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 […]
Category: Poems for Children
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First is Not Always Best
December 28th, 2023 — Poems for Children
The Thing
December 24th, 2023 — Poems for Children
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
December 20th, 2023 — Poems for Children
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
December 13th, 2023 — Poems for Children
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
December 6th, 2023 — Poems for Children
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 […]