Category: Poems for Children

The guys are all laughing, But see if I care. I’ve never turned down A double-dog-dare. I’ve jumped off the barn roof Into a haystack. I’ve run over hot coals, And rode on a calf’s back. I once held my breath Until I turned blue; But there’s no way I’m going To kiss Sally Mae […]

I dreamed I took a bubble bath With Lilly Mae and Sue. But we’re all mad at Billy Bob ‘Cause he was in there too!

(For my granddaughter Aili Noel) She swung, and swung, and swung so high Until her silly swing broke loose. She went so high up in the sky She met a migrating goose. The goose was on his way down south And she was going that way too. So on, and on, and on down south […]

They were looking at their group picture, The first grade class of Mrs. Sotos. They were guessing what each would become As they gathered around the photos. “Look, there’s Sally”, one of them said, “She’ll probably be a movie star”. “And there’s Albert”, somebody else said, I bet that he’ll own his own race car”. […]

Young Cheetah swung Out on a vine, In search of fruit On which to dine. Had the vine been Somewhat stronger, I could have made This poem longer.