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.
The Smile of a Child
The smile that brings happiness,
which takes away loneliness
Lighten the burdens within
with smile of a child.
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Categories:
baby, care, children, family,
Form: Dodoitsu
Unreported newsSongs from a life, sounds like the blues,
microwave fries, pot noodle, stews,
dead on two legs, only half-nine,
saying yes, to the overtime,
this months rent and the kids' new shoes.
Paying forward, paying your dues,
when there isn't much...
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Categories:
abuse, children, life, wine,
Form: Rondeau
Dedicated Dissection
Being teased is a horrible fate,
Children do this all the time without a quake.
Not realizing the pain they cause,
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Categories:
children, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
Guns and FloatsParades police tape
Shots fired active shooter
Nearby children play
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Categories:
children, abuse, america, angst, anxiety,
Form: Senryu
Green eggs and hamGreen eggs and ham or was that snot?
Little children get sick a lot!!...
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Categories:
1st grade, children,
Form: Light Verse
Strawberry SmilesThere is no match for the strawberry patch
When my girls and I go to pickin!
We look for the big, red luscious delights
And joyfully smile when they come into sight.
“I got one, oh look there are...
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Categories:
blessing, childhood, children, family,
Form: Rhyme
Bug CollectorBrush off your ant bites.
Blind eye the hornets sting.
Gone so long with ways of violence.
Creatures having done nothing wrong.
But it’s fine “they aren’t important”.
Legs or wings or hair you just can’t bare.
Squash and flush because...
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Categories:
children, cute, happy, insect,
Form: Couplet
THANKFUL FOR CHILDREN AND JFK
Today I’m thankful for children
and for John F. Kennedy..
Who said:
Children are the messages we send
to a time we will not see.
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Categories:
children, thanks,
Form: Rhyme
TODDLER DANCE
The other night at work I had mellow ’60’s music playing in the store
when a couple carrying their young son entered through the door.
Guessing someone’s age the more I age is harder and harder for...
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Categories:
children,
Form: Rhyme
A Passover blessed by children23 April 2024 8:57 PM
Suffer the little children to come unto me
Today was a passover Yeshua would have made a top memory
A great log house alive with goats and fowl
Two little dogs playing...
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Categories:
children, christian, jesus,
Form: Rhyme
Who's BadThe little boy had cried
He's all watery-eyed
He should not have lied
His sister really knew
Her eyes black and blue
Her brother threw the shoe
She, feeling sad
Went and told dad
But thought...
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Categories:
brother, children, little sister,
Form: Senryu
Rusty swings
Nights that smell of dew,
days that smell of fresh grass,
flowers that bloom to be seen for a short time,
leaving their fragrance in the air for us to feel that unforgettable instant.
Slippery days missed somewhere...
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Categories:
appreciation, blessing, childhood, children,
Form: Free verse
Escape
They were bigger than me!
Couldn't get free.
Circled around,
Until I fell on the ground!
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Categories:
children, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Rhyme
Packing School LunchesWhat scene would I want to find comfort in
more than this one,
an ordinary morning in the farmhouse kitchen,
blue checked curtains swaying,
wooden shelves with plates and jars,
the radio softly playing,
a paring knife in my hand?
It gives...
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Categories:
children, farm, mother,
Form: Free verse
Don't Throw Them to the WolvesWe have a choice,
On how many children will turn out,
And by throwing the parents under a bus,
For the Wolves and Jackals to fight over,
The outcome for the children will always be the same.
When we we...
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Categories:
children, appreciation, baptism, birth, childhood,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Specific Types of Children Poems
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1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, 6th grade, 7th grade, 8th grade, animal, birthday, christmas, elementary school, family, friendship, funny, giggle, haiku, holiday, kindergarten, love, middle school, preschool, school, winter
and more.
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