Category: Poems for Grownups

My master wonders what I think The times he sees me lying here. He wonders if I’ve ticks and fleas Each time he sees me scratch my ear. And when I sleep and kick my feet He wonders if it is a dream Of maybe chasing cottontails Or treeing coons down by the stream. If […]

There it stood, a work of art, Made out of sand and clay. The beauty of it stirred my heart And caused my thoughts to stray. So many minds had labored there To build this marvelous thing. Each tiny grain was placed with care, Held not with glue or string. Built in this place where […]

Why shouldn’t one of them be there, One of God’s most pretty creatures? I have some of them in my yard, They are one of its main features. I told the preacher right up front, “No manger scene can be complete Without one stuck next to the crib, Right down by Baby Jesus’ feet.” The […]

The Easter Bunny came today. And left me lots of things real neat. Best of all a chocolate bunny Which I could hardly wait to eat. It’s awful how they fool us kids. Disappointment’s hard to swallow. Just now when I bit its ear off, I found out that it was hollow!

“You can’t park there,” a member said, “That parking place you took is mine.” The visitor just smiled and moved His battered car on down the line. He stood there in his tattered robe With sandals on his scarred bare feet. No one came by to shake his hand Or show him to an empty […]