Category: Poems for Grownups

My wife complains, the way I dress, Of mismatched socks and other stuff. But who can tell my socks don’t match? Not when my pants are long enough. She told me, my shoes were dirty And said that I never clean them. But then she asked how long it’d been Since the last time that […]

He was getting up in years, His memory had gone south. He’d forget what he was thinking Before it even reached his mouth. Last week he’d asked Maybell If she would be his bride. He couldn’t think what she had said, No matter how he tried. So he quickly wrote a letter To see just […]

Bueford’s funeral was too long It certainly was most boring. Lots of the mourners went to sleep, Some of them were even snoring. A boring service much too long. Wonder why some preachers do it. Good thing that he couldn’t hear it, Bueford wouldn’t have lived through it.

I was training my dog While in town yesterday; I was trying to teach him The meaning of stay. I parked at a store In my new SUV; Then my dog in training Tried to go in with me. I wouldn’t be long And the weather was cool, But I knew my dog thought I […]

My grandmother always says, She doesn’t care how folks talk. If her driving bothers them They should keep off of the sidewalk!