Category: Poems for Children

He found an island
Out at sea,
Or maybe there
Were two or three.
The scaly beach
Was yellow green.
No trees or shells;
An empty scene.
His water gone,
He’d dig for more.
That’s when he heard
An awful roar!
His friends all wonder
Where he’s been,
No one has heard
From him since then!

Today I did an awful thing.
I wished my little brother dead,
But I forgave myself bad thoughts
And just dumped water on his head!

A monster came by yesterday,
His sharp clawed hands between his knees.
He said that it would be real nice
If he could use our bathroom, please.
I showed him where our bathroom was,
‘Cause he was really in a hurry.
That he’d obey all of Mom’s rules,
I was much too scared to worry.
The wet spot on the bathroom floor
Must have [...]

I found a magic hat
While walking in the mall.
That is how I got so short,
Although I had been rather tall.
It said that I could wish for things
And they’d appear out of thin air,
And pile up on the hat’s broad brim;
But warned that I should wish with care.
At first I wished for little things,
A brand new [...]

I saw a shooting star last night
It shot across the sky
No way to tell how big it was
‘Cause it was very high.
A shooting star is always fun
To be the first to spot it,
But if it is a star that’s shot
I wonder just who shot it.
And if it is the star that shoots
I hope that it [...]