Category: Poems for Grownups

It was first game of the season, There was excitement in the air. One team had much bigger players, It didn’t seem to be quite fair. I asked a lad from the small team If he had kept up with the score. He said his home team had zero, The other team had 24. “Just […]

A whole lot of things have changed From a hundred years ago. Lots of things have gotten fast. Other things have gotten slow. But there are things that never change. And there are problems we can’t solve. Little things we can’t get right. New ways never do evolve. If we could leave tomorrow For a […]

Big Sister and her baby brother Were playing down on the kitchen floor. Sis said, “Don’t put food scraps in your mouth Because it will make your tummy sore.” “How do you know that?” Her brother asked. “‘Cause Mommy told me and she knows best. She has to know about everything To pass the, ‘Become-A-Mommy’ […]

Sitting one night with her husband, A woman began to opine, “No way could I live without you,” While sipping on a glass of wine.” “Is that you talking, or the wine?” The husband asked, with ego fed, “I’m not talking to you, my dear; I’m talking to the wine,” she said.

Then she came and sat beside me Sat beside me on the swing. Told me just how much she loved me Made me want to dance and sing. Then her father from his window Saw us sitting there entwined Shouted words I won’t repeat Shouted words that were unkind. Words that made me more determined […]