Category: Poems for Children

My childhood friend Was good and kind, A better friend No one could find. We never fought Or disagreed, He catered to My ever need He took my side When I’d been bad And played with me When I was sad. For such a friend I often grieve, So what if he Was make-believe.

Howard the bookworm Loves to eat books. Under your bed Is the first place he looks. It’s hard to turn pages When one is so small. If your books are left tidy He can’t eat them at all. He climbs open pages And eats his way down. He will eat every word Be it adverb […]

I found an open can of paint That someone left in our guest room. I thought that I would paint some things And so I painted Mom’s new broom. I painted our new kitchen sink And several of the kitchen chairs. I painted lots of pretty things And left them drying on the stairs. I […]

My new friends must like me a lot, They asked me to play hide and seek. So far I havent found a one But it has only been a week. They let me ride their bike downhill But you would think, for goodness sakes, That one of them, at least would say “Watch out, the […]

Mom said a pet dinosaur Would certainly be distinct, “I’m sure Dad would buy you one If they were not all extinct.” Why do grownups use big words To confuse us when we’re small? I bet a pet dinosaur Would never extinct at all!