C H I L D R E N ' S P O E T R Y

POETRY INDEX

Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words. ~ Edgar Allan Poe











 





 























 
























ANIMAL, BIRD, FISH POEMS

A Crocodile Came to Tea by Josie Whitehead

The Donkey by G K Chesterton

Lines on a Small Potato by Margaret Fishback and

The Turtle by Jack Prelutsky

The Tiger by William Blake

My Dog Called Gemma by Josie Whitehead

Ducks' Ditty by Kenneth Grahame

An Ostrich Named Eril - by Josie Whitehead


FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN

Alternative Nursery Rhymes - Josie Whitehead

The Little Butterfly - Josie Whitehead

Go Slow - Josie Whitehead

COLOUR POEMS -

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:

Limmericks

Tongue Twisters and Alliterative poems

THE CLASSICS 

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

MINIBEAST POEMS

A Ladybird 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.


THE WORLD AROUND US

WEATHER POEMS:

A Foggy Day by Josie Whitehead

Rain - A Simile Poem for Children by Josie Whitehead

TREES - by Joyce Kilmer

CLOUDS:  Bread Clouds by Josie Whitehead

  Ships of Fluffy Down by Josie Whitehead

CITIZENSHIP -

Family of Man by Josie Whitehead

Friendship Pie - Josie Whitehead - Write a poem

PEOPLE POETRY:

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

WAR POEMS

Flower of the Eternal Sleep by Josie Whitehead

A selection of great war poems - mixed authors

Anthem for Doomed Youth by Wilfred Owen

SCHOOL POEMS

A Decision has been Made  by Josie Whitehead  

CHRISTMAS POEMS

The Best Donkey of Them All - by Josie Whitehead     


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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

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