Category: Poems for Children

I met a friendly skeleton While I was trick or treating, He got a ton of candy But let me do all the eating. He said getting candy’s fun, That he really does adore it But he can never eat it, ‘Cause he has no stomach for it!

This is the secret that Sally told me not to tell you. It is a secret, so I know that it’s true. She heard it from Billy who got it from Sue. It’s too good to keep. What else can I do? Sue heard it from Joe, who’s sick with the flu. Who he got […]

My brother took my coke away, He said because he had a thirst. Wonder if I should have told him That I had shaken it up first?

There’s a fairy in my yard, And only I can see her. She has dragonflies for friends, I wish that I could be her. She flits around the flowers Like a pretty butterfly; She makes bright rainbow flashes Every time she flutters by.

When we passed the haunted house Pete made a double-dog-dare. He said that I was chicken And I wouldn’t go in there. I said, “Who’s afraid of ghosts?” Sally Mae was with us too. I really like Sally Mae And I’m thinking that Pete knew. I walked through the creaky gate And up to the […]