Category: Poems for Grownups

The little boy in church, Ever wonder why he’s cranky? His mom’s just cleaned his face, With spit on a dirty hanky! CRANKY Surely I’m not the only one that remembers those impromptu spit baths to get off that tiny smudge that somehow got overlooked in your Saturday night bath. It was administered with enough […]

For Pastor Tommy Before we get started on this little essay, I d like you to turn to your neighbor and just say: Well it can be anything for a start Like, “I pick my nose” or “I shop at WalMart.” Since this is a poem, at least fifteen times, Turn to your neighbor and […]

All I said, “It would be neat If you’d make less noise When you eat.” How was I Supposed to think, That she was plunging Out the sink?

“Don’t try this at home,” he said, The guy that did it on TV. How stupid does he think That someone else could be? He was juggling running chain saws; He was doing it with his feet. It did look rather easy And I thought that it was neat. “You can’t do that,” Joey said, […]

He had talked back to the sergeant? He was stupid instead of brave. “So when I die,” the sergeant asked, You’ll be there dancing on my grave?” “There’s no way”, the private answerd, With his usual silly grin. “Once I get outta the Army I ain’t standing in line again!”