Category: Poems for Children

I have charcoal for my eyes Stuck on my frozen head. My stomach’s big and round You’d think I’d been well fed. I won’t be here for long It could be just a day. One thing I’d like to know Before I melt away, I’ve charcoal lumps for buttons And a carrot for my nose, […]

I have a little stick horse That I like to ride about. It is the world’s best stick horse, I have very little doubt. I ride it in the kitchen And in every other room. But I must stop riding now Because Mother needs her broom!

There is a baby at our house, He’s my brand-new baby brother. He is a little bit too small For us to talk to each other. But Mother claims to understand What baby’s saying when he cries. Am I the only one who knows That sometimes my new brother lies?

If I could turn invisible, So none of my friends could see me, It would make them all get jealous And they’d all try to be like me. I wouldn’t have to do my chores, ‘Cause if Mom came to remind me, I would just turn invisible, So that she could never find me. There […]

My taehcr tlod me ysetreday Taht I msut laern to sepll. She siad it was imoprtnat Taht my wrods anr’t so plel mlel. But if my spelilng is so bad, Jsut how did you raed tihs? And if I tkae the tmie to laren, Jsut tihnk of all the tinhgs I’ll msis.