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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.
SUMMERTIME
Summertime is here Summertime is here I won’t shed a tear Because summertime is here I’m going to have fun I’m going to have fun Jump around and run And stretch out in the sun ...Read the rest...
Categories: kid, nursery rhyme,
Form: Rhyme



WOODY THE PIGEON
Woody the pigeon Lives in the tree Can you imagine Such a glee A lifetime partner To share his days With eggs to father That his girl layed Woody the pigeon Shared his tree With beautiful imogen The girl he needs The little eggs hatch Out pops...Read the rest...
Categories: nursery rhyme, 1st grade, bird, family,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Cold Porridge
Patrick, Pearl and Phillip were fond siblings, in halcyon days of fairy tales; Long beloved of Mother and Father, like beloved ballads of all nightingales. Father was a successful tailor, creating finest clothes for women and men; And...Read the rest...
Categories: nursery rhyme, adventure, family, fantasy, food,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member A Past Pastime
Humpty Dumpty lived in make-believe land, like dreamy shadows get long; And he dwelt in a house near a wall, among merry, crimson, oriole throngs. He had a figure equally rotund and jolly, and was therefore loved...Read the rest...
Categories: nursery rhyme, beauty, fantasy, joy, nature,
Form: Couplet
THE CATERPILLAR
This caterpillar Fell out the tree Fell out the tree Fell out the tree This caterpillar Fell out the tree Now he can’t see ...Read the rest...
Categories: nursery rhyme, 3rd grade, insect, nursery
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Hey Diddle Diddle
Hey, diddle, diddle, the cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon--had no fiddle, The little dog laughed, got smashed as a Poodle, the cow laughed a little, and found the fiddle, The cat played to Nero,...Read the rest...
Categories: nursery rhyme, fantasy, humor, imagery, irony,
Form: Ghazal
Premium Member Buckle My Shoe
One, two, buckle my shoe, a lesson to be learned; Three, four, and so many more - times the world has turned. Cross the laces, make some loops, feed the laces through; Tighten them up...Read the rest...
Categories: nursery rhyme, childhood, education, father son,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Jesting Jack, Jinxed Jill
Jack and Jill were brother and sister, whose environs were hilly and green; And they groomed horses and worked in gardens, oft 'til a moonlight scene. They did daily chores on a farm, in the outlying regions...Read the rest...
Categories: nursery rhyme, children, fairy, fantasy, farm,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Pumpkin Meter
Peter, Peter Pumpkin eater, I wish I never heard of meter....Read the rest...
Categories: humor, nursery rhyme, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Zephyr
"Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale. Children learn as they help you imagine" ...Read the rest...
Categories: fantasy, nursery rhyme,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Redcap
come old Red come lift your head feast upon...Read the rest...
Categories: nursery rhyme, character, dark, death, fairy,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Funny Bunny
He was a happy bunny, personality sunny. He ate a carrot, became a parrot. Now, isn’t that just too funny?...Read the rest...
Categories: nursery rhyme, animal, bird, cute, food,
Form: Limerick
The Bottle Gourd Rhyme
I am tall, I am slender, Light Green but not cucumber. Have a snout, have a tail, Found in market & even retail. Packed with Vitamin C, K & Calcium, I punch my weight in nutrition. Eat me & get a...Read the rest...
Categories: nursery rhyme,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Wriggily Piggily
Oh! You wriggle like a little piggle! When you wiggle, you make me giggle! When you jiggle you prompt a squiggle and then I sniggle at your marble miggle. ...Read the rest...
Categories: animal, nonsense, nursery rhyme,
Form: Monorhyme
Premium Member No Oats
I have heard that mairsy doats and sweet little doesy doats. I'd agree that cowsy doats. Why do lamzay noats?...Read the rest...
Categories: nursery rhyme, animal, cute, food, fun,
Form: Dodoitsu

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