Resumé Comments

Great poem. Suicide is never the answer.

A powerful and meaningful poem. So brilliantly expressed and crafted.

A great poem

Resume is a beautiful poem with nice theme. I appreciated it as a modern poem of the day.

Brilliant poem with a sarcastic tune.The best poem on suicide.

Congratulations to the family of the late poetess this poem being chosen as The Modern Poem Of The Day

Brilliant brevity and a pleasurable read.5 Stars Full Score. The tone in this short poem is amazing

so need to live as usually; it's essential to survive naturally

Reallllĺlyyy Love it....🤯♥️♥️🔥💯

You can't understand the poem until you read about her life. Mother died at 5, father abused her, hated stepmother (who died when she was 9) . Divorced, pregnant, aborted, first suicide attempt. Fired from Vanity Fair for criticism of VIPs. Blacklisted by Hollywood for communist views, married and divorced (twice) to a bisexual adulterer, long-term alcoholic, Even after she died, her ashes lay in a filing cabinet for 17 years because nobody cared.

Remember reading this in high school and so began my love for Dorothy Parker. Would've loved to meet her.

Yes, you might as well live. Suicide is never painless, even if you find a way to feel no pain yourself, you leave pain behind you in those still alive.

We have to breathe till allowed to breath lovely love the poem

Miss Parker's wit and humor are some of my favorites, and this is no exception. Everything kills us, so live in spite of it!

Some time ago I found audio file of Miss Parker reading this poem. Since I've long forgotten Invictus, the first poem I was required to memorize, this is the last verse I can recite from memory. I guess that makes it my favorite.

Hahahah took me a while but yes, good reason to throw out the choice of suicide :)

Parker is one of those rare poets to whom one comes expecting perfection - and this poem is perfection. It is the quintessence of laconic New Yorkese which might be far more effective in dissuading suicides than the priest.

Sheer and utter genius, really, where one feels they cannot face things any more but when considering the options (you might as well live) ne-er a truer word spoken.... brutal yet also has a touch of irony...tyvm karen

A track of looking at time quiet realistic way which reflects the dark. In other sense it insists on another fight to dig the positive vision towards life.(If anything there) . Reader to decide. Much atomic the radiation of such selective words. Good poem...............................Pranab k c 10

This poem is darkly funny. It's a little strange...how it makes me feel depressed and smile at the same time. An amazing poem that puts a new twist on suicide.