Short Funeral Poems

Short Funeral Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Funeral by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Funeral by length and keyword.


Premium Member The Beer Ends Here


To his shame and dismay,
he drank beer all that day;
never did get to the funeral –
held up, he said, at a urinal.


Premium Member Floral Umbrella

January pouring flower-adorned umbrella during funeral
Written: September 25, 2021
© Sotto Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Premium Member I Put the Fun In Funeral

Whenever I die
I much rather they not cry.
Rather just goodbyes.
No pity, nor wonder why,
Just God opening their eyes.
Form: Tanka

The Elements

The fire consumes our souls
The wind spreads the fire
The earth catches the sparks
The water destroys the funeral pyre.
Form:

Premium Member Cleriew Auden

English playright W H Auden
also poetized with his pen
Famed for his 'Stop the clock'
his.Funeral blues gave many a shock
Form: Clerihew


Premium Member Today We Mourn, Tomorrow We Live

Graveside so quiet
Tear laden relatives mourn
Today, heavy hearts 
Tomorrow, spirits will lift
Whilst the living remember
Form: Tanka

Forever Tomorrow

IF YOU NEVER NEW YOU HAD A DISEASE
YOU PROBABLY LIVE FOREVER 
BUT NOW YOU NOW YOU HAVE A DISEASE 
IT'S DEAD AND GONE TOMORROW
© Jimmy Musk  Create an image from this poem.
Form:

Grave-Side Service

weather-beaten sign
driven down in dying weeds
forsaken headstone
oh nameless, forgotten soul
the Savior knows who you are
Form: Tanka

Fleece

I will wounded you
Start running because i'm here
I will take your life
You won't sense any soreness
Until you discontinue
Form: Tanka

Fortunately

Fortunately

I’ve been to
a few more funerals
since I turned sixty.

Fortunately, none 
of them have been mine.

1/18
Form:

Station Bench

Everyone is a child's child.

Everyone is grown some
little, some hardly at all.

Everyone is one
until they are none,
no more.

Premium Member Last Rites

angry clouds crying over freshly-prepared grave soldier is home now
written July 8, 2021
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Funeral Pyre

Fire swiftly releases and A soul flies free on its course; The journey to afterlife, Needs no vehicles.
Form: Dodoitsu

Premium Member Upon My Two Knees

Gosh-o-Roonies, said the Moonies,
Drag you out into the boonies
Watch you be cut up by loonies
Feed you to the starving goonies.
Form: Quatrain

Birds In Sable and Grey

cloaked in sable and grey, birds strut heavily for a funeral march



In One Line Monoku # 9 Contest-- PD Linda
March 16, 2016
Form: Monoku

Premium Member You Appear As a Character

You appear

In the story

As a character..

As an 

Unpredictable 

Sensing and

Free

Appearance of

Nothingness...

Premium Member A Haiku Show Tell

On the wind,a bell
Muffled from across the square
Music fills the air

The requiem starts
Faure's genius is heard
In every ear
Form: Haiku

Yazeed Lanti

Barrister Fahad Malik Dead.
Osama Nadeem Satti Dead.
Khalid Urf Guddu Also Dead.
Yazeed Pay Lanat Bay Shumar.
Note.Yazeed Lanati.
© Majnu Bhai  Create an image from this poem.
Form: List

Underneath the House

dragging feeble feet
a silent walk to death's grasp
beaten under house
the last sigh escapes her lungs
whiskers shrivel as years pass
Form: Tanka

The Boy

Tis the ashes of a boy,
of who was born too early.

Tis the boy who lived an hour;
so small and helpless.
In God he will survive.
Form:

The Hypocrisy of Children

the girl in the purple leotard
that everyone made fun of
until the accident
when they all went to the funeral
and pretended to cry
Form:

Bad Day

Someone paints over a masterpiece,

a funeral crashes a wedding,

our love slips on a banana peel,

and clouds get into my eyes.

Premium Member Fuel for the Pyre

  How strident are their screams, 'Ceasefire!'  
                                             ~ adding fuel to the funeral pyre ...
Form: Monoku

Mourning... - Tanka

heaven is heavy
with the tears of angels
shed for falling stars...
pain's knocking at heavens' gates
asking for its toll of salt...
Form: Tanka

Sunset Shadorma

Sunset. Shadorma

Winter sun
On the coast of death
White coffins
In the bay 
Hoisting sail for unknown seas  
As darkness descends
Form: Shadorma

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