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.
Tendency for PregnancyGrappling with parenthood over the years.
Battling and facing my responsibility fears.
Celebrations and failures leading to tears.
Many moving parts like out of sync gears.
But the universe said that we get a take...
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Categories:
children, baby, boy, child, family,
Form: Rhyme
Waiting For The Christmas Gifts
W-Winter’s
I - Indigo sky
S - Sparkles bright
H - High over
I - Ice-covered
N - Nurtured
G - Garden.
Y - Yearly festive time
O - Once again is
U - Upon us to celebrate.
M - Mountainous
E - Excitement
R...
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Categories:
children, christmas,
Form: Acrostic
Five In Lights And ShadesFive lights are tints of life
Five shades of skin on the line
Like the five fingers we use to hold in life
Finger prints of arch, loop and whorl in line.
Five colors we dip so clear
In our...
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Categories:
blessing, care, children, color,
Form: Other
sleddinglaughter of children
playing in the winter’s snow
seasonal delight,
bundled up in heavy coats
sledding down the steep hillside.
Written December 5, 2022
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Categories:
children, sports, winter,
Form: Tanka
Some Children Won't Be Around for ChristmasSome children won’t be around this Christmas
Their families still locked in the throes of grief
The holiday season will continue with briskness
But they’ll find no solace, no respite, no relief.
Their families still locked in the throes...
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Categories:
children, christmas, death, depression,
Form: Pantoum
CHILDREN PLAYING WITH FLYING
fowl
Kite tail
Kite,
owl,
toy paper plane...
Everything flies in the air...
Everything, a joke
in the children's dream
of boy and girl...
It's all birdie
without wings...that's all
pretend,
just need to smile...
laugh... for magic
be complete...!
...
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Categories:
allegory, allusion, children, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
The Tax ManThey tax your husband,
They tax your wife.
They tax your children,
Leave them with strife.
They tax the poor,
But never the rich.
Your taxes soar,
With flicks of a switch.
They tax your car,
They tax your house.
They go too far,
They'd tax...
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Categories:
angst, car, children, house,
Form: Rhyme
BLESSED CHILDREN NURSERY RHYME
There’s a child who is indeed very blest
Showing high fives gladly with thankful zest
Using sign language to speak
Laughing loud as he does shriek
To say “Praise God*, King of kings, the Highest!”
There’s a boy who...
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Categories:
appreciation, blessing, children, christian,
Form: Limerick
Frozen Solidwind
swinging heavy with flakes
winter's underbelly chilling fingers and toes
on a Kyiv hill
in wounded wisps of snow
two small girls in boxy blue snowsuits
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Categories:
allusion, angst, childhood, children,
Form: Free verse
Presents Under the TreeChildren staring at presents under the tree
Eager eyes wide open and full of wondering,
They know Mama’s been on a shopping spree.
Packages tied up with ribbons, sometimes three
Sends their active imaginations wandering,
Children staring at presents under...
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Categories:
childhood, children, christmas, tree,
Form: Villanelle
Silly SackYou’ve got to have a certain knack
when opening your Silly Sack;
the beasts within will soon attack
with no hold barred, no turning back.
Now these are not the monstrous sort,
it’s just that they do not comport.
Of mischief,...
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Categories:
children, nonsense, silly,
Form: Quatrain
Silly SackYou’ve got to have a certain knack
when opening your Silly Sack
for the beasts within
will attack to win
with no hold barred, no turning back.
Now these are not the monstrous sort,
it’s just that they do not comport.
It’s...
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Categories:
children, nonsense, silly,
Form: Limerick
Beach BoundAnother warm day has begun,
Soaking in the California sun.
Volleyball players having fun,
Joggers flying by on the run.
Children brave the tide unafraid,
Couples snuggle close in the shade.
Surfers with tans that never fade,
Sailboat owners got it made.
Wind...
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Categories:
beach, boat, children, games,
Form: Rhyme
Sleigh Bells Jinglingsnowflakes mingling
sleigh bells jingling
under rooftops sparkling with snow
visions of gifts and gingerbread
fill children's dreams, asleep in bed
hoping that Santa Claus will show
visions of gifts and gingerbread
unfold on this magical night
as eight tiny reindeer in...
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Categories:
celebration, children, christmas, december,
Form: Ballad
SnowflakesSnowflakes
White, soft, and perfect.
Everything we want to see
in a cold winter holiday
for you...
and for me.
Time to dress in hats and gloves,
heavy socks and boots
to keep us warm,
with hearts lifted,...
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Categories:
children, chocolate, christian, christmas,
Form: Free verse
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