Children's Poems

  The Last Voyage of Barnaby Bear When first the winter twilight dimmed the pane And rain beat softly on...

  The Bird with the Ugly Voice I kept a bird whose song was harsh and coarse, A jarring cry,...

  The Man in the Moon Was a Very Round Man   The Man in the Moon was a very...

  The Cautionary Tale of Phone Addicted Mimi A girl called Mimi thought it best to give her active brain...

  A Fishing Tale ---24 November 2025 Young Jeffrey oft went fishing with his dad Sometimes for perch but oftener...

  Otto and Octavius at Christmas Mother and Father Octopus, And Otto and Octavius, A cephalopodic family, Live in the...

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  Dirty White Dwight’s Plight Finally, the rains return, And Dwight the snowman’s taciturn Sad features are yet sadder still,...

  Toads Don’t Fly On toad and frog hunt, evening this, A Friday, tenth of August bliss, Two thousand eighteen....

  November Nights are cold, days crisp and bold. On the ground and in the trees, Vast array of red...

  I Dwell Within a Tidal Pool I dwell within a tidal pool; My world, though small, is most complete....

  The One That Got Away Nelson Cedrick Thunderwood, a Colonel in the army, has served his country faithfully for...

  Theseus in the Labyrinth ---from "The Slaying of the Minotaur" As Theseus crossed the threshold, Minos told his men...

. The Vile Monkey and the Patient Buffalo ---adapted from a Jataka tale of India A powerful old buffalo Once...

. A Poetic Retelling of the Myth of Icarus and Daedalus ---from "The Bird Man in the Sky" So early...

. Mnemonic Device for Military Pro-Signs A-Z Pro-signs are an alphabetical coding system used by the military for radio transmissions...

. A Horse’s Tale: King Arthur’s Great Steed The horse known for bearing the greatest of kings— Proud Thor was...

. The Old Man and the Mouse: A Sicilian Folktale An old man poured a glass of milk, and left...

. A Winter's Tale There’re many strange and spooky tales, That come from England’s hills and dales. When Winter tightens...

. Territorializing Slithering slowly, so very precise, A methodic invader (and catcher of mice), She stealthily slips toward the enemy...

. Bear Spray My little brother took a dare To pepper spray a mama bear. It seems the spray was...

. Easter Couplets Easter’s more than just about eggs and bunnies;More than what you may have read in the funnies....

. Happy Like Winnie the Pooh If I could be happy like Winnie the Pooh, Just thinking of good things...

. A Grain of Sand A grain of sand got lodged into __A little seagull's eye. He spluttered with indignant...

. Watch Out! Now, “The Three Little Pigs” is a tale More for cautioning than for amusing: Learn its lessons...

. Dragons Lost at Sea In salty seas green dragons fly the waves, With plastic scales—a man-made guard from rot....

. Just Doin' Our Job As if they didn’t have enough to do already---harvesting the light to make food for...

. What Mother Goose Neglected to Mention . A Soup Spoon Reflects upon His Past So the dish ran away...

. The First Fallen Leaf A single leaf begins to fall. He wants to be the first of all. His...

. Leave Above the land, suspended, green and grand and splendid, we furnish food for trees, whisper with the breeze...

. Beauty Flowers are the faded stars that fall from silver skies, Raindrops are the sacred tears that leak from...

. The Stoat and the Old Goat This tale concerns a little stoat, With eyes of black and velvet coat,...

. Probing for the Problematic Polyp Bob was testy yesterday. __A fractious, famished fellow. You would be, too, if all...

. . Poetry for Children by Shaun C. Duncan . To speak of poetry for children might appear redundant at...

. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/87O4CNfrZ2M https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ufJcOO-y7Ho?feature=share https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GG9J2oEEiyY?feature=share . . Andrew Benson Brown has had poems and reviews published in a few journals. His epic-in-progress,...

. Poet Paul A. Freeman challenges you to write a nursery rhyme in the style of the Mother Goose classic...

. Belling the Cat The mice called a council to try to defeat A troublesome cat who would ruthlessly eat...

. The Boy Who Cried Wolf Once there lived a shepherd boy who Despised his dull profession. His job was...

. The Outing . I Miss Deidre Ealing of Tiny Tots School, A woman who'd never be anyone's fool, Observing...

. The Tortoise and the Hare in limericks A tortoise and hare were a-talkin’. Said Hare: “Why, your slowness is...