Category: Poems for Children

I think that I would like to ride A dinosaur to my school. Although it probably is against Somebody’s silly rule. A dinosaur with a long neck, So I could give my friends a ride. The bully who is bad to us Would probably just run and hide. A big Tyrannosaurus Rex, I think, would […]

When little Sally takes a bath She scatters water every place. She washes every part of her But always seems to miss her face. She bathes with lots of soap and suds And plays for hours in the tub. She washes ears and toes and hair But never gives her face a scrub. When Sally […]

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 […]