Category: Poems for Grownups

The hospital’s full of alphabets; The ER and the OR, just to name a few. But the ward I think most aptly named Just has to be the ICU!

My grandfather likes to tell people That he is somewhat over sixty. So I asked him why, because I know That my grandfather’s only fifty. He said he likes to hear people say, “You look so young for someone sixty!” He would only be run-of-the-mill If he told people he was fifty.

“My wife just hates football And she sure bosses me.” Said the henpecked husband, As the three watched TV. “It takes a little time,” Said the first of the three, “But she’ll soon come around If you all do like me.” “You just take the control And you switch the TV. That will show her […]

I am so thankful for children Who are so sweet and so polite. Who never sass when they are told, It’s time to go to bed at night. Who stay so clean and are so neat, Each one of them a little gem. Two children who are never bad, I’d like to trade my two […]

While sitting in his waiting room, I first noticed the dentist’s name. I had gone to school with a boy Whose name had been the very same. I could picture him quite clearly; He was a tall and handsome youth. Now was he to be the dentist Who was going to pull my tooth? But, […]