Short Poems about Death

Is death a suitable theme for funny poetry? This selection of Paul Curtis' short poems about death treats the sensitive subject of mortality, death and the afterlife with a light and witty, although occasionally irreverent, touch.

Nightmare Flight

The nightmare that keeps me up at nights
Is about oxygen masks on airline flights
They don’t contain any oxygen it seems
They're only there to muffle the screams

Some Days

Some days you’re the King
And on another day unseen
Some days you’re a servant
On another day the Queen
Some days you’re an insect
Another day the windscreen

Life After Death

When I die my destiny is already fated
As my wife plans to have me cremated
Then she will use my ashes in a trice
Confined within an egg timing device
Her reasoning is simple to be truthful
That I will at least in death be useful
As in life revenge for my eternal toil
Is to finish before she’s come to the boil

Clubbing It

I have started to think that dads to old
For clubbing but he just will not be told
He refuses even to listen to my chatter
And doesn't see why age should matter
He says that he’s not as fit as in the past
But the baby seals don’t move that fast