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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Sunday with Dad
A Sunday is so typical when Dad is around The morning starts With a loud TV sound. One groan from my sister and another from me Doesn’t melt his heart To let us sleep for a minute or three. Mom tries to catch up On her wee bit of sleep For she knows Dad is there To make a cup of tea. But once we are all up It all seems so bright For that’s the only day...
Opposite
If everything was opposite Why, less would be more. The poor will be rich And the rich will be poor. Aeroplanes fly underground Ships sail up in the sky. Two will be single One will be a pair. The tortoise, runs fast The hare, runs slow. The green light means stop The red light means go. If things were opposite I would be you And you would be me. Opposite [Illustrations by Amarjeet Malik]
The Song of the Bee
Buzz! buzz! buzz! This is the song of the bee. His legs are yellow; A jolly, good fellow, And yet a great worker is he. In days that are sunny He’s getting his honey, In days that are cloudy He’s making his wax: On pinks and on lilies, And gay daffodillies, And columbine blossoms, He levies a tax! The Song of the Bee [Illustration by Aneesh Jaisinghani] Buzz! buzz! buzz! The sweet-smelling clover,...
Upside Down
I lived in a funny town Where everything was upside down! The birds walked and the humans flew Where the trees were totally blue! Upside Down [Illustrations by Amarjeet Malik] Trees talked and laughed a lot They stole each other’s fruit and fought The bear was gentle, kind and sweet He never ever ate raw meat! Fishes went to school in a pool Where a frog principal ruled! Upside Down [Illustrations by Amarjeet Malik] Water was blue and the sky flew...
Work while You Work
Work while you work, Play while you play; One thing each time, All that you do, Do with your might; Things done by halves Are not done right Work while You Work []
Jumbo House
Quick, quick, quick Lay a brick, brick, brick Make it stick stick stick. You know whose house it is? Of Jumbo the kid, kid, kid That’s why it’s so big, big, big. Do you know what will happen IF even one brick comes loose – and Jumbo trips on that brick? Jumbo House [Illustration by Shinod AP] Jumbo will take apart every brick, brick, brick He’ll make it quick, quick, quick!...
Try, Try Again
‘Tis a lesson you should heed, Try, try again; If at first you don’t succeed, Try, try again; Then your courage should appear, For, if you will persevere, You will conquer, never fear; Try, try again Try, Try Again []
Little Blue Daisies
Little Blue Daisies [Illustration by Shinod AP] Little blue daisies in my flowerbed First came the ladybird red red red Fly away ladybird said the daisy blue Poor little ladybird flew flew flew Then came the grasshopper green green green He hid in the leaves not to be seen Hop away grasshopper, said the daisy blue Poor little grasshopper Went hop, hop hop Third came the bumblebee black black black...
Over in the Meadow
Over in the meadow, In the sand, in the sun, Lived an old mother toad And her little toadie one. “Wink,” said the mother; “I wink,” said the one; So she winked and blinked In the sand, in the sun. Over in the meadow, Where the stream runs blue, Lived an old mother fish And her little fishes two. Over in the Meadow [Illustration by Anup Singh] “Swim,” said the mother;...
The Bridge Builder
An old man, going a lone highway, Came, at the evening, cold and gray, To a chasm, vast, and deep, and wide, Through which was flowing a sullen tide. The old man crossed in the twilight dim; The sullen stream had no fears for him; But he turned, when safe on the other side, And built a bridge to span the tide. “Old man,“said a fellow pilgrim, near, “You are wasting strength with building here;...