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.
CompanyWe have Company
Hey, We have company;
Company to the right,
Company to the left.
When did they get here?
Where did they come from?
I didn't even see them arrive.
Well how do...
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Categories:
children, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
WISDOM SPOKE
foot in a blender
skin sliced thin, jagged
bicycle spokes spinning
how i learned to wear shoes
dad’s rottweiler-yelling
as mom assesses
claustrophobic on commode
dinner would get cold
cut into throat, nose, neck, spine*
red beets**
heel to toes ice cold
perched and prepared
by ER...
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Categories:
children, emotions, hurt, parents,
Form: Free verse
Six Blessings
She had six children in the fifties
Three girls and three boys, all healthy
And willing to give back to this world
Hearts who would listen to God above
~~~
She gave the world her very best
Six of them, all...
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Categories:
blessing, child, childhood, children,
Form: Free verse
Poems about Children VIPoems about Children VI
Playmates
by Michael R. Burch
WHEN you were my playmate and I was yours,
we spent endless hours with simple toys,
and the sorrows and cares of our indentured days
were uncomprehended . . . far, far...
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Categories:
child, childhood, children, love,
Form: Rhyme
Poems about Children VPoems about Children V
Pan
by Michael R. Burch
Among the shadows of the groaning elms,
amid the darkening oaks, we fled ourselves
Once there were paths that led to coracles
that clung to piers like loosening barnacles
where we cannot return,...
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Categories:
children, autumn, baseball, child, childhood,
Form: Rhyme
Poems about Children IVPoems about Children IV
Salat Days
by Michael R. Burch
Dedicated to the memory of my grandfather, Paul Ray Burch, Sr.
I remember how my grandfather used to pick poke salat ...
though first, usually, he’d stretch back in the...
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Categories:
child, childhood, children, dad,
Form: Rhyme
Poems about Children IIIPoems about Children III
Miracle
by Michael R. Burch
for Jeremy
The contrails of galaxies mingle, and the dust of that first day still shines.
Before I conceived you, before your heart beat, you were mine,
and I see
infinity leap in...
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Categories:
adventure, child, childhood, children,
Form: Rhyme
CLOTHES FOR SIX
It was the sixties. We had an awesome arrangement with both grand-mothers. Dad’s mom sewed for the two boys and mom’s mom sewed for the four girls. They was a godsend.
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Categories:
blessing, children, clothes, grandmother,
Form: Haibun
Night For The KnightRoads covered by dark night,
Thou there is plenty of orange light.
Samhain has arrived,
Remplir your bags to strived.
Headstone on the left,
Don’t worry, toffees won’t be theft.
Trick or treat on the right,
Once he was The Knight!
...
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Categories:
angel, blessing, children, death,
Form: Rhyme
A damaged worldCan you complain if you don't stand up and become apart of the change
I am not happy with the state of the world or life I don't have time to fight alright
...
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Categories:
black african american, children,
Form: Free verse
IN THEIR EYES
vulnerable
seeking approval
wanting nothing more
than a glance a smile
a sign of affection
the teeniest confidence builder
getting them started
on the ladder
to their future
posted on October 25, 2020...
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Categories:
children, confidence, dream, future,
Form: Free verse
The cure you shared
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You turn and risk two smiling eyes my way as I walk in..
how pretty you look sitting upright in that little bed.
Quietly whisper, how well your bridal gown now would fit,
imagining our dream wedding...
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Categories:
beautiful, children, husband, miss
Form: Rhyme
Hoarding Chest
Musical capsule, gathers intimate maternal relic items
Nurturing sentimental trinkets, from adoring days past
Delicate, silver plated, rotating, safe deposit vault
Plays childlike methodical melodies, fondly with regard
Keepsake gems, orderly placed, fine infant treasures
Tributes...
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Categories:
baby, birth, children, memory,
Form: Free verse
Therapy of PieEvery child should learn to bake pie.
Here is the very reason why.
To make a pie requires great love,
And that is where the secret lies.
When daily life does push and shove;
Scent of pie like protecting glove,
Can...
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Categories:
cheer up, children, creation,
Form: Rhyme
A MOTHERS LOVE IS FOREVER
Categories:
birth, blessing, children, hope,
Form: Free verse
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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