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I have done my best to put together a list of links to parts of the site that include poem, rhymes and songs for all kinds of themes.

The poetry I've decided to include on the site includes a mix of traditional poets (Poe, Frost, Stein, Burns, etc) and younger, nursery rhyme type poems. Most have printable coloring pages and/or crafts to go along with the poem song.

Seasonal Themes:

Holiday Themes:

Other Themes:

Poets:

Types of Poems:

Poems in Other Languages:

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I have done my best to put together a list of links to parts of the site that include poem, rhymes and songs for all kinds of themes. The poetry I've decided to include on the site includes a mix of traditional poets (Poe, Frost, Stein, Burns, etc) and younger, nursery rhyme type poems. Most have printable coloring pages and/or crafts to go along with the poem song.

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Kids Poems, Short, Easy, Free Online Poems for Kids & Children in English

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Find various types of long, short and animated poems for kids, which are suitable for children of all ages, ranging right from fun kids poems to little grave ones.

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Famous Poems For Children - Poems Kids Will Love

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Our collection of famous poems for children are perfect for recitation or reading. These poems for kids will give them a love of poetry from a young age.

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Funny Poems for Kids - Funny Rhymes for Children

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Short funny poems for children, Poems that rhyme, funny friend poems, funny poems about school. Sometimes children with their fresh eyes looking at the world may be able to see that which an adults eyes pass over.

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Classical Poems for Children

This is a collection of classical poems for children written by a variety of poets such as Christina Rossetti, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Edward Lear. The poems range from fun and lively to solemn and thought provoking. The poems can be printed from the browser by clicking on the "Print" button below each poem. Margins may need to be adjusted depending on the device that is being used.

A Baby Sermon by George MacDonald
A Child's Evening Prayer by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
A Guinea Pig ~Anonymous
A Light Exists in Spring by Emily Dickinson
A Morning Hymn by Christopher Smart
A Riddle by Christina Rossetti
Above the Bright Blue Sky by Albert Midlane
After Apple-Picking by Robert Frost
All Things Bright and Beautiful by Cecil Frances Alexander
An Alphabet (Part 1) by Edward Lear
An Alphabet (Part 2) by Edward Lear
An Autumn Greeting ~Anonymous
An Evening Hymn by Thomas Ken
Answer to a Child's Question by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
At the Seaside by Robert Louis Stevenson
At the Zoo by William Makepeace Thackeray
Bed in Summer by Robert Louis Stevenson
Buttercups and Daisies by Mary Howitt
Caterpillar by Christina Rossetti
Covetousness by Peter Idley
Eletelephony by Laura Richards
Evening (In words of one syllable) by Thomas Miller
Ferry Me Across the Water by Christina Rossetti
Flint by Christina Rossetti
Gentle Jesus, Meek and Mild by Charles Wesley
God to be First Served by Robert Herrick
Good Night and Good Morning by Richard Monckton Mines, Lord Houghton
Happy Thought by Robert Louis Stevenson
Humpty Dumpty's Song by Lewis Carroll
Little Things by Julia A Carney
Looking Forward by Robert Louis Stevenson
Mary's Lamb by Sarah Hale
Morning Prayer by Ogden Nash
My Mother by Ann Taylor
My Shadow by Robert Louis Stevenson
Now the Day is Over by Sabine Baring-Gould
Nonsenses by Edward Lear i | ii | iii | iv | v | vi | vii | viii
Old Mother Hubbard by Sarah Catherine Marine
Once in Royal David's City by Cecil Frances Alexander
Our Saviour's Golden Rule by Isaac Watts
Rising in the Morning by Hugh Rhodes
Robin Redbreast by William Allinghamn
The Baby Dance by Ann Taylor
The Blind Boy by Colley Cibber
The Canary by Elizabeth Turner
The Cow by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Exhortation of a Father to His Children by Robert Smith
The Father's Vineyard ~Anonymous
The Field Mouse by Cecil Frances Alexander
The First Tooth by Charles and Mary Lamb
The Lamb by William Blake
The Land of Counterpane by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Little Doll by Charles Kingsley
The Migration of the Grey Squirrels by William Howitt
The Rainbow by Christina Rossetti
The Rooks by Jane Browne
The Sheep by Ann and Jane Taylor
The Star by Jane Taylor
The Story of Fidgety Philip by Heinrich Hoffman
The Story of Johnny Head-in-the-Air by Heinrich Hoffman
The Vulture by Hilaire Belloc
The Wind by Christina Rossetti
There was a Little Girl by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
There was a Naughty Boy by John Keats
Time to Rise by Robert Louis Stevenson
To His Son, Benedict from the Tower of London by John Hoskyns
Topsy Turvy World by William Brighty Rands
Trees by Sarah Coleridge
Tumbling ~Anonymous
Two Little Kittens ~Anonymous
Upon the Swallow by Robert Herrick
What Are Heavy? by Christina Rossetti
What Does the Bee Do? by Christina Rossetti
What is Pink? by Christina Rossetti
Where Did You Come From, Baby Dear? by George MacDonald
Whole Duty of Children by Robert Louis Stevenson
Where Go the Boats? by Robert Louis Stevenson
Winter Time by Robert Louis Stevenson
You are Old, Father William by Lewis Carroll
Young and Old by Charles Kingsley

Flash Printable Poems: This is a list of poems that are lightly illustrated and can be printed. The poems are delivered as Flash files and require the device or browser to be able to use the Flash format.

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This is a collection of classical poems for children written by a variety of poets such as Christina Rossetti, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Edward Lear. The poems range from fun and lively to solemn and thought provoking. The poems can be printed from the browser by clicking on the "Print" button below each poem.

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POETRY Graphics from
FOR KIDS

http://www.thekidzpage.com/

ACROSTIC: In Acrostic poems, the first letters of each line are aligned vertically to form a word.
The word often is the subject of the poem.

An example is-

E legantly and efficiently shaped
G ood to eat
G reat fun to find at Easter
S mooth shelled

- Acrostic poems https://www.youngwriters.co.uk/types-acrostic https://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/acrostic-poems-about-favorite
https://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/acrostic-poems
https://examples.yourdictionary.com/acrostic-poem-examples.html https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poems/other/acrostic/
https://www.poetry4kids.com/lessons/how-to-write-an-acrostic-poem/ https://www.kidzone.ws/poetry/acrostic.htm

ALPHABET: Each line begins with the letters of the alphabet in order.

An example - A young girl was busy working on her project for school
B ut suddenly she had a question.
C ould this be her lucky day?
D eciding to find out, she
E ntered her backyard and
F ound hundreds of green shamrocks waiting for her.

Another type of alphabet poem requires you to use all 26 letters of the alphabet in your poem.
Edward Lear - https://poets.org/poem/alphabet-poem
https://discover.hubpages.com/literature/Alphabet-Poem
https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poems/other/abc/

AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL:
Write a poem about yourself using this form or another poetry form.
Line 1: __ Your name
Line 2: _, _, _ 3 personal characteristics or physical traits
Line 3: Brother or sister of__ or son/daughter of
Line 4: Who loves__, __, and __ 3 people, things, ideas
Line 5: Who feels__ about__1 emotion about 1 thing
Line 6: Who needs__, __, and __ 3 things you need
Line 7: Who gives __, __, and __3 objects you share
Line 8: Who fears__, __, and __3 items
Line 9: Who'd like to see, __1 place, or person
Line 10: Who dreams of __ 1 item or idea
Line 11: A student of__ your school or teacher's name
Line 12: __ Nickname or repeat your first name

BALLAD: Retell an event in history, in the news, or in your life as a ballad.
You will want the ballad to rhyme. You may copy the style of other poets.

An example is - Joan of Arc

The day was cold, But the French climbed the Tourelles.
Both armies bold,
As hands grasped the ladders,
Ramparts were scaled,
Arrows were sailed,

Although Joan was hit in the shoulder,
The French continued to grow bolder,
Even slowly healing in a field,
She raised a fiery French revolt,
Just hit by a crossbow bolt,
Armor glistening white.

The English got cold feet,
And began a hasty retreat,
As French crawled out of Orleans,
Passing the cold river on boards,
Attacking English with sharp swords, They set the Tourelles on fire.

English Captain Sir Glasdale,
Certainly looked very pale,
When they found him drowned in the river,
Sir Talbot ordered the English forts be left,
To avoid anymore French fort theft, And so Orleans was freed.

-Pierce

History of the Ballad - https://poets.org/glossary/ballad
Writing a ballad - http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Ballad https://grammar.yourdictionary.com/writing/how-to-write-a-ballad-poem-step-by-step.html
https://www.aresearchguide.com/write-a-ballad.html

CINQUAIN: ( History of )

Cinquains have five lines
Line 1: Title (noun) - 1 word
Line 2: Description - 2 words
Line 3: Action - 3 words
Line 4: Feeling (phrase) - 4 words
Line 5: Title (synonym for the title) - 1 word

An example is -

Mom Helpful, caring Loves to garden Excitable, likes satisfying people Teacher

Sammie

**** Create a cinquain online at More:
http://www.eduplace.com/tales/content/wwt_045.html
https://www.poetry4kids.com/lessons/how-to-write-a-cinquain-poem/ https://writeshop.com/writing-a-cinquain-poem/ http://www.eduplace.com/activity/poem_cinquain.html
Animal cinquain - https://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/administration_pdf/lpanimalcinquain.pdf
https://poets.org/glossary/cinquain
http://pages.uoregon.edu/leslieob/cinquain.html

COLOR: A poem about your favorite color. Express your feelings about a single color with analogies or similes or list nouns which are (or remind you of) that color.
Another easy form is to use the 5 senses-looks like, sounds like, smells like, tastes like, feels like.
Color looks like
Color sounds like
Color smells like
Color tastes like
Color feels like

An example is -

Orange
Orange is feeling in your stomach after an orange soda quenched your thirst.
Orange is the sun after a summer day.
Orange is the sound of a field filled with dandelions blowing in the wind.
Orange is the taste of a pizza that just came out of the oven.
Orange is the sound of a busy bumblebee.
Orange is the taste of cold glass of orange juice.
Orange is the feeling inside you when you accomplish something.
Orange is the sound of a tomato plant growing.
Orange is the color of a carrot that just popped out of the ground.
Orange is the smell of a Tiger-Lily petal.
Orange is the feeling after a baby smiles.
Orange is the color of a brown beaver's incisor.
Orange is the smell of a late July day.
Orange is the feeling of a puppy's fur.
Orange is the color of peach marmalade on a side of toast.
Orange is the sound of a canoe paddling through shallow water.
And orange is a color that is safe and alive.

Julia

About color poems - https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/color-poems/
https://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/color-poems-using-five
http://www.bolivar.k12.mo.us/BIS/bishome/faculty/lberg/lessons/colorpoem.htm
https://www.teachercreated.com/lessons/36

DIAMANTE:

The Diamante is a form similar to the Cinquain. The text forms the shape of a diamond.

Line 1: Noun or subject - one word
Line 2: Two Adjectives that describe line 1
Line 3: Three 'ing words that describe line 1
Line 4: Four nouns - the first two are connected with line 1; the last two are connected with line 7
Line 5: Three 'ing words that describe line 7
Line 6: Two adjectives that describe line 7
Line 7: Noun Synonym for the subject

An example is-
Pencil Sharp, skinny By Abbie Diamantes online - About diamantes -

https://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/diamante-poems
http://www.poetry4kids.com/blog/lessons/how-to-write-a-diamante-poem/
http://pages.uoregon.edu/leslieob/diamantes.html https://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/printouts/diamante-poem

Writing, answering, erasing
Wood, lead, ink, plastic
Drawing, smudging, leaking
Durable, comfortable
Pen

Remember "In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue"? I mentioned that line to my students while we were doing explorer reports, and they Explorer Poems:
assured me they had never heard of it before. So, it made great sense to assign explorer poems.
The plan was to start with 5-10 facts about the explorer from their reports. Then we reviewed simple rhyme schemes and discussed
poetic license. The students began their poems in class, and then took them home to share (and revise) with parents.

See our explorer poems at: and http://www.kathimitchell.com/explpoe.htm
http://www.kathimitchell.com/explpoems.htm

Haiku is Japanese poetry that reflects on nature and feelings. You use your observation skills to write what you see in a new or different way. HAIKU:
There are three lines with five syllables in the first line, seven syllables in the second, and five syllables in the third.

How To - http://www.kidzone.ws/poetry/haiku.htm http://www.poetry4kids.com/blog/lessons/how-to-write-a-haiku/ https://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/haiku-poem-interactive
https://poets.org/glossary/haiku
https://www.creative-writing-now.com/how-to-write-a-haiku.html

Haiku lessons and ideas - http://www.smith.edu/fcceas/curriculum/girard.htm
Harry Potter haiku - http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson180.shtml

I WISH POEMS - The poem should be 8-10 lines long.
http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/language_arts/poems/poetry11.pdf
http://lets-explore.net/blog/2010/09/i-wish-poems/
http://poetryforchildren.tripod.com/poetryforchildren/id25.html
Each line of the poem begins with the words "I wish" and then you fill in your ideas

LIES: Here is your chance to tell a falsehood and not get punished!
In this type of poem, each line contains an outrageous lie.
Each line must begin differently.
The main rule is not to say anything that hurts anyone.

A limerick has five lines. LIMERICK:
The last words of lines one, two, and five rhyme.
The last words of lines three and four rhyme.
A limerick has to have a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
U S U U S U U S
U S U U S U U S
U S U U S
U S U U S
U S U U S U U S

An example is - "There was an old man from Peru

Who dreamed he was eating his shoe
He awoke in the night
With a terrible fright
To discover it was totally true."

Limericks online - https://www.teachingideas.co.uk/writing-poetry/limericks
http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/math/patterns/limerick/limerick_acttxt.html
http://www.poetry4kids.com/blog/lessons/how-to-write-a-limerick/
https://www.kidzone.ws/poetry/limerick.htm
https://www.education.com/activity/article/write-st-patrick-day-limerick/
http://www.webexhibits.org/poetry/explore_famous_limerick_make.html

MONSTER POEM: Describe an imaginary monster. Try to have a theme (food, sports, animals, school subjects etc.)

An example is- "The Scrumptious Sweet- Tooth Monster"

The Scrumptious Sweet- Tooth Monster has: Hershey Kiss Cranium Peppermint Smirk Appealing Rock Candy Torso Red Licorice limbs Black Licorice appendages

Green and Blue M&M eyes Bubble gum feet that blow up into hefty bubbles when he scampers Snout is made of a bulky scoop of rocky road ice cream that is so cold it will never liquefy Vibrant Colored Chiclets for his choppers Tootsie Rolls for eyebrows In a crown form he has Sweet Tarts for locks of hair

Left Fingers are made of grape lollipops Right Fingers are made of Watermelon lollipops This is one appetizing monster!

By: Kate

Monster poems - https://www.poetry4kids.com/topic/monsters/
https://www.poemhunter.com/poems/monsters/
http://cmspoets.edublogs.org/2010/05/26/monster-poems/

My cat ate a mouse RHYMING: are made up of two lines whose last words rhyme. They are often silly. Couplets

An example is -
And then brought it in the house.

are made up of three lines. The rhyming pattern can be AAA or ABA.An example is -What a fine day Triplets

To go out to play
In the month of May.

are made up of four lines. The rhyming pattern can be AABB or ABAB.An example is -The Purple Cow Quatrains

Gelett Burgess

I never saw a purple cow,
I never hope to see one:
But I can tell you, anyhow,
I'd rather see than be one.

**** For help finding words that rhyme, go to and http://www.rhymezone.com/ https://www.poetry4kids.com/rhymes/

SHAPE (or CONCRETE): Shape poems are made up of words that have been placed in such a way that they make the shape of an object and also use words to describe the object.

Start by making a simple outline of the shape or object ( an animal, a football, a fruit etc.) large enough to fill a piece of paper.
Then brainstorm a minimum of ten words and phrases that describe the shape. List action and feeling words as well.
Next, place a piece of paper over the shape and decide where your words are going to be placed so that they outline your shape but also fit well together.
Separate words and phrases with commas.

https://www.poetry4kids.com/news/how-to-write-a-concrete-poem/
https://libguides.bernardsboe.com/c.php?g=701044&p=4974427
https://www.dkfindout.com/us/music-art-and-literature/poetry/shape-poems/
https://www.ssf.net/home/showpublisheddocument/20534/637271681182230000

Christmas Tree-shaped Poems - http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/00-2/lp2256.shtml

The Third Eye poem tells about things that might go unnoticed and are improbable or impossible to see with regular eyesight. THIRD EYE:
The Third Eye knows what is really happening.

An example is -
The third eye notices when Abbie spilt juice on the rug and said it was Lizzie. The third eye notices when you tell your mom you brushed your teeth for two minutes, and you only brushed for one. The third eye notices when you're supposed to be doing your homework, and you're listening to music. The third eye sees when you're on the phone for five minutes longer then you're supposed to be. The third eye can tell when you had ice cream for dinner when your parents went out.

Courtney

Ideas for Poetry in the Classroom - https://www.weareteachers.com/poetry-games-for-the-classroom/
https://www.teachwriting.org/612th/2018/3/7/3-poetry-activities-students-students-will-love
https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/article-write-a-structured-poem
https://www.edutopia.org/article/every-student-can-be-poet
http://www.educationworld.com/a_special/poetrymonth.shtml https://www.readingrockets.org/calendar/poetry

Writing Poetry - https://www.teachingideas.co.uk/subjects/writing-poetry

Scholastic poetry ideas - FizzyFunnyFuzzy Poetry for Kids - http://www.fizzyfunnyfuzzy.com/Poets.org - http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/87 http://teacher.scholastic.com/poetry/index.htm

Poetry 4 Kids - http://www.poetry4kids.com/poems

The Teacher's Guide - http://www.theteachersguide.com/poetrymonth.htm

Why Poetry in the Classroom? - https://proudtobeprimary.com/reasons-teach-poetry-classroom/
https://www.readingrockets.org/article/10-ways-use-poetry-your-classroom

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ideas for writing poems in the classroom or at home.   poetry is fun. write acrostics

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Welcome to the home of funny poetry by the Fizzy Funny Fuzzy poet, Gareth Lancaster. Find out if elephants are real, what lurks within your school bag and why some pirates shouldn't set sail!

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Poems Kids Like - Read a selection of poems appropriate for young kids, poems for teens, and poems for the young at heart by such poets as Lewis Caroll, Jack Prelutsky, Shel Silverstein, Emily Dickinson, Langston Hughes, and more.

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Here are my newest poems for you to read and rate. I post new poems as I write them, so please check back often. Have fun!