childrens poetry

When I first met him, I did not know. I wasn't sure just how it would go. Rather peculiar looking was he, jumping around all happy with glee.

My Love Bug

For my love bug When you scrape your knee, there's no need to scream Take a deep breath, And count to three. one...two...three...

Sandy's Stand Mixer

Little Sandy woke one day a'hankering for some cake. She didn't want no apple pie, she don't want no steak. So she found a recipe in her big old recipe book.

This is Not Just a Story

As I walked along a lonely beach, Suddenly I heard a cry. “Save me, is anyone there?” As I watched, a shark was trapped in the net

The Memories Remain

Cycling with my friends Down narrow country lanes Sunshine on our bare arms The summers come again. * The bikes we received for Christmas

The Frog's Friendship

Once there was a lonely frog who loved to eat bugs and swim underwater. One day, the frog approached a goose and said, "Good morning, Goose. Would you like to be my best friend?"

A Bedtime Story?

It was a time of fire, of wind, sea and sand, a time when giants would walk through the land, And Fergus the giant, where else would he be, but sat on the beach, looking out to the sea.

Sailing into a Dream: My Encounters with the Poem, ‘Wynken, Blynken, and Nod’

With leaden eyes, and thoughts slowly ebbing towards the future, the children’s poem, “Wynken, Blynken, and Nod” by Eugene Field (1850-1895) always gently rocked my dreary mind at bedtime, like a “wee one’s trundle-bed.”

Looking for the Lorax

They say the sky was once blue, the floor covered in green; We had food to eat and the drinking water was clean. Teeth were white and our homes were safe

The Magic Horns. Top Story - July 2021.

In a magical forest, small children would play, Skipping hand in hand, all night and all day. These children were different, with horns on their heads.

Cinderella

*Step-mother gives her version of events* Cinderella, Cinderella Poor girl, I hear you say. Made to live up in the attic

Things that look like things. Top Story - July 2021.

I have always loved simple rhyming stories for small children, especially when they are a little bit goofy and imaginative.