Category: Poems for Children

If you have a pet That you care for at all, Be sure that its home Hasn’t gotten too small. Pets need lots of room To frolic and rest, And every pet needs To have room for a guest.

There’s nothing that Alia likes More than to color in her book. She uses colors that she likes And never cares how strange they look. Who made the rules that skies are blue Or that the grass has to be green? The horses that she colors pink Are prettier than some I have seen. If […]

I really have a lot of friends If friends are all the kids you know. I like Fred and Steve and Alice And then of course there’s always Joe. I’ll always like Fred and Alice And I’ll always like Joe and Steve. But most of all it’s Joe I like I guess it’s ’cause he’s […]

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 […]

Judy made her usual threat When Momma brought out the liver. “I’d rather eat a big fat worm!” And her lip began to quiver. “I guess you mean a worm like this?” Said Daddy, holding up a worm. It was ugly, gross and slimy Judy watched it wiggle and squirm. Her momma said, “That’s not […]