereavement, death, giggle,
Form:
Rhyme
A Series of Unfortunate Darwin AwardsThe Darwin Awards are a posthumous honor, recognizing those who have improved the human gene pool by removing themselves from it by their own foolish...
Read more of this work...
Categories:
mortuary, death, humorous, silly,
Form:
Limerick
Polish Woman Made Sure To Cancel Her Own FuneralShe was going to visit her old auntie at 91 years
The sweet old aunt lived in her own home
in the town of...
Read more of this work...
Categories:
mortuary, death, life,
Form:
Narrative
The Cost of EducationOssenburger, the business genius,
when he graduated from college,
he started a budget mortuary service.
Five dollars a corpse!
He was the Wal-Mart of death.
Burry ‘em, burn...
Read more of this work...
Categories:
mortuary, business, death, education, funeral,
Form:
Free verse
BelieveWhen I was younger i was taught to believe in god
Now i wonder if i misunderstood, Whether it was all a mirage
Baptized in holy water...
Read more of this work...
Categories:
mortuary, depression, faith, introspection, spoken
Form:
Free verse