Category: Poems for Grownups

Although ninety years old, Jack played golf every day, So he was unhappy, His sight was slipping away. He could still hit the ball A good country mile, But not seeing its flight Was cramping his style. His wife said, “Take Herby, He has perfect eyesight. He’s a hundred and two But he’s still very […]

I travel the land, the air and the sea And nothing can ever happen to me. No disaster can come upon me unaware Because I always have on clean underwear. Victims of weird unexplained incidents And airplane crashes and car accidents Could all have been safe with a little care If they had just had […]

My wife’s getting hard of hearing, I really have to let her know. When you are getting old, like her, Your hearing’s often first to go. She also mumbles when she talks Just like that deaf girl on TV. But when I try to let her know, She says the one that’s deaf is me. […]

“A fork?” the preacher said, condescension in his voice, “Of all your earthly goods, a fork’s to be your choice?” She had asked him for a visit, for she was going to die; They had talked about her service, how she wanted none to cry. She would be in her church dress, with a fork […]

Of all my students, he stood out, ‘Cause he was kind of weird. He had orange hair and holey clothes And a thin and straggly beard. That kind of kid, when I was young, We used to call a hippie. His talk was strange his ways were brash, You might say he was lippy. Well, […]