Category: Poems for Grownups

The day we got married I told you so… If anything changes You’ll be first to know.

Yesterday I met a man, While I was going for a walk. He had bananas in his ears So I stopped to have a talk. “You have bananas in your ears. Is it for some kind of dare? Or have you just forgotten That you stuck bananas there?” This, to me, was very weird And […]

This year I’d give my dear wife Her bestest birthday ever And anything she would want Would be my sole endeavor. She thought that I was joking, ‘Cause she said with wifely grin, “If it’s anything I want, Then make me a six again.” I woke her up next morning, Just a little after dawn, […]

The lion and the lamb, not a congenial twosome; Any friendship would be particularly gruesome. Of Biblical fame, they’d lie down together, The sun always shining, most beautiful weather. Until that time comes, when peace is the norm, The lamb must endure an occasional storm. And lambs should avoid where lions now abide, Or together […]

Mama said to us, in church, “You must be quiet as a mouse Because you must not forget That you are in God’s own house.” But if it is God’s own house, Doesn’t he love girls and boys? When little kids are happy, They might make a little noise. But Sister explained to me, Why […]