Kids Free Verse Poems

The talkers were talking,
texting.
Walkers were walking,
strolling, jogging.
The prams were shaking,
rocking.
Kids were shouting,
yipping and yelling.
The pond went around and round
a circle of sound
turning around and round
as...

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there was a lass named libby
who was from bonnie ayr
she walked a thousand miles
with her flag in the air

marching the streets of glasgow
with thousands men...

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We talked today after a long, long time.
 I was mostly listening, and I can do that better, I think.
 She was worried about me....

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Bipedal Insects

I hate and hate and hate. 
I want to stop others from being happy. 
How dare they be safe, and well fed? 
How dare...

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The Drop

I put tissue in my purse.
Lens cleaners for glasses,
a half handful of suckers.
a kid’s book, colors and even…
a doll,  and small train set.

I...

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Head Games

You love to play them. 

When you treat me badly, 
I let you, as I thought that meant…
I was loving you. 
I was wrong....

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9:00 AM Sunday Morning
(in church)

My second home.

Father cups His hand, 
I am inside. 
He breathes upon me anew…

I am comforted.
I am quiet of spirit.
The world...

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Tantrum

Pout?
Pouted?
Pouting?
To waste life…
To press others to your will, 
and shockingly, in the end, 
find they find less of you
agreeable.

Surprised?
Not very nice?
True. 
Would you rather I...

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Muddy Water's Gramma gave us licorice

I walked the old Kenwood neighborhood with my twin little brother and sister in tow,
'hold there hands and look both...

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Bird Seed

The power of a small kindness,
can never be overstated.
...

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Happy

Sunday dishes, 
done by hand. 
The washer put to rest. 

No football, yes that is what I said. (But I have it backed up for...

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Many days, many nights, 
why do we put up with this plight? 
Days gone by the end is here. 
Who shall help conquer your fears?...

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Let’s Cook

My dear friend, 
The book came today. 
Well, actually the magazine. 
It is the one you gave me
for the holidays…
(soft crying)

That seems ages ago...

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Art

Plain, white, vacant;
is the canvas…
waiting for the celebration
of color!

One is nothing without the other. 
The boundaries of emptiness, 
the fullness, luster and texture of…
shade, tint...

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The Constitution

Words on paper, 
Written by people of another time. 
Written by people to protect “the people”.

Individuals that fought for;
their families,
their homes, 
their towns, 
their...

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juggling three jobs
raising four kids
mediocre pay
thoroughly exhausted
she finally has to give up
lets her kids go to the state 
because she cannot feed them
given to a...

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One Nation

It started in one moment. 
It was not expected by all.
There was a clamor, of glamour…
Among those perceived higher than others, 
By they themselves.

While...

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Dinosaur
I heard the ole man talkin-
so like usual - I stopped to listen
He was all worked up 'bout simple things
like family, a home, even huntin'...

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Beautiful Lamp

In the distance there is a beacon. 
It is brightness, a calm calling to you. 
It is a perfect kindness, 
enduring, and ever lasting....

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Another day in dreamland

Wake up.  Watch the sun ease in the light
like the day before, goin back, and on some more.
Cuddle with the reasons...

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