Medicine always makes me sick When my mother makes me take it. It makes my stomach woozy When I watch my mother shake it. So when I have to take a lot, It always happens without fail, It still makes me very sick A long time after I get well. My worst childhood memories are […]
Category: Poems for Children
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Sick
August 19th, 2026 — Poems for Children
My Dad’s the Best
August 18th, 2026 — Poems for Children
You shouldn’t exaggerate About what your dad can do; That he wrestles alligators We all know just isn’t true. He can’t outrun a cheetah, He can’t whip a grizzly bear If he can wiggle both his ears Why would anybody care? My dad’s greater than your dad I don’t even have to lie When it […]
Confused
August 15th, 2026 — Poems for Children
They must think that I’m stupid, ‘Cause they treat me like I’m dumb. They always act real nervous When I ask where I came from. I asked how it could happen, I was born on my birthday? Mom told me she was busy And to go outside and play. It was in a hospital Where […]
Scribbleitis
August 14th, 2026 — Poems for Children
My friend Ted has scribbleitis. He loves to scribble anywhere. Ted scribbles in his Sunday best. He scribbles in his underwear. He scribbled on his bedroom walls. He scribbled on his mother’s soap. When they took him to see a doctor Ted scribbled on his stethoscope. Last night while I was sound asleep And stretched […]
Keef
August 11th, 2026 — Poems for Children
Since Keith lost his two front teeth, Things he says don’t sound the same. We all think that it is funny; Keith can’t even say his name. All of us now call him Keef (That is what he says his name is). That big gap in his top teeth Is where he says the blame […]

