Category: Poems for Grownups

Old Billy Hermit built a house; Why he built it… we have no doubt. He built it without doors or windows To keep unwanted company out! He built it way out in the sticks Where no one else had ever been. And there he plans to live alone If he can find it and get […]

While looking in an old bookstore, I came upon a big thick book. The title, “How to Clone Yourself”, Had beckoned me to take a look. “Never grow old,” the thick book said, “For now it is a fact well known, All that a person has to do, Is to make of himself a clone.” […]

I won a contest at the fair… What contest did I win, you ask? I won a contest at the fair For having the most ugly mask. Was I proud that I won, you ask? It surely wasn’t too much fun! Why wasn’t it much fun, you ask? Because I wasn’t wearing one!

We stopped there to get coffee, The restaurant far from clean. I had to wipe the table, Soup stain and a dried up bean. The waitress wasn’t friendly, Her uniform was a fright. She stared at us both coldly, We wondered if she might bite. I ordered us both coffee. Then not trying to sound […]

I am faithful with my exercise Because it keeps my joints from locking. One problem with my exerciser: I need someone to start it rocking!