Children’s poems can be funny, inspirational, goofy, and more. These are all types and themes of poems for children or about childhood. This poetry resource includes rhyming, classic, long, and short poems for children and many more fun categories. When reading and writing modern children's poems, age does not matter. You can be a young person and write about things you enjoy, or you can be a child at heart and share your memorable childhood experiences. The key is to have fun and write about things that appeal to today's kids.
MotherhoodEverything died and bloomed in a few hours.
Later, I conjured a galaxy.
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Categories:
children,
Form: Free verse
Hallways
My books are all over the floor,
Even one went out the door!
The kids don't see me when they run down the hall.
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Categories:
children, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
Lunch Time Blues
Lunch is where we eat a bunch!
Sandwich with cheese,
Chips, pickles, and peas.
Sometimes and apple or...
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Categories:
children, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
Fang!
Teeth normally straight and true,
Went all awry,
I don't know what to do!
Kids call me fang!
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Categories:
children, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
New Kid
New kid on the block,
Other kids tease me a lot!
Trying not to cry,
All my old...
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Categories:
children, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
When I Tattled on Ana
An undisciplined terrible tot,
Ana did awful things quite a lot.
Uncle Bob she did kick.
I told Dad. With a stick,
a good spanking my sis at last got!...
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Categories:
children,
Form: Limerick
Family IsA New Poem:
Family Is:
The first thing that makes sense...
It blossoms at every direction it grows...
The flourishing nature of family
Is beauty-impersonified....
Sparks fly when the core tenets
Of family is mixed with a stint of love...
The rich...
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Categories:
children, anniversary, appreciation, art, celebration,
Form: Free verse
ShooI was a competent, happy housewife, but that was before my husband died,
Leaving me to rear myriad children solo, as the lone star twinkles with pride.
John had left us a prosperous farm, with a lovely...
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Categories:
age, children, fantasy, happiness,
Form: Couplet
Pirate Ship
Once upon a time,
A pirate ship came to mind.
Large and flowing,
With figure head all knowing.
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Categories:
children, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
THE LITTLE BEARThe little bear
Who didn’t care
Grabbed a large crab
That grabbed him back
With a fierce attack
The little bear
Who didn’t care
Cries out loud
For his mom
That set off an alarm
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Categories:
animal, children,
Form: Rhyme
I Dreamed A DreamI am on a train above the clouds, a wondrous scene,
No panic stirred, just enchantment filled the air serene.
Faces, familiar yet strange, in clownish attire,
A vintage dream train, stoked with childhood's desire.
A steward with rosy...
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Categories:
childhood, children, desire, dream,
Form: Narrative
The Old CarThere once was an old car that was quite spry,
It had creaky joints and a sputtering sigh.
Its engine would wheeze
On the road, with such ease
Yet, if I now had such car, I would be pleased
Newer...
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Categories:
children, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Free verse
Those Days
I miss those days of hopscotch
Doing handstands against the wall
Skipping, riding bikes, running free
Playing with friends…. having a ball!
Those days of youthful exuberance and excitement
Of joyful simplicity personified
Not knowing back then its true beauty...
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Categories:
children, happiness, nostalgia, simple,
Form: Rhyme
The Barrel of Little Monkeys
"The Barrel of Little Monkeys"
Gorilla warfare took a new turn,
when the children like chimps,
followed the voice of their Overlords;
they adored them once,
but then,
some things
can NEVER be forgiven.
The number like www
drew...
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Categories:
children, forgiveness, humanity,
Form: Free verse
Jesting Jack, Jinxed JillJack and Jill were brother and sister, whose environs were hilly and green;
And they groomed horses and worked in gardens, oft 'til a moonlight scene.
They did daily chores on a farm, in the outlying regions...
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Categories:
children, fairy, fantasy, farm,
Form: Couplet
Specific Types of Children Poems
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