Category: Poems for Grownups

From a suggestion by the late Rev. John M. Bell So far today God, I’ve done all right. I’ve kept the deal I made last night. I haven’t caused you any pain, Nor have I used your name in vain. I haven’t thought to cheat or steal. I think my life has changed for real. […]

A dog sits waiting in the hot summer sun, Too faithful to leave, too frightened to run. He s been there for days, with nothing to do But sit by the road, waiting for you. He can’t understand why you left him that day. He thought you and he were stopping to play. He’s sure […]

He got up early Sunday, so that he could pray. He knelt down by the window, it was such a pretty day. The game he’d planned for Saturday was canceled by the rain. The same had happened last weekend, the weather was a pain. He knew that it was Sunday, with church he couldn’t miss, […]

When people know you’re sick, And you’re really feeling bad, Why do they like to tell you It’s the same thing that they had? Then, of course, they always say Just how awful bad you sound… But that it’s only something That’s been going all around. The ones that I hate the most, That I […]

It had been a most terrible day, The computers in Heaven were down. The mood of the angels was dreary, Even Peter was wearing a frown. The failure had been no mystery, All the saints knew the cause very well. It had been a satanic virus That was sent up from the depths of Hell, […]