Nursery Rhyme Poems - Examples of all types of nursery rhyme poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read
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Hey Diddle DiddleHey, diddle, diddle, the cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon--had no fiddle,
The little dog laughed, got smashed as a Poodle,
the cow laughed a little, and found the fiddle,
The cat played to Nero,...
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Categories:
nursery rhyme, fantasy, humor, imagery, irony,
Form: Ghazal
Buckle My ShoeOne, two, buckle my shoe, a lesson to be learned;
Three, four, and so many more - times the world has turned.
Cross the laces, make some loops, feed the laces through;
Tighten them up...
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Categories:
nursery rhyme, childhood, education, father son,
Form: Couplet
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:
nursery rhyme, children, fairy, fantasy, farm,
Form: Couplet
Pumpkin Meter
Categories:
humor, nursery rhyme, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Zephyr"Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale. Children learn as they help you imagine" ...
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Categories:
fantasy, nursery rhyme,
Form: Rhyme
Redcap
Categories:
nursery rhyme, character, dark, death, fairy,
Form: Rhyme
Funny Bunny
He was a happy bunny,
personality sunny.
He ate a carrot,
became a parrot.
Now, isn’t that just too funny?...
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Categories:
nursery rhyme, animal, bird, cute, food,
Form: Limerick
The Bottle Gourd RhymeI am tall, I am slender,
Light Green but not cucumber.
Have a snout, have a tail,
Found in market & even retail.
Packed with Vitamin C, K & Calcium,
I punch my weight in nutrition.
Eat me & get a...
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Categories:
nursery rhyme,
Form: Rhyme
Wriggily Piggily
Oh! You wriggle
like a little piggle!
When you wiggle,
you make me giggle!
When you jiggle
you prompt a squiggle
and then I sniggle
at your marble miggle.
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Categories:
animal, nonsense, nursery rhyme,
Form: Monorhyme
No Oats-dodo
I have heard that mairsy doats
and sweet little doesy doats.
I'd agree that cowsy doats.
Why do lamzay noats?...
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Categories:
nursery rhyme, animal, cute, food, fun,
Form: Dodoitsu
The Rest of the Story
- the rest of the story for Hickory Dickory Dock -
Hickory dickory dock,
The mouse wound the clock,
At half past twelve
The clock said it was one
And so the clock was wrong
Hickory dickory dock
The mouse wound...
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Categories:
nursery rhyme,
Form: Free verse
Baa, Baa, Black Sheep - the rest of the story
Baa, baa, black sheep
Had all his wool stolen
From of his back, back, back
He put a bat man mask on
With a flash light in hand
stealthily into the master,
dame, and little boy’s home
as they slept and...
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Categories:
nursery rhyme,
Form: Rhyme
Humpty DumptyHumpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the King’s horses and all the King’s men,
Couldn’t put Humpty together again.
The Queen’s seamstresses they tried to sew,
The footman with glue he had a...
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Categories:
fun, nursery rhyme,
Form: Rhyme
Hickory Dickory DockHickory Dickory Dock,
The mouse hushed up the clock.
But Cuckoo caught him by his tail,
Now mouse is serving time in jail.
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Categories:
bird, nursery rhyme, spring,
Form: Rhyme
Call 988When they made Humpty Dumpty
He turned out to be grumpy
Because of his fragile state
He's not to make a mistake
A padded path, made for him
Full of cotton, thick not thin
He must go only this way
He wants...
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Categories:
nursery rhyme, allusion, analogy, angst, character,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Nursery Rhyme Poems
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