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Short Poems For Kids

Every Tuesday we post a new short kids poem. All of the poems were written and illustrated by Steve and Natasha Hanson. Check out our list of children’s poems to easily find the perfect one for you.

Short Kids Poem: Family

short kids poem about family

I’m sure you think your family
is totally bizarre,
but mine is so much stranger
than all of yours by far!

My grandma raises poodles
on the hills of Tuscany
and trains them to be waiters
for the cruise ships out at sea.

My uncle dyes his hair
to look like a snake’s skin,
then hisses like a cobra
as he hides behind a bin.

My aunt seems really shy.
She’s thoughtful and polite —
except she quacks like ducks
whenever there’s no light.

They almost can act normal
if you see them one by one
— but get them all together
and your Christmas is real fun!



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Kids Poem: Easter Bunny

kids easter bunny poem
The Easter Bunny trains
at Easter Bunny Camp
to hide a chocolate egg
behind a table lamp.

He learns to sneak around
without making a noise.
He runs along the hall
while dodging all the toys.

He hides his Easter eggs
before he counts to ten,
then runs to the next house
to do it all again.



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Short Kids Poem: Art

fun kids riddle art

My family does not get my art
no matter what I do.
Art is not that difficult,
but they don’t have a clue.

I flipped our sofa upside down
and filled it with perfume.
I thought that I could win awards
but got sent to my room!

When I dyed our family dog
to look just a cow,
My father screamed for one hour
instead of saying, “Wow!”

I’ve made green walls and wet clothes drawers.
I’ve frozen rubber bands.
I’ve even hid some plastic snakes,
But no one understands.

I like to paint the world
as uncontrolled chaos.
But I might have to give it up:
it makes my parents cross.



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Short Kids Poem: Color

short kids color poem

You know all your colors
like purple, red and green.
But I made a new one
I’m sure you’ve never seen.

I dipped some rabbit hair
in my apple juice,
then taped it to the bum
of a charging moose.

He ran past fresh blue paint
and through a grapefruit stand.
Then scratched it off his butt
in mounds of coarse brown sand.

I dug through all the sand
and then I found the hair.
The hair had been transformed
to a new color–I swear!

My new color will shock.
impress and amaze you.
Except I think it looks
an awful lot like blue.

Short Kids Poem: Butterflies

short kids poem butterflies

All summer long, on nights with full moons,
the butterflies decorate with gum balloons.

They put on their dresses and black pinstripe suits.
The ladies make perfumes from seasonal fruits.

They waltz and they bow as they twirl and sway
to the soft, sacred songs that the cricket bands play.

If you’re ever invited, please give me a call.
I’d love to go dance at a butterfly ball.



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Short Kids Poem: Cereal

fun kids poem cereal
My mom bakes Cheerios
that are six feet tall.
The look like huge donuts
as tall as any wall.

We fill our pool with milk
when I want a bowl.
There’s no spoon long enough
so I use a fishing pole.

When I’m feeling full
I scoop out every loop
and clean up the whole pool
so mom can make us soup.



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Short Kids Poem: Elephant Jam

kids poem elephant jam

I swear that this jam weighs as much as a bridge.
I don’t think that I’ll get it out of the fridge.

I see tiny bubbles that float all around
every time the jam makes a trumpet sound.

I took off the lid and saw something bizarre.
There was an elephant inside my jar.

I don’t think that I’ll put this jam on my bread.
(I’ll stick with peanut butter on toast instead).



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Check out my book My Sister Steals My Toys. It contains 109 other funny poems I wrote.

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