Category: Poems for Grownups

The policeman was unhappy “Never try to outrun a cop! When you see a flashing red light You’ve got to pull over and stop!” “You better have a good excuse” “Or you will have to go to jail. You’ll be real lucky if the judge Will even let you out on bail.” The man explained,”A […]

Three pastors on a camping trip Far from their world of daily stress. Each had a secret sin he thought Would do his soul good to confess. The first one said, “my sin is lust For my church organist named Jill. I go to bed each night with dreams I can’t deny give me a […]

When I was young my father said, “Always respect your elders, Son.” It’s difficult because of late, I have a hard time finding one!

“You want smoking or non-smoking?” The waitress asked me yesterday. “I want to breathe somebody’s smoke?” I told the waitress, “There’s no way!” But smoke still filled the restaurant And I could certainly tell it. Why didn’t someone else complain? Couldn’t everybody smell it? They said smoke stays in its section, They take me for […]

Sis said, “It’s raining cats and dogs!” I was eating apple strudel. She said before she came inside, That she had stepped into a poodle. She watched me as I penned these lines And told me it should be a crime, For poets to add useless words To try and make their verses rhyme. My […]