Category: Poems for Grownups

My wife claims that my snoring, At night keeps her awake She asked for separate bedrooms For our happy marriage’s sake. I asked which rooms she had in mind, Her answer was quite plain. She wants to keep hers where it is, For mine she recommended Spain!

The preacher preached a sermon, He described the fires of hell. It frightened little Tommy And he didn’t feel so well. He asked Pastor, after church, “God knows that I’ve turned seven. Just how bad can I be now And still get into Heaven?” Age Of Accountability asks a question that is very human, not […]

Have you ever seen water Under a microscope? If you haven’t yet, You won’t, I hope. You’ll see lots of ugly bugs And slimy gooey worms, And all kinds of things That we call germs. You’ll see small ugly microbes With names you cannot spell. Fast things and slow things Swimming pell-mell. Such disgusting ugly […]

The old man was the quiet type; he led a lonely life. He hated crowds of people and any kind of strife. His mule that he called Jessie seemed to be his only friend. He walked with painful shuffle, you could tell it hurt to bend. Folks called him, “Old Prospector,” that’s the only name […]

The stupid bird was there again; it seemed that it was everywhere. It poked its beak in everything and left deposits there. Cloud Face had hunted all day long without a bit of luck. He hadn’t seen a single goose and had missed the only duck. He wished the stupid bird would go, he was […]