Category: Poems for Grownups

“I pooped in my potty!” She was so very proud. At the top of her voice Lotty yelled it out loud. Her mother came running Just to look at her work. Lotty stood by her pot With an I-did-it smirk. Now Mommy had promised A new toy to Lotty The first time that she put […]

Big Sister and her baby brother Were playing down on the kitchen floor. Sis said, “Don’t put food scraps in your mouth Because it will make your tummy sore.” “How do you know that?” Her brother asked. “‘Cause Mommy told me and she knows best. She has to know about everything To pass the, ‘Become-A-Mommy’ […]

Sitting one night with her husband, A woman began to opine, “No way could I live without you,” While sipping on a glass of wine.” “Is that you talking, or the wine?” The husband asked, with ego fed, “I’m not talking to you, my dear; I’m talking to the wine,” she said.

Then she came and sat beside me Sat beside me on the swing. Told me just how much she loved me Made me want to dance and sing. Then her father from his window Saw us sitting there entwined Shouted words I won’t repeat Shouted words that were unkind. Words that made me more determined […]

If the man who designs dresses Ever had to put one on, Then a lot of silly fashions Very quickly would be gone. And the man who makes our shoes, Another guy I’d like to meet, Just to see if he could walk In high heel shoes that hurt his feet. When I stop to […]