Category: Poems for Children

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 mom has some real weird rules Of things she thinks I shouldn’t do. Like putting sand in Sister’s bed Or a green lizard in her shoe. Or what about what she told me Not to pull the old cat’s tail And not to make paper airplanes Out of Daddy’s important mail? And she said […]

I drew a picture of my friend, so funny that it made me cry. I guess he didn’t think it funny, ’cause he punched me in the eye.

I hit he. Knocked him down, Skinned his knee. Now he mad, As can be. If he asks No see me, Hiding here Up in tree.

When I went to see my uncle The one who owns a turkey farm; I had a little accident That amputated my left arm. Then on a trip to Africa I tried to steal an ostrich egg I could tell she wasn’t happy Because she kicked off my left leg. So I went back to […]