Category: Poems for Grownups

My mom thinks it is luck That she is still alive. But it was her idea To teach me how to drive. She said it would be fun ‘Cause what could be so hard? When she screamed, “Step on the brake!” I trashed the neighbor’s yard. Which one is the stupid brake? Two pedals sure […]

For our friends Andy and Nancy They’re selling their house and they’re moving away. We can’t let them leave us but what can we say? They’ve found a new house, now Cinderella will try it. If the cat doesn’t like it, they probably won’t buy it. All his friends knew it was just idle wishing […]

A policeman on surveillance Watched him stagger out of the bar. Watched him stumble across the street In search for where he’d parked his car. He watched him fumble with his keys… He’d nail him like a sitting duck. People began to leave the bar, Seven cars and a pickup truck But he had picked […]

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 […]

The plane was there; the engine was running, Just like they said it would be. Taking pictures needed of the forest fire Would now be just up to me. I jumped in the plane and yelled to the pilot, “Get this thing off of the ground!” With a worried look he replied to me, But […]