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The following poems explore the themes of reading, writing, and poetry by poets like Yves Bonnefoy, Emily Dickinson, Martín Espada, and more. School: Poems for Kids Read a selection of poems about school, learning, and the classroom by poets like Catherine Barnett, Eamon Grennan, Brenda Hillman, and more.
- Animals
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- Friendship
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- Poems Kids Like
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- Cities
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- Family
Family: Poems for Kids - The Academy of American Poets is...
- Autumn
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- Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: Poems for Kids - The...
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The following poems about the environment and the climate...
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12. Halfway Down. “Halfway Down” is a poem written from a child’s perspective about the special spot in the middle of the staircase. What makes it special is it’s not at the top or bottom, it’s not upstairs or downstairs. It’s in a place all its own. Children have a wonderfully unique way of looking at the world.
Children's poems for pre-k to elementary school-age kids. Whimsical and fun poems by Robert Frost, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Matsuo Basho, L. Frank Baum, Stephen Crane, Lewis Carroll, Emily Dickinson, Louisa May Alcott, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Louis Stevenson, and many more.
Famous Poem. "The Spider and the Fly" is a poem by Mary Howitt (1799-1888), published in 1828. The story tells of a cunning Spider who ensnares a Fly through the use of seduction and flattery. The poem teaches children to be wary against those who use flattery and charm to disguise their true evil intentions.
- At The Zoo by William Makepeace Thackeray
- Star Light, Star Bright by Anonymous
- There Was An Old Person Whose Habits by Edward Lear
- What Are Heavy by Christina Rossetti
- Tommy by Gwendolyn Brooks
“Then I saw the elephant a-waving of his trunk; Then I saw the monkeys—mercy, how unpleasantly they smelt!”
“Star light, star bright, First star I see tonight, I wish I may, I wish I might, Have this wish I wish tonight.”
“There was an Old Person whose habits, Induced him to feed upon rabbits; When he’d eaten eighteen, He turned perfectly green, Upon which he relinquished those habits.”
“What are heavy? sea-sand and sorrow: What are brief? today and tomorrow: What are frail? spring blossoms and youth: What are deep? the ocean and truth.”
“I put my seed into the ground And said, ‘I’ll watch it grow.’ I watered it and cared for it As well as I could know.”
1. Anon, ‘ Hey Diddle Diddle ’. Hey, diddle, diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon; The little dog laughed. To see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon. Since we mentioned nursery rhymes at the beginning of this post, let’s kick off with one of the best of the lot.
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Apr 1, 2016 · Poems Kids Like - The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets. Read a selection of poems kids love by poets like Lewis Carroll, Jack Prelutsky, Shel Silverstein, Emily Dickinson, Langston Hughes, and more.
