Category: Poems for Grownups

Two young ladies sat in Heaven; The two of them had been best friends. They were discussing how they each Had come to their untimely ends. The first friend said, “I froze to death. And it’s not all that bad you know. You’re cold, then you get warm and sleep; It’s quite a peaceful way […]

The boxer made the front page, Standing by his foxy bride, He was so much too ugly For the woman at his side. My husband said, “Figure it, One of those strange things in life, How the biggest jerk always Gets the most beautiful wife!” Watching my belly-scratching man, Sitting there drinking his beer, I […]

The community had gathered, The new priest was meeting his flock, This was his first congregation Since he had first donned the Smock. “What do you think of the Demons?” A little boy asked the new priest.” The attention of all those there Had very suddenly increased. The new priest, wanting very much To calm […]

Sue Smith stood up in church and said. “Thank God for answering my prayer. Healing my husband’s injuries, Demonstrated His loving care.” “When Kent crashed his motorcycle, His scrotum was horribly crushed. They called me from the hospital Where he, in much pain, had been rushed.” “His pain was excruciating, Success in treating it was […]

She’d asked her husband several times If he would mow their weedy lawn, He always claimed that he was tired, Then he would stretch and sigh and yawn. She thought it would embarrass him, To see her on her hands and knees Cutting, with a pair of scissors, The weedy grass beneath the trees. He […]