Category: Poems for Children

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First is Not Always Best

We raced out to the old tire swing, It had hung there through the summer. For him to beat me for first swing, Had really been a bummer. But when he jumped into the swing, I laughed so hard I could have cried. A swarm of wasps had found the tire And built their paper […]

The Thing

It’s an ugly little creature, My sister thinks that it’s a gnome. It sticks to things around the house Like bits of paper to a comb. I put it in a great big box And shipped it off to Uruguay. But it was back and stuck on me, Before the middle of the day. I […]

Super Salesman

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 […]

Don’t Let the Bedbugs Bite

My mother said, as I crawled into bed, “Don’t let the bedbugs bite.” I haven’t a clue of what I can do But I’ll put up one heck of a fight! Are bedbugs as big as a guinea pig? Would they rather bite girls, or boys? Do they wait in the dark with a knife […]

Baseball and Bubble Gum

Just now I blew a bubble As big as I could blow it; What I learned, I will tell you, In case you didn’t know it. Chewing gum while playing ball Will always cause you trouble When you’re the one who’s pitching, And blow too big a bubble. ‘Cause I just kept on blowing To […]