Category: Poems for Children

There is a wart on Grandpa’s knee. It has been there since half past three And it is there for all to see, The little wart on Grandpa’s knee. When folks walk by they point with glee. “There is a wart on Grandpa’s knee. Or maybe it’s a little flea And not a wart on […]

I wish that I could fly up high Like a birdie in the sky. But Mommy said if I had wings, I’d just be bumping into things. I’d need no shoes with birdie feet And I think that Would be real neat. But Sister said a birdie beak, Would make me look just like a […]

My uncle gave me a Teddy bear My Daddy gave me two. I include my Teddy bears In everything I do. When Grandpa comes to visit us He always teases me. Today he said I have forebears When all I have is three.

Oh it’s so very high, So high up in the air. That I’ll need a ladder To get myself up there. I won’t fall down like Jack Who fell and broke his crown. ‘Cause while I’m climbing up, I won’t be looking down. Once I’ve started up there, I won’t be coming back. I better […]

Mommy says that she’s a sigh-kick, She knows ahead just what I’ll do. If that is how to be a sigh-kick Then I guess that I’m one too. When we visit Mommy tells me, “You be good and don’t you fret.” That’s when I must be a sigh-kick ‘Cause I know that I’ll forget.