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Nursery Rhyme Poems | Examples of Nursery Rhyme Poetry

Nursery Rhyme Poems - Examples of all types of nursery rhyme poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for nursery rhyme.
Premium Member Fabulous Fun Nursery Rhyme
Mary rushes to the market, To buy bread, butter better, Finds festive food for Fluffy, Crochety cantankerous cat of hers! Bobby loves leafing picture books, Bubbles blows bothersome brother, Baby yells sky-rocketing loud, Daddy tightly hugs and kisses her! Green...Read the rest...
Categories: nursery rhyme, family, fun,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member The Songbird Of Spring
One sunny morning sweet small Sue sees sitting up, in a sapling a songbird is seated on silky flower cup. It’s a scarlet vested slim and shy swirling Robin, she sighs sad, “so long your show I haven’t...Read the rest...
Categories: nursery rhyme,
Form: Alliteration



Premium Member DOOLEY'S DEVIL'S DELIGHT
Darling Dolly liked to dawdle down past Dooley’s Deli. Darling Dolly didn’t dabble in Dooley’s Devil’s Delight. Devil’s Delight, a donut dessert, didn’t do it for Dolly. Darling Dolly didn’t delight in Dooley’s donut dessert. So Darling Dolly dawdled home without Dooley’s...Read the rest...
Categories: children, food, nursery rhyme,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member A Surprise in June
Vivacious, young Adele was quite popular, for she had lots of friends; Like night's affinity with creamy stars, of joyful glitter that never ends. She was a professional pet sitter, doing so for her chums sometimes, Like the...Read the rest...
Categories: nursery rhyme, animal, fun, nature, nursery
Form: Couplet
Premium Member There Was An Old Lady Who Stood In A Queue
There was an old lady who stood in a queue Where the queue led to I hadn’t a clue So I don’t know why she was stood in the queue And if I don’t know, then neither...Read the rest...
Categories: nursery rhyme,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member PLAYTIME NURSERY RHYME
I am a british bulldog a junior jumping jack, who loves my toe-tic-tac. I pitch pennies aganst the wall, but love playtime poohsticks best of all....Read the rest...
Categories: nursery rhyme,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member Sleepless Sheep
Sheep Sam could not seek sleep that night as storm sounds crashed and clashed; the thunder blasted booms while bright bold beams of lightning lashed. So sadly, Sam said, “We can't sleep- the big booms bash so loud!” But then,...Read the rest...
Categories: nursery rhyme, sleep, storm,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member The Cat Nursery Rhyme
Cat cat wear your cap, Cat cat go catch a rat. Cat cat paws to tap, Cat cat can you rap? Cat cat now take your nap....Read the rest...
Categories: nursery rhyme, cat, giggle, rap, sleep,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member See the Sea, She Saw
See the sea, she saw, While rocking on the sea-saw sea. See what she saw splashing and sparkling, Glinting and glimmering with glee, Kissed by the sun, caressed by the sea. Oh what delights are the sights she saw on the...Read the rest...
Categories: nursery rhyme, sea,
Form: Alliteration
SUFFERING SUSIE
Sister Susie sewed so many shirts for soldiers, She sometimes suffered serious SSD. That’s sewing stress disorder, so stressed out Susie says; Something seamstresses all suffer from you see. So sixty shirtless soldiers stood shivering in the snow, While sewer...Read the rest...
Categories: nursery rhyme,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member Joanie Come Early
Everyone called Joanna Wilde, Joanie, like an abbreviated crescent moon, Of which she was much enamored, with its silky, maroon darkness tunes. Pert Joanie was a young night owl, loving lone whip-poor-wills, singing, And bewitching midnight stars of...Read the rest...
Categories: nursery rhyme, beautiful, career, fantasy, growth,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Making Not a Peep
Little Bo-Peep adored playing hide and seek, hence the fond nickname; Just as hued rainbow is named for its dazzle, so radiant over every lane! Bo-Peep was eight, and lived on a farm. She had various loves...Read the rest...
Categories: nursery rhyme, animal, color, fantasy, girl,
Form: Couplet
5th of November
Dissemblers remember! the fifth of November, the US coming election; will there be reason for attempted treason? at the White House an insurrection! ......Read the rest...
Categories: nursery rhyme, america, history, november, nursery
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Pocket Full of Sunshine
Lucy Locket lived amidst Lakeland Hills, where jay serenaded morning; Like plum rainbows celebrate sunshine, with never any silent warning. Lucy was merely twenty years old, like a peach rose, dusted with dew; And she was also a...Read the rest...
Categories: nursery rhyme, birthday, fantasy, friendship, happiness,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Quack-Quack Lullaby
My sweet little baby, don’t you cry, You are Mommy’s sweetie pie. I love you a bushel and a peck, And a big hug around the neck. I love you to the moon and back, Even more than a duck...Read the rest...
Categories: nursery rhyme, baby, Lullaby, mother, nursery
Form: Rhyme

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