C H I L D R E N ' S P O E T R Y
Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words. ~ Edgar Allan Poe
A Crocodile Came to Tea by Josie Whitehead
Lines on a Small Potato by Margaret Fishback and
My Dog Called Gemma by Josie Whitehead
Ducks' Ditty by Kenneth Grahame
An Ostrich Named Eril - by Josie Whitehead
Alternative Nursery Rhymes - Josie Whitehead
The Little Butterfly - Josie Whitehead
Colour Me Blue - Instead of reading one of my poems, come and get inspiration to try a colour poem in your classroom or in your home. they are great fun.
Colour Me Red by Josie Whitehead
SPIRITUAL/HEALING POEMS/HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
Death is nothing at all by Henry Scott Holland
I Am The Window on Your World by Josie Whitehead
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas
POEMS THAT PLAY WITH LANGUAGE:
Tongue Twisters and Alliterative poems
Kahlil Gibran: Song of the Flower; Song of the Rain
Christina Rossetti - Mixed poems
Gerard Manley Hopkins - Spring and Pied Beauty
John Masefield - The West Wind
Walter de la Mare - The Listeners
Rudyard Kipling - If (and If by Josie Whitehead)
The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
NONSENSE POEMS/FUNNY POEMS
Lucky to Be Alive by Josie Whitehead
Bleezer's Freezer by Jack Prelutsky
The Miracle Food by Josie Whitehead
Eletephony by Laura E Richards
On The Ning Nang Nong by Spike Milligan
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat by Edward Lear
Plastic Surgery Hippo-Style by Josie Whitehead
The Little Butterfly and Go Slow by Josie Whitehead
Dragonflies and Damselflies by Josie Whitehead
Dirty Bertie by Josie Whitehead
THE SENSES AND HOW THE BODY WORKS
Eye Speak by Josie Whitehead - Using alliteration and assonance
Touch and Tell - Sensational Facts
Using Your Common Senses by Josie Whitehead
Sniff, Sniff - Take a Whiff! (the nose)
T H E C O M M O N C O L D - write your own poem.
A Foggy Day by Josie Whitehead
Rain - A Simile Poem for Children by Josie Whitehead
CLOUDS: Bread Clouds by Josie Whitehead
Ships of Fluffy Down by Josie Whitehead
Family of Man by Josie Whitehead
Friendship Pie - Josie Whitehead - Write a poem
Silly Millie by Josie Whitehead
All Those Silly People by Josie Whitehead
The Slow Train to Mediocrity by Josie Whitehead
The Story of Fidgety Phil by Heinrich Hoffman
Flower of the Eternal Sleep by Josie Whitehead
A selection of great war poems - mixed authors
Anthem for Doomed Youth by Wilfred Owen
A Decision has been Made by Josie Whitehead
The Best Donkey of Them All - by Josie Whitehead
THE BEST TIP OF THE WEEK FOR IMPROVING YOUR WRITING OF POETRY. COME AND DO SOME HOMEWORK
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IF YOU HAVE ENJOYED THE POEMS THAT I HAVE PROVIDED ON MY WEBSITE, WHY NOT COME AND SAY HELLO IN MY GUESTBOOK. I DO LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU ALL. JOSIE
