Death Humorous Poems | Examples

These Death Humorous poems are examples of Humorous poems about Death. These are the best examples of Humorous Death poems written by international poets.


Premium MemberThe Billionaire

A billionaire died 
after swallowing a bee.
I'm glad it wasn't you,
I'm glad it wasn't me.


Premium Memberrituals of reputation


many rituals,
from birth till the death
breath folds each goodbye.

Imitated feast-
ceremonies choking on fear
shrinking from them.

shame of the ceremony
when mandop lacks pomp and guests,
no minister (or M.L.A) comes.

ashamed of parent's death
if ceremonies not grand
although not fed (him) well.

ashamed at his own death
while rites are not made grand
before the (watching ) people.

Premium MemberMean Gene - CM


He'll save his cash Digs grave ... tips ash

Premium MemberOnly the Strong Survive

Stopped at the rest stop with my friend Seth,

He just made the restroom, out of breath!

Came out gasping for air,

Yo Bud!...Don't go in there!

This "Turlet" has the foul smell of "Death!"


I thought I'd sniff about..just for fun!

The pungence hit...and my head just spun!

Bordering on manic,

Seth was in a panic!

Yo Bud!...Could you PLEASE call 9-1-1?

Premium MemberPennies from Heaven

Lay me down in open skies

Put the pennies on my eyes

Wrapped in my suit and tie of gray

Say a couple words of grace

Toss the earth upon my face

And let's call it another day 

Endless time is all I've got

As I decompose and rot

It's a horrid situation 

As I leave you all behind

The one thing that comes to mind

Should have asked them for cremation


Premium MemberDirty Little Business

It's a dirty little business
And I've never stooped so low
But if I stay here long enough
I'll dig myself a hole

There's trouble all around
And death to be expected
But the tools that I have found
leave's a wound, that's undetected 

It'll take time for all to see
What I've done here on this day
'bout the time that they take notice
I'll be far enough away

Now, I have them lying there
Soon, covered up with weeds
But if I want to grow tomatoes
I have to plant these seeds

Premium MemberDear Death - Mar 5

A dumb deer died in that damn ditch today. 
Daring, no doubt, but didn’t dodge the diesel
Doom dashing down the dune. The dimwit did
Duck, but the damage done was a deadly deal.

Premium MemberWay To Go

Your candle locates a gas leak
You said out loud Putin’s a freak
Your brake pipes might even corode
But jello ain’t meant to explode

You may one day fall out of bed
And get a big dent in your head
You may get run down in the road 
But jello ain’t meant to explode

Get cut by an old rusty nail
Or both of your parachutes fail
You may touch a poisonous toad
But jello ain’t meant to explode

A rock makes a hole in your boat
You’re knocked off a cliff by a goat
You should be safe in your abode
But jello ain’t meant to explode

Premium MemberConceiving Himself To Be Dead

Conceiving himself to be dead,
He leaped like a ghost from his bed.
But finding no wings
Supporting of things,
He fell like a mortal instead.

Premium MemberI was at Mickey D's when I heard of your demise

When I first heard of your demise,
I was at Mickey D's eating a cheeseburger and fries.
And when the newscaster said
you’d died when an elephant sh-t on your head,
it didn't come as a big surprise.
© Rio Jansen  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member- Hair On The Chest -


                                       the Vallhall journey
                              drunken orgies - fight and death
                                  mead - milked from a goat

Premium MemberMister Misanthrope

Mister Misanthrope had given up hope
On the entire human race 
He'd bark and he'd bleat as he walked down the street 
With a grimace on his face

Each day he would howl with a snarl and scowl
Most folk scurried as he neared
He'd chortle of death with foul rancid breath
Which was exactly what they feared

The skies became gray the birds flew away
Even rats would turn their backs
The locals weren't dreaming went running and screaming
To avoid his verbal attacks

One day in the valley down tornado alley
There formed a massive cyclone
With joy they saw Mister riding that twister
Into the great unknown

Premium MemberIgnorance My Bliss

I know nothing of
where the wild geese go
other than been told
by those with loftier eye

I know little of where
the natural streams flow
if not for those who have
thought to journey and try

I cannot say, whether heaven
nor hell, my loved ones passed
are yet silent. Content not to know
till after I go, if the knowing remain
respectfully compliant.

Premium MemberHumorous Laud, Deeply Flawed

The macabre’s amusing at times,
makes for off-beat, hilarious rhymes.
To my wife they’re not funny;
she wants cute little bunnies
and not ones that are strangled by mimes.

She says, “Why must the animals die?
And that one with the bird made me cry.
In the end, she did soar
off to some distant shore,
but her kin were all shot by some guy.”

“Ah, but see how it’s seared in your brain:
a phenomenon hard to explain.
It’s odd how we’re wired;
The inane makes us tired,
but an image of death will remain.”

So why aim for the grand or sublime?
Find dead leopards instead on a climb!
For the joy in the tragic,
trawl the semi-pelagic 
when your muse loves primordial slime.
© Jeff Kyser  Create an image from this poem.

Premium MemberResident Ghosts

"Hello said the Ghost"
I knew it was a Ghost
the semi see-through
sort of a-dead-giveaway

not frightened though
getting on in years~ 
my own skin quite 
thinner, like an aged mongrel 
needing a good dinner -- 

(in a haunting way
getting back to the spirit of things)

becoming transparent to my core --

but it was getting a bit 
late, and my feeling a tad
more tired than usual, I suggested he
show himself to the door

He simply said, "What for?
What for? Soon to be room-mates
evermore."

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