Category: Poems for Grownups

Once upon an evening bright, while I waited for the night, To rest then from a day of labor that had made my muscles sore. Sitting there and quietly napping, was awakened by a tapping, Or was it more like a rapping, rapping at my big barn door? “A friend or neighbor,” I muttered, “tapping […]

“Take the garbage out!” My wife shouted, “It’s way too heavy for me to carry.” That’s the only reason, I sometimes think, That a lot of women want to marry. So why is it when they go shopping, They can always carry so much more? My wife just got back from Christmas shopping; Looks like […]

I was asked to be guest speaker For a ladies’ cooking group. They wanted me to speak on sex Then join them afterwards for soup. If my wife found out my topic. I’d be in for hours of railing, To avoid a lousy evening I told her I’d speak on sailing. A lady friend told […]

How she’d gotten by my nurse, I didn’t even have a clue. She said, ”Sir my mom’s real sick And she’s bad in need of you.” I sat unmoved at my desk, Diplomas on all the walls. I said, “Have your mom come in; I no longer make house calls.” She said, “Mom is way […]

I cheated on my tax return I knew it wasn’t right. Ever since I did it I haven’t slept at night. I sent another fifty dollars ‘Cause honesty is best, But if I still can’t sleep at night I may have to send the rest.