Category: Poems for Grownups

The nudists are a funny lot To go about without a stitch. The gender question leaves no doubt ‘Cause it is easy to tell which. Their thoughts concerning wearing clothes, To others must seem somewhat queer. They always have on ‘wash ‘n wear’ Their favorite color must be clear. Details on their driver’s license, When […]

I hear you’re having A birthday party And I guess you wish You were still forty? Well just stop and think, Before you shed tears, How old you would be Counting doggy years!

We were standing in the park, Just talking about dying. Talking about our funerals And if there’d be lots of crying. That kind of stupid talking Makes me a little nervous. Then they asked me what I want said At my own funeral service. One guy hoped that they would say, That he’d been a […]

He was a salty pirate Who sailed the seven seas. He stood aside for no one And he never tried to please. Then I met him at the dock And I saw he’d lost a leg, He was getting on quite nicely On a shiny wooden peg. I saw he’d lost some other parts When […]

I had to move to a new town, A new place to work and live. I needed some encouragement, All that this new found friend could give. “I’ve heard your town is one tough place. Will my wife and kids feel safe down there?” “Your folks will love my town”, he said. I wondered if […]