Category: Poems for Grownups

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Like Mother Like Daughter

My daughter’s sure done it this time! She has married a no-good bum! Just why would she want to marry The lazy good-for-nothing scum? So I asked who caused her problem, What had gotten into her head… Well at least she didn’t blame me, “Like mother like daughter,” she said.

Car Keys

I lost my stupid car keys, I’ve been searching high and low. I looked in all the places Where I would normally go. They called me from the health food store, I had left them on the bar. But I won’t need them anyway Unless I find my car!

Erica

Erica’s scared of spiders And she throws a screaming fit. Wonder why she is so scared ‘Cause she’s never once been bit. Spiders are scared of Erica, They have every right to be. She kills them without mercy On wall or path or tree. So if you have a spider, Who you think of as […]

Secret Love

I know somebody with a crush on you And I know somebody who likes your looks; Someone who’d like to walk you home from school, Somebody who’d like to carry your books. I know someone who writes you unsent notes; Somebody who loves everything you do. And if I weren’t so awfully bashful, I would […]

Tongue-Tied

I would talk to the red haired girl The next time that she passed me by; But if she didn’t answer me, My heart would break and I would cry. I jumped right up when I saw her, But couldn’t think of what to say, So I just kicked her on the shin And then […]