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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My Squirrel Friend
Have you seen my little friend? I call him nimble-feet Because he moves so swift and fast Is nimble – and discreet! He runs away with all my nuts And yet is never caught His striped coat is ever bright And clean – without a spot My Squirrel Friend [Illustration by Sudheer Nath] He helps himself to all my things Which I would never lend And yet I cannot do without...
The Whopping Hippo
The hippo loves the waterside Where it can bathe and swim and glide And all the little fishes there Swim away and cry – ‘beware’! The hippo loves to laze all day And snooze the winter noon away He’s never cold, for don’t you see He needs no quilt like you and me? The Whopping Hippo [Illustration by Anup Singh] (C) Swapna Dutta
If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking
If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching, Or cool one pain, Or help one robin Unto his nest again, I shall not live in vain. If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking [Illustration by Anup Singh]
The Crow’s Lunch
The crow sat on the tree Waiting for lunch What would it be? Rice, roti – or earthworm? Lunch was none of these The family was on a fast Disgusted, the crow swooped down If not curry, maybe a bland earthworm? But the worms weren’t there The crow wasn’t early enough The Crow’s Lunch [Illustration by Shinod AP] What has the world come to, cried the crow No thought for others!
The Lily Pool
The Lily Pool [] We have a little lily pool With lilies pink and white And though they look so fresh by day They mostly bloom at night The leaves are round and dusky green With an edge that often curls And when there’s water on the leaves They look like drops of pearls Come and see our lily pool And sit there – like I do See the lilies blooming bright...
In, Pin, Tin
Three little mice Named In, Pin, Tin One fat, one short The other one thin. In, Pin, Tin [Illustrations by Amarjeet Malik] They woke up one night As lazy as ever The moon was already up And they began to shiver. They brushed their teeth And said, ‘lets eat’ There’s milk on the shelf Eggs, cheese and meat! But what do we wear? We have no sweater! So quickly they went...
Messy Kappu
Kappu maharaj sat on the bed Clothes soiled in yellow mess Playing with a plastic ball He wasn’t bothered about it all. Mamma took him in her arms Felt his bottoms with her palm “Kappuji, what did you do? Let’s quickly get you a panty new.” Messy Kappu [Illustration by Shinod AP]
Good Old Days
Where have the good old days Of my country been swept away? Why is it that Indians, I feel. Are proud no longer of their country today. Where is the leadership of Gandhi That had kept us united, from dusk till dawn? Where has the sacrifice of Netaji That inspired millions gone? Good Old Days [ First Published in NBT’s Bulletin-Oct,97] Where is the idealism of Nehru That enthralled the east and west?...