Kids Light Verse Poems

a gigglephant and giraffalaugh
in a junglement’s delight
did swing on a vine
most of the time
but today decided to fight
set to did they
but laugh did they
and tried...

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The dragon and the minotaur are mythological creatures.
They romped and stomped in ancient tales
Of Greece, and Rome, and France, and Wales,
And have kept kids through...

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LIGHT VERSE AND NONSENSE VERSE V

Less Heroic Couplets: Word to the Unwise
by Michael R. Burch

I wanted to be good as gold,
but being good, as I’ve...

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Ancient Roman poets weren’t prudes,
the foulest vocabulary they used.
They spoke the language of the street
unaltered by artifice, much less discreet.
The prudish and the ignorant
were shocked...

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Annette Funicello started out as a Disney Mouseketeer
We kids loved her totally, she was everything we wanted.
Starring in Babes in Toyland made her even more...

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The humble omnipresent penny
is soon to vanish from our currency.
If a penny or two increases your bill
it’ll be upped to the nearest nickle.
The government claims...

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Las Vegas 1967
Harrah’s, free drinks
Circus Circus, bring the kids
Frontier, win a Chevy

Golden Nugget, best slots
Flamingo Capri, Elvis impersonator
Caesar’s Palace, world’s best buffet

Tropicana, win big
Sahara, all...

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gumball machine is huge at beauty shop
A trick to entice kids inside
Letting them think it will be fun
I know better
I have been here two hours
And...

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I’m looking forward to
   letting my bare feet sink in silt
   the waves weighing me down
   salt sea leaving...

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Anxiety increases as Christmas draws near
Kids may not get what they asked for, they fear,
It’s presents holding them rapt, not good cheer
Santa shows disinterest, he...

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We thought we’d be the first kids there, this was totally wrong.
Hundreds of people were shoved into Great-grandma’s tiny house.
Maybe fifty, anyway a lot.
I did...

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Children have,
            loose laughter,
          ...

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Little Charlie was a seven year old who was picked on in school because of his
height. Some of the kids would poke fun at him...

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When I was a kid and I got the croup,
My mama would make me chicken soup.
Then as a special treat just for me,
She'd add an...

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screams erupt in the morning
kids running everywhere
bee hive party...

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