Poems about Children

• I Want It Now

  Gooses, geeses
  I want my geese to lay gold eggs for easter

  by Roald Dahl 47 lines
• Cloony The Clown

  I'll tell you the story of Cloony the Clown
  Who worked in a circus that came through town.

  by Sheldon Allan Silverstein 48 lines, 2 comments
• A Margarita Debayle (To Margarita Debayle)

  Margarita, está linda la mar,
  y el viento

  by Ruben Dario 328 lines
• Jim

  There was a Boy whose name was Jim;
  His Friends were very good to him.

  by Hilaire Belloc 57 lines, 2 comments
• Oh you Knid, you are vile and vermicious....

  Oh you Knid, you are vile and vermicious!
  You are slimy and soggy and squishous!

  by Roald Dahl 4 lines
• The Circus

  Hey, there!  Hoop-la! the circus is in town!
  Have you seen the elephant?  Have you seen the clown?

  by C J Dennis 12 lines, 65,535 comments
• The Tea Party

  IN the pleasant green Garden
    We sat down to tea;

  by Kate Greenaway 9 lines, 1 comment
• Boys and Girls Come out to Play

  Boys and girls come out to play,
  The moon does shine as bright as day;

  by Anonymous British 10 lines, 2 comments
• Furry Bear

  If I were a bear,
  And a big bear too,

  by A.A. Milne 15 lines, 1 comment
• Some One

  Some one came knocking
  At my wee, small door;

  by Walter de la Mare 17 lines, 4 comments
• Hist!

  Hist! . . . . . . Hark!
  The night is very dark,

  by C J Dennis 73 lines, 7 comments
• The Jabberwocky

  'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
  Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:

  by Lewis Carroll 33 lines, 19 comments
• Acrostic

  Daily work and pastime daily
  In their order taking gaily

  by Lewis Carroll 16 lines, 1 comment
• Twice Times

  There were Two Little Bears who lived in a Wood,
  And one of them was Bad and the other was Good.

  by A.A. Milne 37 lines
• The Friend

  There are lots and lots of people who are always asking things,
  Like Dates and Pounds-and-ounces and the names of funny Kings,

  by A.A. Milne 8 lines, 1 comment
• Godfrey Gordon Gustavus Gore

  Godfrey Gordon Gustavus Gore —
  No doubt you have heard the name before —

  by William Brighty Rands 31 lines, 5 comments
• The Swagman

  Oh, he was old and he was spare;
  His bushy whiskers and his hair

  by C J Dennis 47 lines, 5 comments
• Cautionary Tales for Children: Introduction

  And is it True? It is not True.
  And if it were it wouldn’t do,

  by Hilaire Belloc 12 lines, 1 comment
• Twinkletoes

  When the sun
  Shines through the leaves of the apple-tree,

  by A.A. Milne 9 lines, 3 comments
• In the Land of the Bumbley Boo

  In the land of the Bumbley Boo
  The People are red white and blue,

  by Spike Milligan 25 lines, 1 comment
• The Knight Whose Armour Didn't Squeak

  Of all the Knights in Appledore
  The wisest was Sir Thomas Tom.

  by A.A. Milne 96 lines, 1 comment
• Ding Dong Bell

  Ding dong bell,
    The cat is in the well.

  by Anonymous British 7 lines, 1 comment
• Another Acrostic ( In the style of Father William )

  "Are you deaf, Father William!" the young man said,
  "Did you hear what I told you just now?

  by Lewis Carroll 13 lines, 3 comments
• Going To School

  Did you see them pass to-day, Billy, Kate and Robin,
  All astride upon the back of old grey Dobbin?

  by C J Dennis 12 lines, 1 comment
• Wooloomooloo (A Riddle)

  Here's a ridiculous riddle for you:
  How many o's are there in Woolloomooloo?

  by C J Dennis 4 lines, 2 comments
• The Ant Explorer

  Once a little sugar ant made up his mind to roam-
  To far away far away, far away from home.

  by C J Dennis 21 lines, 2 comments
• Bongaloo

  "What is a Bongaloo, Daddy?"
  "A Bongaloo, Son," said I,

  by Spike Milligan 23 lines, 4 comments
• At The Zoo

  There are lions and roaring tigers,
  and enormous camels and things,

  by A.A. Milne 25 lines, 2 comments
• Henry King,{ Who chewed bits of String, and was cut off in Dreadful Agonies}

  The Chief Defect of Henry King
  Was chewing little bits of String.

  by Hilaire Belloc 18 lines
• Jack and Jill

  Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water
  Jack fell down and broke his crown

  by Anonymous British 6 lines, 2 comments

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