Category: Poems for Children

“Don’t get too near that mule!” Gramps said, “He might look like he’s kind of dumb, But if you get too close to him, He’ll kick you to Kingdomcome!” That old mule didn’t look so mean, In fact, I thought he looked real nice… So I just strolled right up to him, Ignoring my grandpa’s […]

When he told how George confessed That he couldn’t tell a lie, It always brought a tear drop To my dear old Daddy’s eye. Now way back when a washtub In the kitchen was our bath To use our family’s toilet Meant you had to “walk the path.” We had a real nice outhouse; It […]

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 […]