Category: Poems for Children

I feel sorry for the angel That has to follow me around. That moaning, groaning that I hear Is probably my angel’s sound. This morning did he get worried While I climbed up that old dead tree? And was he the one that caught me Before I fell and skinned my knee? And later when […]

No matter how hard you try You can’t fly a rock. And even if you huff and puff You can’t blow up a sock. Our second to youngest granddaughter, Ariel, made this startling observation, for a five year old, that no matter how hard you try, you can’t blow up a sock. Since this is […]

Have you ever read a story About the famous Captain Hook? Yesterday I read about him In a Peter Pan comic book. But not a single word was said Of how the captain got his hook; Of just how he had lost his hand, Whether to crocodile or crook. Don’t you wonder what his name […]

“Someone’s going to get a spanking,” Is what my Daddy said As he looked at my report card, While he tucked me into bed. “Just look at that old ‘D’, It’s such an ugly letter. Someone’s going to get a spanking If someone doesn’t make it better.” Tomorrow I’ll have to tell my teacher, “Don’t […]

I came upon a Mosley As I played outside today. I guess I should have left it On the grass right where it lay. But I heard some grown-ups say (And grownups are s’posed to know) That if you wet a Mosley It is fun to watch it grow. So I got me a bucket […]