Category: Poems for Grownups

I tried to buy a ticket For a play that came to town, As it was a famous play Not a ticket could be found. I was just about to leave, When a stranger caught my arm. I thought he was a mugger Then I saw he meant no harm. He’d bought his wife a […]

A blackbird is the worst of singers, In concerts he cannot join in. He’s ridiculed at singing contests, With his harsh voice he cannot win. A maestro wished to help the bird And purchased a violin for him. The saddened blackbird soon found out, Chance of success with it was slim. A road of cobblestones […]

He came to me, my college son, To tell me things that he had learned. It wasn’t how to pay his way, For self-support he’d always spurned. He said they taught the sun would die In just four hundred million years. I could see why he was concerned, And so I understood his fears. He […]

I was in my office one night When a strange fellow came right in. He was wearing a set of wings, Antennas and a sheepish grin. He said, “Doc, you have to help me. I keep thinking that I’m a moth. I’ve been flitting around all night And I have a craving for cloth.” I […]

Angels today in Heaven All have reason to rejoice; It seems the Heavenly Choir Has auditioned a new voice. His talent had been noted, And a void will now be filled; When Barron adds his tenor, All of Heaven will be thrilled. He so loved to sing of Heaven; How God’s singers would be there. […]