Category: Poems for Children

Grandpa said he saw a house fly, That’s the silliest thing I’d heard. Grandpa likes to tease us kids, Sometimes you can’t believe a word. When I told him a house can’t fly, He said he saw a horse fly too. I know that when he teases me The things he says aren’t always true. […]

I think balloons are really neat, Even though they hate to play. When Daddy buys us balloons, They always try to get away. My sister gets a red one. Blue’s the color I pick out. Dad ties them around our wrists, Then we like to run and shout! They don’t like to be indoors, At […]

She came riding a white Mustang, And quickly tossed a charging bull. She twisted both its horns around, And gave its stupid tail a pull. She stopped the rain before it had A chance to get us soaking wet. She kissed a booboo on my knee Before I’d even time to fret. She stopped the […]

Dad bought me a little puppy, It’s not much bigger than a mouse. Dad calls my puppy Handyman. She does odd jobs around the house.

“You let him have a BB-gun? He’s going to shoot his eye out!” That I was gonna shoot myself My Grandma didn’t have a doubt. So I made a terrible face Because of what she had to say. “I guess you know when it freezes, Your face is gonna stay that way.” Now when I […]