Category: Poems for Grownups

The bully thought it was funny To grab another person’s drink, And then to gulp it down real fast Before the other man could think. But this time the man was crying Which spoiled all of the bully’s fun. He said, “You’re stupid if you think I’ll buy you another one!” He said, “That’s not […]

The country church asked Brother Jones If he’d come and preach a service. He’d never preached for Methodists And he was a little nervous. They had called him Sunday morning, When they found out he was coming. They had warned their church was small And they had no indoor plumbing. When he had started preaching […]

The teacher said to her class, “For next Friday’s Show-and-Tell, Bring something from your heritage That depicts your faith as well.” “This is my prayer rug,” Said the little Muslim boy. “I kneel on it when I pray So it isn’t just a toy.” “This is the Star of David, It protects our crops and […]

Carrying flowers to the cemetery He passed a Chinaman with a bowl of rice. He said. “I see you’re taking food to the dead? I’m sure your dead friend must really think that’s nice” That’s one Chinese tradition I think is weird, There’s simply nothing we do that can beat it. Just when do you […]

The mailman said he caught a catfish That weighed a hundred and eighty pounds. He bragged about his monster catfish To everyone as he made his rounds. Old Jake told him he caught a catfish That was at least twenty times that big. It had swallowed a fisherman’s boat, His lantern and all his fishing […]