Category: Poems for Children

Sister Ella Is sure a mess; She dumps her plate Out on her dress. She sits there in Her baby chair And rubs her food All in her hair. It makes me think She doesn’t know Exactly where Her food should go.

If there’s a land without grownups, I think I would like to go there ‘Cause grown-ups boss us kids around And I don’t think that that is fair. To have a land without grown-ups Would certainly be kind of neat. But there’re times we might miss them, ‘Cause they make better things to eat.

Our cat got into a fight And completely lost her tail. It was the cat that my dad Had decided we should sell. Dad said now it sure looked like We would have to wholesale her. Because there is just no way We could ever retail her.

My best friend is a dragon, Little Donny is his name. He isn’t very pretty But I like him all the same. Last Sunday, Little Donny Got kicked out of the choir. They said that when he’d sneezed It had set his robe on fire. Then yesterday at recess, He had a terrible fight. With […]

That story of an elephant; I think it’s probably a lie, With ears that grew as big as wings So that the elephant could fly. I told Bob about the story, He always thinks that he’s so smart. He asked, “If big ears let you fly, Then just when do you plan to start?”