Category: Poems for Children

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BUBBLE Gum

Mommy, Mommy, hurry and come! Can you save my bubble gum? I dropped it in there by mistake. Please hurry up for goodness sake! I blew a bubble, Then I popped it. I accidentally dropped it While I tried to roll and mush it. PLEASE, DON’T ANYBODY FLUSH IT!

Why the Elephant Painted Its Toenails Red

I asked the little elephant, “Why are your toenails red?” “It’s really very simple,” Is what I think he said. It seems the little elephant Was playing hide-and-seek, With all the other animals In our back yard last week. Elephants are kind of big, It’s hard to hide, you see. He painted all his toenails […]

Four New Friends

My new friends must like me a lot, They asked me to play hide and seek. So far I havent found a one But it has only been a week. They let me ride their bike downhill But you would think, for goodness sakes, That one of them, at least would say “Watch out, the […]

What If

What if you had been born a cat? Your first word would have been, “Meow”. Or if you had been born a puppy You would have told your mom, “Bow Wow”. You’d have to learn to say, “Oink Oink”, If for a dad, you had a pig. But if you had been born a worm […]

Winter Artist

He learned to paint just yesterday This un-artistic friend of mine, He sought to paint the rising sun When it began to shine. The scene he picked for such as he, Could have been a bit more subtle, It seems that he has now become An artistic puddle.