Category: Poems for Grownups

No matter what the doctors say The one thing that a mother knows, Children’s growth spurts always occur Just after you’ve bought them new clothes!

This poem was written per request of TJ’s grandmother, Dr. Peggy Conner.

They told the marriage counselor All of their irks and all their woes woes. How they’d stayed this long together I don’t think anybody knows. Then the counselor grabbed the wife He held her tight and then he kissed her; A very long and passionate kiss, Not the kind he’d give his sister! Then he […]

Mama says I talk too loud, That my talking hurts her ears. She says if I don’t tone down, She’ll be deaf in two more years. Grandpa says I talk too low And that I tend to mumble. He says when I talk so low, My words are one big jumble. Teacher says I talk […]

He was making his first visit, Though she had been there quite a while. He thought of her mindless chatter And of her toothless gummy smile. The nurse told him that he should wait, That she was ready to come back. Her hospital room was cheery And was much neater then her shack. As senior […]