Category: Poems for Grownups

They had been going together For what it seemed to her like years. That he’d never mentioned marriage, Had caused her much remorse and tears. He was ordering Chinese take out. He asked how she’d like her rice; Did she want it steamed or fried? She answered, “Thrown would sure be nice!”

Our ten-year-old cat died. She had been a good friend, She was very loving And loyal to the end. Our little four-year-old Sadly told me, as he cried, “I couldn’t find your chapstick And that’s why kitty died. “Her bottom was all chapped And that’s why she got sick. It made her feel better When […]

“Oh, no,” he said to his little girl, “That light was red, and I drove right through!” “Well it must be all right,” she told him, “‘Cause the cop behind us did it too!”

As Jake and his son were driving one night Around in a Texas state park They happened upon a Texas game warden Broke down and alone in the dark. Old Jake decided that he’d rub it in To a man that he’d grown to dislike. So he stopped and he said to the government man, […]

“You are a most unusual man,” She said holding on to his hand “You look just like my third husband, You’re so tall, and handsome, and tanned.” He said, “That’s a nice thing to say,” Although he thought it to be true. “How many husbands have you had?” She said, “Well, so far, only two!”