Category: Poems for Children

Oh little bee There on my nose, You want to sting, I do suppose. It’s your flower I mst agree… Didn’t see you Oh little bee. I just wanted One tiny sniff And not to cause This little tiff. You stand there in That wicked crouch… You won’t sting me, OUCH, OUCH, OUCH, OUCH!

Some grown-ups put up warning signs To try and scare bad guys away. When it is dark, they can’t be read, And bad guys aren’t out when it’s day. Dad says bad guys drop out of school, So warning signs have little need. If bad guys are drop-outs from school, They probably can’t even read.

A monster sleeps under my bed And nobody seems to care. He snores when I try to sleep So I know that he lives there. Dad’s told me all about monsters And I know they’re scared of light. So I asked Mom for a lamp And I leave it on all night. I was sure […]

“Oh, no,” he said to his little girl, “That light was red, and I drove right through!” “Well it must be all right,” she told him, “‘Cause the cop behind us did it too!”

I spread them out Across the floor. An empty box, There were no more. I looked again, It wasn’t there; So what to do, It’s just not fair. Instructions plain, No way to beat them. If it’s broken, You can not eat them. These grownup rules, Sometimes aren’t real. I checked once more, There was […]