Category: Poems for Grownups

If the man who designs dresses Ever had to put one on, Then a lot of silly fashions Very quickly would be gone. And the man who makes our shoes, Another guy I’d like to meet, Just to see if he could walk In high heel shoes that hurt his feet. When I stop to […]

My dad bought himself a horse From a man the other day. The man said it sits on eggs But my father said, “No way!” He’d heard of an elephant That hatched an egg in story. So a horse that sits on eggs Would just be hunky-dory. He spoke of hidden dangers That met with […]

“The secret of long life,” Gramps said, “A pinch of gunpowder at every meal. It will keep your body healthy And aches and pains will quickly heal.” It must have worked for Grandpa, He lived to be a hundred and three. He’s best remembered for the crater Where the crematorium used to be.

The young boy learned in Sunday school, How the Israelites crossed the Red Sea; How God then drowned the Egyptians, Allowing his people to flee. “That’s no miracle,” someone said, “They actually crossed the Sea of Reeds. The water there is two feet deep. Just a marsh full of brush and weeds.” The boy said, […]

My ditsy blonde-haired neighbor called, This morning on the telephone; She had bought a jigsaw puzzle That was too hard to do alone. She told me the puzzle pieces Were too irregular and small, She had tried for several hours Before she’d given me a call. I enjoyed jigsaw puzzles So I was glad that […]