Category: Poems for Grownups

I’ll marry a girl as sweet as a dove. I’ll marry a girl with a baseball glove. I’ll marry a girl that’s gracious and kind. I’ll marry a girl that has a great mind. I’ll marry a girl that’s lovely and neat. I’ll pray every day that none of them meet!

Just out of the shower When the front doorbell rang. I wrapped up in my towel To go answer the thing. It was our neighbor, Lee, With his usual scowl Which he quickly lost When he saw my wet towel. In his hand there were ten One hundred dollar bills. Lee’s the type of a […]

The lady was crying Who sat down beside him. Her jaw line was set, And her countenance grim. She said that the teller Told her something obscene; That hers was the ugliest Baby she’d ever seen He told the mad mother, Who seemed at a loss, That she should complain To the rude teller’s boss. […]

The politician had a fly That was circling ’round his head. “That fly is really bothersome, It makes it hard to speak,” he said. “My daddy calls them ‘circle flies,’” Said a young lad who sat close by. “They always circle ’round someone They think is gonna tell a lie.” “Are you calling me a […]

Just now when I called home My six-year-old picked up the phone. I asked if I could speak to Mom; She said, “No, I’m here all alone.” “Where is your Mother?” I asked her. “She’s gone upstairs with Mr. Brown. I’m supposed to watch TV And stay right here ‘til they come down.” “She told […]