A Humorous Death Poem by Sally Plumb Plumb

A Humorous Death

Rating: 5.0


Distance stretches
to the horizon,
over the edge
is the distance down.
I am over
Falling slow as a feather.

My past passes me,
painfully.
It is a long way,
the bottom.
In the mortuary of mind
lay my ancestors
arms open and calling.
The dying left in me
will not speed its entirity
towards the inevitable.



My ancestors are laughing now.
Applauding joyfully,
glad that I am released
from the restrictions of being.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Kim Barney 01 January 2015

A marvelous poem, but I think humorous is the wrong word to use in the title. Better would be pleasant or pleasing or joyful, etc. I scored it a ten.

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Sally P. P. 20 May 2020

Thanks for your input. Much appreciated.

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Julia Luber 13 March 2019

Your poems are Profoundly sophisticated. I am impressed at your " education" too- or lack thereof. I myself, though 'educated' have found the most powerful education through that of life though it be more difficult, and one one may need a break from in a University sometimes.

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Sally P. P. 19 January 2020

I am familiar with street life.That helps.

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Bri Edwards 18 October 2023

I got my (bri's) break from a 'University' when I quit my senior year. I was wasting both MY TIME and CORNELL U's TIME! ! : )

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Bri Edwards 18 October 2023

***** five stars

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Bri Edwards 18 October 2023

(cont.) NOT only does only a part of one comment show up below {the definition of 'lascivious'}, but it shows up on A Humorous Death instead of the poem Private! ! ! !

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Bri Edwards 18 October 2023

Wow, some comments from me have already shown up, but one is incomplete. (some comments have taken days to show up this year) (cont.)

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Bri Edwards 18 October 2023

'In the mortuary of mind lay my ancestors arms open and calling. The dying left in me will not speed its entirity towards the inevitable.' I suggest 'lie', not 'lay', and 'entirety', not 'entirity'.

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Bri Edwards 18 October 2023

'lascivious lə-sĭv′ē-əs adjective Given to or expressing

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Sally Plumb Plumb

Sally Plumb Plumb

Haverhill Suffolk England
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