Category: Poems for Children

Now Raccoon said to the possum, Under a harvest moon. “The grapes are ripe So let’s not gripe We’ll fill our stomachs soon.” The two friends ate a lot of grapes But Raccoon ate too fast. With tempers short, And not too smart, Each fought to eat the last. But coonhounds baying on their trail […]

Jeremy holds his fork Just like a big boy now. When he sat by Grandpa His grandpa showed him how. Trinket used to like it Under Jeremy’s chair ‘Cause there was lots of food Jeremy dropped down there. She found carrots, beans and peas And little bits of meat. When he came to visit Trinket […]

I went into a scary place; I was as frightened as could be. Sis said I shouldn’t be afraid Of goblins that I couldn’t see. But lurking there, on every wall, Were sneering ugly looking things With blood red hair and painted face, Each pierced with bones and silver rings. Loud scratching sounds and rhythmic […]

Billy Bob is a super salesman Who can sell you almost anything. He has sold a fireplace to a snowman, And sold a rattlesnake a ring. Being the world’s best super salesman Is the thing that he most loves. He sold a blind man reading glasses; He sold an earthworm a pair of gloves. I […]

Finding a penny Dad says is good luck. I found one shining In a big pile of yuck. I slipped and I fell As I got my penny. If that’s called luck I don’t want any. Children are taught superstition from an early age. The little boy, in the poem Lucky, had been told that […]