Category: Poems for Children

When I wake up in the night, I most always want a drink. But parents in their hurry Won’t ever take time to think. They try to give me water From the bathroom sink upstairs. But I want kitchen water, As if anybody cares.

I went flying One bright and sunny day. I went last year in March Or was it early May? I went flying, I did loops and figure eights. I dodged tall chimneys And crashed through garden gates. I went flying Way high up in the sky. I winked at Mister Moon As I passed him […]

My teacher taught me how to write But didn’t teach me how to read. I made a note of things to get But now I can’t read what I need. If I could read the things I wrote Then I would know the things I knew. I might not like the things I said In […]

Mommy gave me these dumb slippers, Donkeys just to please me. They certainly aren’t the fashion craze In that you can believe me! She is my dearest Mommy So doesn’t she know that I’m going to be a Republican, Not a Democrat? Editor’s note: There’s a story with this one. Wayne was at a poetry […]

I found a rabbit’s foot, They always bring good luck. An egg fell on my head From a migrating duck. I got two-dozen warts From playing with a toad. A truck splashed mud on me While playing by the road. I lost my garter snake Somewhere in Sister’s bed, She hit me with her doll […]