Short Poems For Kids

Published: May 2019

Short Poems For Children - Popular Poem For Kids

99 Short Poems For Children - Popular Poem For Kids

Short Poems for Children. Including funny rhyming poems, poems about nature and animals, Poems about School. Inspiring and Famous poems. Poems by kids and poems for kids.

Short poems simple to memorize and recite.

    There is a lot of hurt in our world.

    Lord, I Pray Each And Every Day

    in Poems by Kids

    Lord, I pray
    Each and every day
    For those who suffer from
    Grief and pain.

    Those who don't know you
    And do wrong things
    Those who lie, steal, and kill.
    Lord, I pray each and every day.

    Lord, I pray
    Each and every day
    For the homeless and starving,
    Those whose parents abuse them
    And their skin looks like a carving.

    Lord, I pray
    Each and every day.
    Help all these people.
    Cleanse their hearts and
    Let them start over with a new start.

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    Shel Silverstein's (1930-1999) comedic genius is demonstrated in this short, funny poem that is sure to bring a smile to children of all ages and adults as well.

    Bonus pleasure points: If you're sharing this poem with a child be sure to catch the look on their face as they figure out why snowballs don't make good pets!

    Snowball

    • By Shel Silverstein

    in Famous Children Poems

    I made myself a snowball
    As perfect as could be.
    I thought I'd keep it as a pet
    And let it sleep with me.
    I made it some pajamas
    And a pillow for its head.
    Then last night it ran away,
    But first it wet the bed.

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    I love the humor, innocence and whimsy of this poem. But there's more here than meets the eye. If you look a bit deeper, you can see how we sometimes don't properly interpret our experiences,...

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    I am only a kid. I really like to write poems, and I thought I'd make a nice little poem about nature for our school magazine. It's one of my best poems. Thanks for reading this poem!

    Let's Preserve Our Nature

    • By Arjun
    • Published: November 2015

    in Nature Poems for Kids

    The sun is shining,
    The sky is blue,
    The birds are flying,
    And the breeze is so cool.

    Mother Nature is trying her best
    To give nothing but beautifulness,
    But what do we do?
    Make her a mess.

    Let's make her the best
    By polluting less and less,
    And preserve her green dress
    For our kids and the rest.

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    Just wrote an analysis paper of this poem! Thank you so much!

    A girl shares about the special time she spends with her Grandpa.

    Fishing With My Grandpa

    • By Dawneisha Washington
    • Published: February 2006

    in Family Poems for Kids

    My Grandpa and I do a lot of things together,
    But fishing with my Grandpa is the best ever.
    I love going to the lake when the sky is all blue.
    I love riding in my Grandpa's boat, too.
    The next trip to the lake I don't want to miss.
    Just being with my Grandpa is better than catching fish.

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    Love your poem about fishing with your Grandpa. There are millions of fish in the oceans and ponds, but being with your Grandpa is a beautiful bond! Enjoy every memory with him; it's priceless!

    A.A. Milne was an English author who lived from 1882-1956. He is best known for his stories about Winnie the Pooh, which were inspired by his son, Christopher Robin Milne's, stuffed animals. In this poem, a young child recounts the previous five years and how life was just beginning. But six, oh, six is the best year.

    Now We Are Six

    • By A. A. Milne

    in Famous Children Poems

    When I was One,
    I had just begun.
    When I was Two,
    I was nearly new.
    When I was Three
    I was hardly me.
    When I was Four,
    I was not much more.
    When I was Five,
    I was just alive.
    But now I am Six,
    I'm as clever as clever,
    So I think I'll be six now for ever and ever.

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    I was entered into a competition where I had to say a short poem so picked this and kept reading it until I knew it by heart. The day came, I recited it without stumbling, when I had finished...

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    My poem was written to describe the joy of my best friend. He, of course, is an animal, but sometimes that's best. Animals can't talk, but they listen. I have the greatest joy when I am with him.

    My Best Friend

    • By Abby Jenkins
    • Published: March 2011

    in Animal Poems for Kids

    Black and white
    Thick and furry
    Fast as the wind
    Always in a hurry
    Couple of spots
    Rub my ears
    Always comes when his name he hears
    Loves his ball; it's his favorite thing
    What's most fun for him? Everything!
    Great big tongue that licks my face
    Has a crate, his very own space
    Big brown eyes like moon pies
    He's my friend till the very end!

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    I've had many dogs in my life! Growing up as a little girl, I remember my father taking my younger sister and me to pick out our first dog. He was a terrier mix, and my father named him Spud...

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    The wind is a unique phenomenon. While we are unable to see it, we can see the result of it blowing. "Wind on the Hill" shows a child grappling with this understanding. A.A. Milne wrote books and poems for children. His most famous creation was Winnie the Pooh.

    Wind On The Hill

    • By A. A. Milne

    in Famous Children Poems

    No one can tell me,
    Nobody knows,
    Where the wind comes from,
    Where the wind goes.

    It's flying from somewhere
    As fast as it can,
    I couldn't keep up with it,
    Not if I ran.

    But if I stopped holding
    The string of my kite,
    It would blow with the wind
    For a day and a night.

    And then when I found it,
    Wherever it blew,
    I should know that the wind
    Had been going there too.

    So then I could tell them
    Where the wind goes…
    But where the wind comes from
    Nobody knows.

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    What a great poem! Life's a mystery and where the wind goes as indicated "Who knows?" And what changes are in store for our lives? Change comes to us from all directions in our lives like the...

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    "Halfway Down" is a poem written from a child's perspective about the special spot in the middle of the staircase. What makes it special is it's not at the top or bottom, it's not upstairs or downstairs. It's in a place all its own. Children have a wonderfully unique way of looking at the world.

    Halfway Down

    • By A. A. Milne

    in Famous Children Poems

    Halfway down the stairs
    Is a stair
    Where I sit.
    There isn't any
    Other stair
    Quite like
    It.
    I'm not at the bottom,
    I'm not at the top;
    So this is the stair
    Where
    I always
    Stop.

    Halfway up the stairs
    Isn't up
    And isn't down.
    It isn't in the nursery,
    It isn't in the town.
    And all sorts of funny thoughts
    Run round my head.
    It isn't really
    Anywhere!
    It's somewhere else
    Instead!

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    My mum and dad would read and recite all of AA Milne's poems and stories to the four of us in the early 1950's. There was one piece that I can vaguely remember; it was about a leather donkey...

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    Although Shel Silverstein (1930-1999) wrote poetry for young children, adults can glean many lessons from his pieces. This poem is filled with lessons on dreaming and persevering. Don't allow others to get you down, because in the end, anything is possible.

    Listen To The MUSTN'TS

    • By Shel Silverstein

    in Famous Children Poems

    Listen to the MUSTN'TS, child,
    Listen to the DON'TS
    Listen to the SHOULDN'TS
    The IMPOSSIBLES, the WONT'S
    Listen to the NEVER HAVES
    Then listen close to me-
    Anything can happen, child,
    ANYTHING can be

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    I love this poem because I have been writing love letters to my two teenagers and eight year old for fifteen years reminding them of what they shouldn't.

    There are many pretty sights in this world, some of which are manmade, but nothing compares to the beauty found in nature. The beauty of clouds and rainbows cannot be replicated by human hands.

    The Rainbow

    • By Christina Rossetti

    in Famous Children Poems

    Boats sail on the rivers,
    And ships sail on the seas;
    But clouds that sail across the sky
    Are prettier far than these.

    There are bridges on the rivers,
    As pretty as you please;
    But the bow that bridges heaven,
    And overtops the trees,
    And builds a road from earth to sky,
    Is prettier far than these.

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    My 11-year-old daughter loved this and learned quickly to recite it.

    Children are our future. If we can encourage kids to spend time with nature, they can find a true friend in it and thus create a bond. So, naturally they will be aware of the environment and will not do anything to cause harm.

    A Lifelong Companion

    • By Joydip Dutt
    • Published: August 2018

    in Nature Poems for Kids

    Have you ever chased the setting sun,
    just to have fun?

    Have you ever gazed at moon and stared,
    simply to admire?

    Have you ever looked at canopy of leaves,
    imagining them as sieves?

    Have you ever noticed how the rain
    glistens the golden grain?

    Have you ever sung to a flower,
    forgetting the passing hour?

    Have you ever searched nature
    for a hidden treasure?

    Let's make environment a lifelong companion -
    Like a true friend, it will never abandon.

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    This is a very beautiful poem that speaks of several aspects of nature, which takes us back to our childhood in which we lived in close contact with nature. We enjoyed pretending to play and...

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    My name is Olivia Kooker. I am 10 years old and in 4th grade. I live in Pennsylvania. An interesting thing people should know about me is that I am adopted. I have a great life. I wrote this poem for my Mom for Christmas.

    Winter

    • By Olivia Kooker
    • Published: August 2011

    in Nature Poems for Kids

    If winter were a person, she would be a girl with frosty hair.
    Winter would wear snow pants, snow boots, gloves, a hat, and scarf.
    Winter would smell like hot chocolate and peanut butter and Hershey Kiss cookies baking in the oven.
    Winter would spend the day eating cookies and drinking hot cocoa by a lake.
    Winter would spend the night by sitting in the snow waiting for morning so children could come out to play.

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    A beautiful, inspirational poem Olivia, most impressive for someone only ten years old. Loved it!!!

    Abbie Farwell Brown was an American author who lived from 1871-1927. While attending the Girls' Latin School, she created a school newspaper, The Jabberwock, which is still being published today. In the poem "Friends," Brown shares that even things in nature can be children's friends, giving them comfort whenever they fear.

    Friends

    • By Abbie Farwell Brown

    in Famous Children Poems

    How good to lie a little while
    And look up through the tree!
    The Sky is like a kind big smile
    Bent sweetly over me.

    The Sunshine flickers through the lace
    Of leaves above my head,
    And kisses me upon the face
    Like Mother, before bed.

    The Wind comes stealing o'er the grass
    To whisper pretty things;
    And though I cannot see him pass,
    I feel his careful wings.

    So many gentle Friends are near
    Whom one can scarcely see,
    A child should never feel a fear,
    Wherever he may be.

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    Swinging provides an entirely new perspective of the world around you. It is a freeing activity that makes you feel like you're flying. You feel as though you're on top of the world, and it's a staple of the childhood experience.

    The Swing

    • By Robert Louis Stevenson

    in Famous Children Poems

    How do you like to go up in a swing,
    Up in the air so blue?
    Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing
    Ever a child can do!

    Up in the air and over the wall,
    Till I can see so wide,
    River and trees and cattle and all
    Over the countryside--

    Till I look down on the garden green,
    Down on the roof so brown--
    Up in the air I go flying again,
    Up in the air and down!

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    The poem is really relaxing. I smiled as I read; it's just like riding a swing. Simple things like this make life beautiful. And the garden green, the roof so brown, the air so blue.... it's...

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    Most children have an early bedtime. In the winter it's not a problem for them to fall asleep, because it gets dark early, but summer makes it difficult. With more daylight, children long to be able to play until the sun dips far below the horizon.

    Bed In Summer

    • By Robert Louis Stevenson

    in Famous Children Poems

    In Winter I get up at night
    And dress by yellow candle light.
    In Summer, quite the other way,
    I have to go to bed by day.
    I have to go to bed and see
    The birds still hopping on the tree,
    Or hear the grown-up people's feet
    Still going past me in the street.
    And does it not seem hard to you,
    When all the sky is clear and blue,
    And I should like so much to play,
    To have to go to bed by day?

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    This is a color poem that captures the beauty in the natural world. Color is all around us, from a rose and a poppy to the clouds and sky.

    What Is Pink?

    • By Christina Rossetti

    in Famous Children Poems

    What is pink? A rose is pink
    By the fountain's brink.
    What is red? A poppy's red
    In its barley bed.
    What is blue? The sky is blue
    Where the clouds float through.
    What is white? A swan is white
    Sailing in the light.
    What is yellow? Pears are yellow,
    Rich and ripe and mellow.
    What is green? The grass is green,
    With small flowers between.
    What is violet? Clouds are violet
    In the summer twilight.
    What is orange? Why, an orange,
    Just an orange!

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    This was a poem I learned at school in my elocution lessons in the early 1960s. It was recited at the end of term and if deserved, a certificate was awarded. The Covid-19 outbreak means I am...

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    A poem about children enjoying a snowy day.

    Snowy Sunday

    • By Khushi
    • Published: December 2017

    in Poems for Kids

    The world is spinning
    round and round
    while snowflakes are falling,
    bound for the ground.

    Children wait for their parents
    and show they can obey.
    There's the great HOORAY
    as they sleigh.

    They come back inside,
    their faces so red.
    Quickly they've spied
    the hot chocolate ahead.

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    Little Boy Blue

    • By Darren Sardelli
    • Published: May 2014

    in Funny Poems for Kids

    Please cover your nose.
    You sneezed on Miss Muffet
    and ruined her clothes.
    You sprayed Mother Hubbard
    and now she is sick.
    You put out the fire
    on Jack's candle stick.
    Your sneeze is the reason
    why Humpty fell down.
    You drenched Yankee Doodle
    when he came to town.
    The blind mice are angry!
    The sheep are upset!
    From now on, use a tissue
    so no one gets wet!

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    The poem gives a good lesson how to behave while you are sneezing.

    This is a poem about peace and what it is like to have peace! In 5th grade, my teacher, Ms. Gray, was teaching a lesson on different types of poems. One of our tasks was to write our own poem. I wrote this poem in a way I would think of it, although life would be great just sitting on a porch relaxing.

    Peace And Quiet

    • By Nadya Phillips
    • Published: November 2014

    in Nature Poems for Kids

    Peace is...
    When you are outside on a nice warm day
    With a cold glass of yellow lemonade.
    Slurp, slurp, slurp.
    Feeling the warm sun on my back,
    Rubbing my hands through the wet green grass,
    Listening to the birds singing a distance away.
    Quiet...
    Now that's PEACE!

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    This poem is about why mud can be amazing!

    Splishy, Sploshy Mud

    • By Ava F. Kent
    • Published: May 2017

    in Nature Poems for Kids

    Splishy, sploshy mud
    is the best type of crud!
    You can make pies,
    you can make mountains,
    you can make giant skies,
    just with splishy, sploshy mud!

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