Category: Poems for Children

I went to a costume party. They beat me black and blue. To go as a piñata Was a stupid thing to do.

I found a magic hat While walking in the mall. That is how I got so short, Although I had been rather tall. It said that I could wish for things And they’d appear out of thin air, And pile up on the hat’s broad brim; But warned that I should wish with care. At […]

I have a twinkle in my eyes And there’s a dimple in my chin. And sometimes when it pleases me I have a little impish grin. I have two dainty little feet With little dainty piggy toes. And nobody fails to notice All the freckles on my nose. I have a little birthmark star That […]

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.