Poetry

Poetry and Lyrics

12 Days of Christmas
A You’re Adorable
All For the Newborn Baby
All Things Bright and Beautiful
Almost a Full Moon
America the Beautiful
Animal Poems
At Jerusalem’s Gate: Poems of Easter
Autumn: An Alphabet Acrostic
Beastly Verse
Bravo!: Poems About Amazing Hispanics
Bronzeville
Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow
Carol of the Brown King: Nativity Poems
Celebration Song

A Child’s Calendar
Changes: A Child’s First Poetry Collection
A Child’s Book of Poems
A Child’s Introduction to Poetry
Christina’s Carol
The Cuckoo’s Haiku and Other Birding Poems
Dark Emperor & Other Poems of the Night
Days Like This: A Collection of Small Poems
Doggy Slippers
Echo Echo: Reverso Poems About Greek Myths
Emily Dickinson: Poetry for Kids
Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems
Flashlight and Other Poems
Flutter & Hum: Animal Poems
Follow Follow: A Book of Reverso Poems
Forest Has a Song

Forever Young
Forgive Me, I Meant To Do It: False Apology Poems
The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night
Fresh Picked Poetry
Froggy Went A-Courtin’
The Further Adventures of the Owl and the Pussy-cat
Good King Wenceslas
H is for Haiku: A Treasury of Haiku from A to Z
Haiti My Country — poems by Haitian Schoolchildren
Hawks Kettle, Puffins Wheel, and Other Poems of Birds in Flight
Here’s a Little Poem: A Very First Book of Poetry
Honey for You, Honey for Me: A First Book of Nursery Rhymes
The Horse’s Haiku
i carry your heart with me
I Heard a Bluebird Sing
I Love You A Bushel and A Peck
In the Woods
Julie Andrews’ Treasury for All Seasons: Poems and Songs to Celebrate the Year
Keep a Pocket in Your Poem
Let the Whole Earth Sing Praise

Lion of the Sky: Haiku for All the Seasons
Little Poems for Tiny Ears
little tree — e.e. cummings
The Lost Words
Lullaby (For a Black Mother)
Lullaby for Eggs
Man Gave Names to All the Animals
Manger
Maria Had a Little Llama
A Meal of the Stars
Mirror, Mirror:  A Book of Reversible Verse
Moon
Moon River
Moonstruck: Poems About Our Moon
More Pocket Poems
My Chinatown: One Year in Poems
My Daddy Rules the World
My Very First Mother Goose

National Geographic Book of Animal Poetry
The Negro Speaks of Rivers
The Night Before Christmas — illustrated by Rachel Isadora
The Night Before Christmas — illustrated by Roger Duvoisin
Niños: Poems for the Lost Children of Chile
Not Every Day an Aurora Borealis For Your Birthday
Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
Old Toffer’s Book of Consequential Dogs
Olly & Me
Once Around the Sun
One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance
Out and About: A First Book of Poems
Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets
Over the Hills and Far Away: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes

The Owl and the Pussycat — illustrated by James Marshall
The Owl and the Pussycat — illustrated by Charlotte Voake
Peace Train
Pocketful of Posies: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes
A Poem for Every Day of the Year
A Poem for Every Night of the Year
Poem Runs: Baseball Poems and Paintings
Poems for Children Nowhere Near Old Enough to Vote
Poems for the Very Young
Poems From When We Were Very Young
Poems in the Attic
Poetry for Young People — Robert Frost
The Proper Way to Meet a Hedgehog and Other How-to Poems
Red Sings from Treetops
The Rose on My Cake
Sharing the Seasons: A Book of Poems
Sing a Song of Seasons
Singing in the Rain
Small Poems
Snow Birds
A Song About Myself
Song of the Camels: A Christmas Poem
Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems
Spot the Plot: A Riddle Book of Book Riddles
Steppin’ Out: Jaunty Rhymes for Playful Times

A Stick is an Excellent Thing
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Sunflakes: Poems for Children
The Swing
Switching on the Moon
Terrapin and Other Poems
Thanks a Million
That is My Dream
That’s What I’d Do
Three Little Kittens
To Baby With Love
Trees
The Twelve Days of Christmas
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

Under the Christmas Tree
Vivid: Poems and Notes About Color
Walking in a Winter Wonderland
We Three Kings
Wet Cement: A Mix of Concrete Poems
What a Wonderful World
When Green Becomes Tomatoes
Who Built the Stable? A Nativity Poem
Winter Poems
Winterbees and Other Poems of the Cold
With My Hands: Poems About Making Things

Here are the poems featured on my old Poetry Friday posts: 

A Fairy in Armor, by Joseph Rodman Drake
A Kitten, by Eleanor Farjeon
A Lesson for Mamma, by Sydney Dayre
A Sometimes Wish, by Mildred D. Shacklett
A Spring Message, by Joan Alpermann
A Summer Day, by Florence Harrison
A Summer Morning, by Rachel Field
A Thank You for Friends, by Rodney Bennett
A Tiger Tale, by John Bennett
About the Teeth of Sharks, by John Ciardi
Acorns, by Edith King
All In a Word by Aileen Fisher
All Things Bright and Beautiful, by Cecil Francis Alexander
Amy Elizabeth Ermyntrude Annie, by Queenie Scott-Hopper
Animal Crackers, by Christopher Morley
Another Grace, by Robert Herrick
April, by Sara Teasdale
Arithmetic, by Carl Sandburg
Autumn, by Emily Dickinson
Autumn Train, by Mildred D. Shacklett
Barreling, by Marilyn Singer
Bathtub Bay, by Lenore Riggs
Bed in Summer, by Robert Louis Stevenson
Bluebird, by Robert Frost
Books Fall Open, by David McCord
Butterfly Wings, by Aileen Fisher
Celery, by Ogden Nash
Christmas Chime, by X.J.Kennedy
Comparison, by John Farrar
Daddy Fell into the Pond, by Alfred Noyes
Do You Know My Name?, by Marilyn Singer
Dogs and Weather, by Winifred Welles
Dreams, by Langston Hughes
Escape at Bedtime, by Robert Louis Stevenson
Evening, by Emily Dickinson
Fireflies in the Garden, Robert Frost
Five Little Brothers, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Forgiven, by A.A. Milne
Frost, by Ethel Romig Fuller
Furry Bear, by A.A. Milne
Galoshes, by Rhoda W. Bacmeister
General Store, by Rachel Field
God’s World — Edna St. Vincent Millay
Habits of the Hippopotamus, by Arthur Guiterman
Hallowe’en, by Helen Wing
Happy as a Dog’s Tail, by Anna Swir
Hiding, by Dorothy Aldis
Hot Weather, by Dorothy Aldis
How to Tell Goblins from Elves, by Monica Shannon
Hug O’War — Shel Silverstein
I Am a Baby Porcupette, by Joyce Sidman
I Saw a Ship A-Sailing, Traditional
I Wish I Were a Leprechaun, by Margaret Ritter
In the Fashion, by A.A. Milne
It’s All in the Point of View, by Edith Lombard Squires
Jack Frost, by Helen Bayley Davis
Jonathan Bing, by B. Curtis Brown
Jonathan Bing’s Manners, by B. Curtis Brown
King John’s Christmas, by A.A. Milne
Kite Tails, by Rose Waldo
Kittens, by Myra Cohn Livingston
Laughing Song, by William Blake
Little, by Dorothy Aldis
March, by Bobbi Katz
Mark’s Fingers, by Mary O’Neill
May, by John Updike
Maytime Magic, by Mabel Watts
Missing, by A.A. Milne
Mix a Pancake, by Christina Rossetti
Mother to Son, by Langston Hughes
Mouse Christmas, by Kathryn Jackson
My Nose, by Dorothy Aldis
My Valentine, by Robert Louis Stevenson
November Night, by Adelaide Crapsey
Ocelot, by Mary Ann Hoberman
On the Ning Nang Nong, by Spike Milligan
One Inch Tall, by Shel Silverstein
Open House, by Aileen Fisher
Pater’s Bathe, by Edward Abbott Parry
People, by Charlotte Zolotow
People, by Lois Lenski
Pied Beauty, by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Play at the Plate, by Paul B. Janeczko
Rain, by Shiesei-Jo, translated by Peter Bielenson
Rainbow, by Red Unicorn (Barbara Mann)
River, by Shuntarö Tanikawa, translated by Harold Wright
Sea Fever, by John Masefield
Seal Lullaby, by Rudyard Kipling
Seeds, by Walter de la Mare
Shining Things, by Elizabeth Gould
Sing, World, Sing, by Nancy Byrd Turner
Snow, by H. W. Longfellow
Snow Yet Remaining, by Iö Sogi, translated by Donald Keene
Song for Mike Teavee, by Roald Dahl from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Song of the Pop-Bottlers by Morris Bishop
Stars, by Sara Teasdale
Temper, by Rose Fyleman
The Ballad of the Christmas Star, by Frances Frost
The Emperor’s Rhyme, by A.A. Milne
The Furry Home, by J.M. Westrup
The Harvest, by Alice C. Henderson
The Hedgehog, by Edith King
The Ice Cream Man, by Rachel Field
The Jolly Woodchuck, by Marion Edey and Dorothy Grider
The King’s Breakfast, by A.A. Milne
The Library, by Barbara Huff
from The Lily Pool, by T.E. Brown
The Meal, by Karla Kuskin
The Mist and All, by Dixie Wilson
The Months, by Christina Rossetti
The Moon, by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Negro Speaks of Rivers, by Langston Hughes
The Owl and the Pussycat, by Edward Lear
The Paint Box, by E.V. Rieu
The Panther, by Ogden Nash
The Quarrel, by Eleanor Farjeon
The Reading Mother, by Strickland Gillilan
the reason i like chocolate, by Nikki Giovanni
The Sea Princess, by Katherine Pyle
The Secret, Author Unknown
The Shepherd and the King, by Eleanor Farjeon
The Snow Bird, by Frank Dempster Sherman
The Snowflake, by Walter de la Mare
The Tale of Custard the Dragon, by Ogden Nash
The Wendigo, by Ogden Nash
The Wind, by Christina Rossetti
Theme in Yellow, by Carl Sandburg
There is no frigate like a book, by Emily Dickenson
There Once Was a Puffin, by Florence Page Jaques
These Three, by X.J. Kennedy
Three young rats with black felt hats, by Mother Goose
To the Groundhog, Author Unknown
Too Many Daves, by Dr. Seuss
Toys, by Mary Richardson
Travel, by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Under the Ground, by Rhoda W. Bacmeister
Untitled, by Dana Jensen
Untitled, by J. Patrick Lewis
Velvet Shoes, by Elinor Wylie
What is Orange?, by Mary O’Neill
What is Pink?, by Christina Rossetti
When All the World is Full of Snow, by N.M. Bodecker
White Fields, by James Stephens
Who Likes the Rain?, Author Unknown
Winter-Time, by Robert Louis Stevenson