Children's Poems

Welcome to the children’s poetry section of my website. I hope these poems for kids will instill a love for language, rhythm, and rhyme that encourages young people to think more deeply, imagine more fully, smile with new delight, or laugh right out loud. Children’s poems can also be pleasing to parents, educators, speakers, artists…anyone who is young at heart. May you have as much fun reading this poetry for kids as I did writing it! I am certainly going to enjoy sharing them with this broader audience on my website.
FINDING THE POEM YOU WANT: As you scroll through this section, simply read each snippet sample (usually the first four lines) to get a feel for the poem. When you find something you like, click “CONTINUE READING” to view the entire poem.
(My work may be used free for non-commercial purposes only. Please request permission by email and include full copyright information, legibly printed, on every copy made. For internet use, a link back to the poem on this website is required.)

True Grit

Written by Susan Noyes Anderson on November 5, 2022. Posted in Children's Poems, Funny Poems

©2011 Susan Noyes Anderson

“I’ll make a bet with you,” Dad said.
(The desert heat was roasting.)
“I’ll cook your breakfast right out here.”
I thought that he was boasting.

Hoop Dreamer

Written by Susan Noyes Anderson on April 18, 2018. Posted in Children's Poems

©2018 Susan Noyes Anderson

image by Stephen Baker on Unsplash

If I can get bigger and taller and tougher
and leaner and meaner and stronger and rougher,
then I can play basketball better and better,
and they’ll call me shooter and hoopster and netter!

Birthday Blues

Written by Susan Noyes Anderson on April 15, 2018. Posted in Children's Poems

©1995 Susan Noyes Anderson

I’m glad my birthday’s finally here.
I’ve waited for it one whole year.

How Old Am I?

Written by Susan Noyes Anderson on April 15, 2018. Posted in Children's Poems

©1997 Susan Noyes Anderson

I’m old enough to clean my room.
I’m old enough to weed.
I’m old enough to go to school
and old enough to read.

Flight of Whimsy

Written by Susan Noyes Anderson on November 23, 2013. Posted in Children's Poems

©2013 Susan Noyes Anderson

A little bird flew in my window,
much to my surprise.
He watched me rather quietly,
a question in his eyes.

Father Fan Club

Written by Susan Noyes Anderson on June 20, 2013. Posted in Children's Poems, Family Relationship Poems, Holiday Poems

A dad is an anchor when things go quite wrong
and a fan club when things go quite right.
He’s there to protect you when you’re super scared
of those things that go “bump” in the night.