Category: Poems for Children

I found a rabbit’s foot, They always bring good luck. An egg fell on my head From a migrating duck. I got two-dozen warts From playing with a toad. A truck splashed mud on me While playing by the road. I lost my garter snake Somewhere in Sister’s bed, She hit me with her doll […]

Mom gave me a bowl of soup That had a bunch of letters. So I spelled out FRENCH POODLES And then spelled IRISH SETTERS. Next I spelled FINNISH LAPHOUND, Then even though it was hard, Spelled MEXICAN CHIHUAHUA And then I spelled SAINT BERNARD. But when I spelled out HOUSE CAT The dogs all tried […]

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 […]