Category: Poems for Children

Little Nancy Fancypants, All she liked to do was dance. She couldn’t crawl, she couldn’t walk, She never even learned to talk She danced at school, she danced at home, She even danced in Spain and Rome. And people said that one day soon She’d probably dance up on the moon. Then late one June, […]

A cabbage and a lettuce Thought they looked so much alike, They took a trip together On a tiny three-wheeled trike. They were going much too fast, Speeding is against the law, They ran out on the freeway Where they ended up as slaw.

When I was young I heard Dad say That God had thrown my mold away. So why do grownups always start To claim my every body part? My curly hair, a fiery red, Grandpa’s bald, but still he said While throwing me high in the air, “You know you’ve surely got my hair.” Of course […]

When you left me off at preschool, It was good you’d named me Tommy. Because Tommy’s what the teacher And the other kids all called me. Sister gave me some good advice: She said,”Don’t learn how to spell cat. Or you’ll get lots more words to spell And they’ll get harder after that”. Teacher taught […]

We were out in our back yard Roasting marshmallows on sticks, Around an outdoor fire pit, That our dad had made of bricks. That’s when we heard the siren And saw flames just down the street. Like moths drawn to a street light, We rushed there on flying feet. The owners, standing, watching The fire […]