Category: Poems for Grownups

He thought about the life he’d lived, How he had spent it all for God. How he had taught about God’s love And the many miles he had trod. No time to have a family And now his health was going fast. He had passed the time allotted But he’d labored until the last. He […]

The church looked like a post card, Well-kept lawns and shiny steeple. It had a sign out front that said, “All are welcome, we love people.” The men all dressed in Sunday suits, The women were all neat and prim. The church was treated like God’s house And they all came to honor him. It […]

If God has a sense of humor, Then he most surely thinks it’s funny; She took an oath of poverty But she’s always getting money. A brand new hundred dollar bill, Some very thoughtful person sent. She had no desire for money, It gave no reason to repent. Just why did God send her money? […]

Poor Grackle knew his voice was bad, And he had learned it very soon. He was the only bird he knew Who couldn’t even make a tune. Now Grackle really loved to sing And serenade the morning sun. When all the other birds had choir He tried to join right in the fun. A melody […]

It was in a used bookstore, In a book he’d gone to buy, The comments he read, in the margins, Would put tears in a cynical eye. In lines any author would envy, She had penned her concepts of life. Her words showed such inner beauty, They cut through his heart like a knife. He […]