Category: Poems for Children

I wish I owned a candy store So if the grown-up that I hired Refused to give me nuts and stuff, I’d shout and tell him he was fired. If my big sister came to shop With a nickel and a penny When she asked to buy some candy, I would say, “I haven’t any”. […]

Now I can jump And I can fly. I can almost Reach to the sky. Ol’ Superman’s Not good as me, From gravity I’ve been set free. I know that I Can outrun Mike Even riding His brother’s bike. They must have cost Lots of pennies; Mommy bought me BRAND NEW TENNIES! When you read […]

I will always wear my smile In everything that I do. But my smile is not for me, I just keep it there for you. It gets me out of trouble When I’ve been a little bad. I pass it on to others When I see that they are sad. I must wear it carefully […]

Howard the bookworm Loves to eat books. Under your bed Is the first place he looks. It’s hard to turn pages When one is so small. If your books are left tidy He can’t eat them at all. He climbs open pages And eats his way down. He will eat every word Be it adverb […]

My brother said it’s easy To learn to water ski, The last thing I remember Is when he waved at me!