Category: Poems for Grownups

It was their anniversary, They had been married fifty years. A union full of happiness And of course there had been some tears. Their children gave them the party. And it had been a great surprise. They could see their life in pictures, All there, spread out before their eyes. I decided I would ask […]

I’d been called for jury duty, it was hurry up and wait; While they tried to pick the twelve who’d decide some poor guy’s fate. We all compared our numbers as we stood there in the hall, Each one of us in secret hoped we wouldn’t get the call. I had spent my boyhood here, […]

The deal was that they make no sound, If so, their plane ride would be free. It was an open-air bi-wing, The old plane had no canopy Today was dear old Bea’s birthday And she had never flown before, I’d promised her an airplane ride Back when she was 74. The pilot was a raucous […]

My foot just went to sleep. It does it out of spite. I hate it when it happens. Now it’s gonna be up all night.

I picked a stickery flower From a stickery thistle. Now if I were a grown-up, I’d shake my hand and whistle. There are so many stickers That my hand is turning red. Since I haven’t learned to whistle, I guess that I’ll just cry instead.