Raise the funny factor of this poem by reading it to your kids in a silly voice. This short quatrain was a hit in 1895, when Gelett Burgess first published his now-famous poem for kids.

silly rhymes for kids and limericks for when you feel like laughing. Maybe that’s why poetry has even taken over TikTok. But if you need a quick-acting dose of inspiration, the short poems in ...

To capture their experiences, Save the Children invited children from countries around the world to write short poems about COVID-19, life under lockdown, and how the pandemic has changed their lives.

These aren’t just any poems either—they’re some of the most famous and influential lines ever written in the history of the literary form. With these relatively short poems, you’ll ...

A new collection of illustrated story poems is told from the perspective of a boy who lived ... JOHN HIMMELMAN: Oh, thank you for having me. SIMON: I guess children are the intended audience, but I ...