Category: Poems for Grownups

Mommy uses toilet water When she and Dad are going out. She puts it on her neck and ears Then she sprinkles it all about. I heard Mom say she’s running low Of her favorite brand, My Sin. So I went and got her bottle And filled it up for her again. When she sprinkled […]

“What caused your wreck?” the doctor asked While he was setting another bone. “Peanuts,” the bus driver told him, In a dejected kind of tone. “Peanuts?” the doctor asked the man, “Just how did peanuts cause your wreck? I guess you know how close you came To dying with a broken neck?” “They kept feeding […]

She had survived a heart attack And she was really feeling low. She prayed to God, “Don’t let me die, I’ve lots to do before I go.” God said He had heard her prayer And that He understood her fears. She had been a faithful worker So God promised her twelve more years. Twelve promised […]

All the doctors carried signs But no one seemed to heed them, Except for the pharmacists. Seems no one else could read them.

My daughter keeps a messy house. Food on the floor for roach and mouse. She makes her beds when she wishes And she never has clean dishes. To dirt and dust gives little care And now she is a millionaire! Her dirty dishes grew some mold They used to cure the common cold!