Here’s my non-winning entry into the Washington Post Style Invitational’s obit-poem contest.
Ode To Joan Rivers
By Madeleine Begun Kane
A comic genius died last year.
“A Piece of Work” she was — sans peer!
Her edgy style brought rivers of tears
From laughter — not to mention, cheers.
Her plastic surgeons went too far.
She looked (let’s face it) quite bizarre.
A victim of the youth craze? Yup!
To those who’d mock her:”Oh, grow up!”
By all accounts, Joan Rivers’ memorial service was a remarkable affair:
Joan Rivers Goes Out In Style (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Rivers really went out with a bang.
Pipers played, comics joked, singers sang.
And of course there was crying,
As spirits were flying–
The yin of a death … and the yang.
Mad Kane (Madeleine Begun Kane) is a writer, musician, and "recovering lawyer." She won the Robert Benchley Society Award For Humor and enjoys writing limericks, song parodies, and current events haiku.
You can email her at madkane@madkane.com, visit her political humor blog, or stop by her home page.
