Poetry for children: Our large assortment of poems for kids include evergreen classics as well as new poems on a variety of themes. You will find original juvenile poetry about trees, animals, parties, school, friendship and many more subjects. We have short poems, long poems, funny poems, inspirational poems, poems about environment, poems you can recite
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Flowering Bamboos
The huge bamboos, once bare, Are now covered with beautiful, pale white flowers, The yellow and green leaves, Of the bamboos looming in the vast sky, Make nature so beautiful and sweet. Behold the pointed, shiny leaves, Flying everywhere and leaping with the wind, They are glad there are flowers, With a fluffy carpet of them on the ground, Along with the tiny grains. Can you hear the leaves rustling, They seem to tell each other a thousand times,...
The Multicolour Earthworms
Red, green, yellow, mauve What’s happened these days to earthworms? Have they gone multicolour? There was a time when they were the colour of soil Only when they wriggled Could you make them out. Now giant sized, out of burrows they slither and slide. Heavens! Have I chanced upon something Jurassic Park-like? The Multicolour Earthworms [Illustration by Shinod AP] Oh what a relief! They are not the worms I thought they were...
Kappu Tries Hard
Kappu Maharaj, wake up fast The morning birds are chirping sweet “Unnn..nn..unn” said Kappu In a voice full of sleep Little Kappu sat on his pot But did not manage a single dot. When his mother asked “Are you done?” Kappu flashed a smile at once Kappu Tries Hard [Illustration by Shinod AP]
The Wonder Elephants
Ramu plays at football While Shyamu rings the bell They make the circus lively – We clap our hands and yell! Ramu is so clever And Shyamu is so free They’re the wonder elephants Whom people come to see. The Wonder Elephants [Illustration by Sudheer Nath] (C) Swapna Dutta
Morning
Morning Wraps me softly In a blanket of grey Touches my eyelids With pale, cool fingers Sings in my ears A twittering sparrow Tugs at my arms Lifts me gently From my bed Saying Another day is here. Round and Round The whirling fan Touching my cheek With its butterfly breath A constant breeze Blowing summer away Ruffling my hair Cooling my neck Oops! Making my papers fly!
Little Black Dashes
Little Black Dashes [Illustrations by Kusum Chamoli] Little black dashes On six legs each Walking very fast Where do they reach? One saved a friend Many ate a peach We’re clever sing the ants We wish and we can reach.
Childhood
Is it funny Would it be strange To see a young girl Go dancing around the market place Or climb trees by the highway Or flick an orange from a cart Or sing to the silent nightingale Or smile at the nodding flowers Or rush to hug you When you’d rather think a casual Hullo! would do Or talk to the stars and splash in the puddles made by rain Would it be strange if she never grew up...
If
If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or, being lied about, don’t deal in lies, Or, being hated, don’t give way to hating, And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise; If you can dream-and not make dreams your master;...
Tejasvi's Song
I’m going, I’m going on a safari Driving around in my big lorry Jungle animals I shall see As they live, quite naturally, Not behind the cages, tied Lions, elephants, zebras, birds. Moving together in their herds. I’ll shoot them, but with a camera They’ll think “oh, he’s a nice fella”. Tejasvi’s Song [Illustrations by Kusum Chamoli] So we’ll be friends and long long after I’m gone, you’ll hear our laughter.
Kappu and Buzo
Buzo and Kappu played all day “Come! Come!” Kappu would say Wagging his tail and swaying his head Buzo would jump to lick Kappu’s leg. Kappu maharaj was very small But not scared of Buzo at all For even when he pulled his ear There was never any fear. Kappu and Buzo [Illustration by Shinod AP]