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55+ Cheerful And Enjoyable Poems For Kids
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Poems for kids to recite are an excellent way to boost their confidence and enhance their
speaking skills. These carefully chosen poems are often filled with delightful rhymes, captivating
rhythms and meaningful themes. Memorizing and reciting poems not only helps kids improve their
memory and sharpen their diction but also allows them to unleash their creativity and express
their emotions.
When kids recite poems, they learn to speak clearly and articulately, as they have to pay attention
to word pronunciation and enunciation. By reciting poems, kids can also develop their vocabulary
and comprehension skills, as they try to understand the meaning behind the words. Additionally,
these poems for kids to recite often contain moral lessons or teach valuable life skills, such as
honesty, kindness and perseverance, which help shape our kids’ character. Furthermore, reciting
poems provides kids with a platform to showcase their personality and share their unique
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perspectives. They can explore different emotions as they recite humorous, sad or thought-
provoking poems, allowing them to dive into the world of imagination and creativity, which will
benefit them in the future.
Overall, poems for kids to recite offer many benefits for kids’ intellectual and emotional growth.
Poems play a significant role in broadening language skills, shaping well-rounded individuals who
can communicate effectively and connect with the others through the power of poetry. Therefore,
please check out our selection below for 55 cheerful and enjoyable poems for kids to recite.
Emiliya Yakovlevna Shanks (British, 1857–1936)
Poems For Pre-K And Kindergarten Kids To Recite
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will
not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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1, Toot! Toot! © Anonymous
A peanut sat on a railroad track,
His heart was all a-flutter;
The five-fifteen came rushing by-
Toot! toot! peanut butter!
2, The Porcupine © Ogden Nash
Any hound a porcupine nudges
Can’t be blamed for harboring grudges,
I know one hound that laughed all winter
At a porcupine that sat on a splinter.
3, The Purple Cow © Gelette Burgess
I never saw a Purple Cow,
I never hope to see one;
But I can tell you, anyhow,
I’d rather see than be one.
4, Hot Sun © Kenn Nesbitt
“Hot sun!
What fun!
I’ll swim!”
said Tim.
“I’ll get
so wet,
so cool,
in pool!”
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Mom, dad,
they had
two rules
at pools.
Rule one:
Don’t run.
Just go
real slow.
Rule two:
If you
splash you’ll
leave pool.
But Tim,
poor him,
he got
so hot.
Oh man,
he ran!
Slip! Trip!
Backflip!
Big bomb
soaked mom
and dad.
They’re mad!
Now Tim
can’t swim.
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No fun.
Hot sun.
5, Hey, diddle, diddle © Mother Goose
Hey, diddle, diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon;
The little dog laughed
To see such sport,
And the dish ran away with the spoon.
6, Itsy bitsy spider © Anonymous
Itsy bitsy spider
Climbed up the waterspout;
Down came the rain
And washed the spider out;
Out came the sun
And dried up all the rain;
And the itsy bitsy spider
Climbed up the spout again.
7, Aim High to the Sky © James McDonald
Aim high to the sky,
In all that you do.
Because you just never know,
What it takes to be you.
Be strong and be brave,
But at the same time be kind.
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And always be sure,
That you’re using your mind.
Poems For First And Second Grade Kids To Recite
8, The Owl and Raccoon © Debra L. Brown
There once was a silly raccoon
He slept in a tree until noon
He came down to play
He decided to stay
He danced a jig to a tune
Val the Cross-eyed Owl
She saw his jig and said-“WOW”!
The Owl and Raccoon
Then danced to the tune
She stepped on his tail then he “HOWLED”
Children are not casual guests in our home. They have been loaned to us
temporarily for the purpose of loving them and instilling a foundation of values on
which their future lives will be built.
— James Dobson
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The raccoons name is Harry
Miss Val lets you and I get married
The Owl and Raccoon
Were married in June
They lived in a tree near the prairie
9, I Heard a Bird Sing © Oliver Herford
I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December
A magical thing
And sweet to remember.
“We are nearer to Spring
Than we are in September,”
I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December.
10, The Porcupine © Ogden Nash
Any hound a porcupine nudges
Can’t be blamed for harboring grudges.
I know one hound that laughed all winter
At a porcupine that sat on a splinter.
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11, The Little Turtle © Vachel Lindsay
There was a little turtle.
He lived in a box.
He swam in a puddle.
He climbed on the rocks.
He snapped at a mosquito.
He snapped at a flea.
He snapped at a minnow.
And he snapped at me.
He caught the mosquito.
He caught the flea.
He caught the minnow.
But he didn’t catch me.
12, The Crocodile © Lewis Carroll
How doth the little crocodile
Improve his shining tail,
And pour the waters of the Nile
On every golden scale!
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How cheerfully he seems to grin,
How neatly spreads his claws,
And welcomes little fishes in,
With gently smiling jaws!
13, My Lunch © Kenn Nesbitt
A candy bar.
A piece of cake.
A lollipop.
A chocolate shake.
A jelly donut.
Chocolate chips.
Some gummy worms
and licorice whips.
A candy cane.
A lemon drop.
Some bubblegum
and soda pop.
Vanilla wafers.
Cherry punch.
My mom slept in
while I made lunch.
14, The Lion © Hilaire Belloc
The lion, the lion, he dwells in the waste,
He has a big head and a very small waist;
But his shoulders are stark,
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And his jaws they are grim,
And a good little child will not play with him.
15, I Taught My Cat © Clean My Room
I taught my cat to clean my room,
to use a bucket, brush and broom,
to dust my clock and picture frames,
and pick up all my toys and games.
He puts my pants and shirts away,
and makes my bed, and I would say
it seems to me it’s only fair
he puts away my underwear.
In fact, I think he’s got it made.
I’m not as happy with our trade.
He may pick up my shoes and socks,
but I clean out his litter box.
16, Now We Are Six © A. A. Milne
When I was One,
I had just begun.
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When I was Two,
I was nearly new.
When I was Three
I was hardly me.
When I was Four,
I was not much more.
When I was Five,
I was just alive.
But now I am Six,
I’m as clever as clever,
So I think I’ll be six now for ever and ever.
Poems For Third And Fourth Grade Kids To Recite
17, Online Is Fine © Kenn Nesbitt
The schools are now open
but, this year, at mine,
the teachers and students
are meeting online.
It’s quite a bit different,
but I think it’s cool,
since this way I’ll never
be tardy to school.
My mom doesn’t yell at me,
making a fuss
When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments – tenderness for what he
is and respect for what he may become.
— Louis Pasteur
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that, if I don’t hurry,
I might miss the bus.
To meet with my teacher
or talk to my tutor,
I roll out of bed and
turn on the computer.
I don’t need my backpack,
my shoes, or my coat.
It saves so much time when
your school is remote.
I don’t pack a lunch
and I don’t take a shower,
which means I can sleep in
a whole extra hour.
18, A Symphony of Trees © Charles Ghigna
Trees make such exciting sounds.
They whisper, when we’re near.
Whenever we pass by the trees,
This is what we hear:
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We hear their branches sway and creak.
We hear the wind howl higher.
We hear a symphony of trees,
Off nature’s great, green choir.
We hear the squirrels scampering.
We hear the blue jays sing.
We hear the robin and the dove–All
sounds the trees can bring.
But one thing that we never hear
When we pass through the park;
We hear the trees’ sweet symphonies,
But we never hear their bark!
19, Little Rain © Elizabeth Madox Roberts
When I was making myself a game
Up in the garden, a little rain came.
It fell down quick in a sort of rush,
And I crawled back under the snowball bush.
I could hear the big drops hit the ground
And see little puddles of dust fly round.
A chicken came till the rain was gone;
He had just a very few feathers on.
He shivered a little under his skin,
And then he shut his eyeballs in.
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Even after the rain had begun to hush
It kept on raining up in the bush.
One big flat drop came sliding down,
And a ladybug that was red and brown
Was up on a little stem waiting there,
And I got some rain in my hair.
20, Please Don’t Prank Your Parents © Kenn Nesbitt
When April Fool’s Day comes this year
please follow this advice:
You shouldn’t prank your parents.
Nope. That isn’t very nice.
To make it easy, here’s a list
of things you shouldn’t do:
The bathroom floor is not the place
to put your plastic poo.
Don’t turn the family photos
upside down around the house.
And never tape the underside
of mom’s computer mouse.
Don’t change the menus on the TV
into Gunganese.
Don’t offer dad a sandwich
with the plastic on the cheese.
Don’t place a piece of tinfoil
in their bed beneath the sheet.
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Don’t stick some ketchup packets
underneath the toilet seat.
You really shouldn’t use the salt
to fill the sugar bowl.
Of course, leave all the batteries
in each remote control.
Don’t set the clocks an hour ahead
to make them think they’re late.
And bubble wrap beneath the bathmat
might make them irate.
So, that’s a list of April Fool’s Day
pranks you shouldn’t do.
(Unless you need to get them back
for pranks they played on you.)
21, If Love Were Mine © Annette Wynne
If love were mine, if love were mine,
I know what I would do,
I’d take it, spare it,
Give it, share it,
Lend it, spend it, too.
If beauty I could claim for mine,
To hold, to cherish, too,
I’d strive to spread it,
Pour it, shed it,
Till it flowed the whole world through.
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But toil—just common toil—is mine;
And so what I shall do
Is strive to take it,
Carve it, make it,
Into love and beauty, too.
22, Long Trip © Langston Hughes
The sea is a wilderness of waves,
A desert of water.
We dip and dive,
Rise and roll,
Hide and are hidden
On the sea.
Day, night,
Night, day,
The sea is a desert of waves,
A wilderness of water.
23, To a Child © William Wordsworth
Small service is true service while it lasts:
Of humblest friends, bright creature! scorn not one:
The daisy, by the shadow that it casts,
Protects the lingering dewdrop from the sun.
24, I Dreamed that I Was Flying © Kenn Nesbitt
I dreamed that I was in my room
when much to my surprise,
I found that if I flapped my arms
it made me start to rise.
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I waved my arms a little more
and floated off the ground,
I rose up to the ceiling
and I had a look around.
I flapped around my bedroom
then decided what I’d do:
I opened up my window,
waved my arms, and out I flew!
I flew around the city
with surprising grace and ease.
I sailed along the rooftops
and I soared among the trees.
I chased a pair of pigeons
’round the playground in the park.
I raced beside a robin
and cavorted with a lark.
And when I tired of flying
and decided I should rest,
I joined a sleeping eagle
for a nap inside his nest.
I woke confused this morning,
and I had to scratch my head,
for underneath my covers
I found feathers in my bed.
25, Life Doesn’t Frighten Me © Maya Angelou
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Shadows on the wall
Noises down the hall
Life doesn’t frighten me at all
Bad dogs barking loud
Big ghosts in a cloud
Mean old Mother Goose
Lions on the loose
They don’t frighten me at all
Dragons breathing flame
On my counterpane
That doesn’t frighten me at all.
I go boo
Make them shoo
I make fun
Way they run
I won’t cry
So they fly
I just smile
They go wild
Life doesn’t frighten me at all.
Tough guys fight
All alone at night
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Panthers in the park
Strangers in the dark
No, they don’t frighten me at all.
That new classroom where
Boys all pull my hair
(Kissy little girls
With their hair in curls)
They don’t frighten me at all.
Don’t show me frogs and snakes
And listen for my scream,
If I’m afraid at all
It’s only in my dreams.
I’ve got a magic charm
That I keep up my sleeve
I can walk the ocean floor
And never have to breathe.
Not at all
Not at all.
26, Being Brave At Night © Edgar A. Guest
The other night ’bout two o’clock, or maybe it was three,
An elephant with shining tusks came chasing after me.
His trunk was wavin’ in the air an’ spoutin’ jets of steam
An’ he was out to eat me up, but still I didn’t scream
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Or let him see that I was scared – a better thought I had,
I just escaped from where I was and crawled in bed with Dad.
One time there was a giant who was horrible to see,
He had three heads and twenty arms, an’ he came after me
And red hot fire came from his mouths and every hand was red
And he declared he’d grind my bones and make them into bread.
But I was just too smart for him, I fooled him mighty bad,
Before his hands could collar me I crawled in bed with Dad.
I ain’t scared of nothin’ that comes pesterin’ me at night.
Once I was chased by forty ghosts all shimmery an’ white.
An’ I just raced ’em round the room an’ let ’em think maybe
I’d have to stop an’ rest awhile, when they could capture me.
Then when they leapt onto my bed, Oh Gee! But they were mad
To find that I had slipped away an’ crawled in bed with Dad.
No giants, ghosts or elephants have dared to come in there
‘Coz if they did he’d beat ’em up and chase ’em to their lair.
They just hang ’round the children’s rooms
an’ snap an’ snarl an’ bite
An’ laugh if they can make ’em yell
for help with all their might.
But I don’t ever yell out loud. I’m not that sort of lad,
I slip from out the covers and I crawl in bed with Dad.
Poems For Fifth And Sixth Grade Kids To Recite
Our heritage and ideals, our code and standards – the things we live by and teach
our children – are preserved or diminished by how freely we exchange ideas and
feelings.
— Walt Disney
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27, Homework Stew © Kenn Nesbitt
I cooked my math book in a broth
and stirred it to a steaming froth.
I threw in papers—pencils, too—
to make a pot of homework stew.
I turned the flame up nice and hot
and tossed my binder in the pot.
I sprinkled in my book report
with colored markers by the quart.
Despite its putrid, noxious gas,
I proudly took my stew to class.
And though the smell was so grotesque,
I set it on my teacher’s desk.
My teacher said, “You’re quite a chef.
But, still, you’re going to get an F.
I didn’t ask for ‘homework stew,’
I said, ‘Tomorrow, homework’s due.’”
28, The Walrus and the Carpenter © Lewis Carroll
“The sun was shining on the sea,
Shining with all his might:
He did his very best to make
The billows smooth and bright —
And this was odd, because it was
The middle of the night.
The moon was shining sulkily,
Because she thought the sun
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Had got no business to be there
After the day was done —
“It’s very rude of him,” she said,
“To come and spoil the fun.”
The sea was wet as wet could be,
The sands were dry as dry.
You could not see a cloud, because
No cloud was in the sky:
No birds were flying overhead —
There were no birds to fly.
The Walrus and the Carpenter
Were walking close at hand;
They wept like anything to see
Such quantities of sand:
If this were only cleared away,’
They said, it would be grand!’
If seven maids with seven mops
Swept it for half a year,
Do you suppose,’ the Walrus said,
That they could get it clear?’
I doubt it,’ said the Carpenter,
And shed a bitter tear.
O Oysters, come and walk with us!’
The Walrus did beseech.
A pleasant walk, a pleasant talk,
Along the briny beach:
We cannot do with more than four,
To give a hand to each.’
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The eldest Oyster looked at him,
But never a word he said:
The eldest Oyster winked his eye,
And shook his heavy head —
Meaning to say he did not choose
To leave the oyster-bed.
But four young Oysters hurried up,
All eager for the treat:
Their coats were brushed, their faces washed,
Their shoes were clean and neat —
And this was odd, because, you know,
They hadn’t any feet.
Four other Oysters followed them,
And yet another four;
And thick and fast they came at last,
And more, and more, and more —
All hopping through the frothy waves,
And scrambling to the shore.
The Walrus and the Carpenter
Walked on a mile or so,
And then they rested on a rock
Conveniently low:
And all the little Oysters stood
And waited in a row.
The time has come,’ the Walrus said,
To talk of many things:
Of shoes — and ships — and sealing-wax —
Of cabbages — and kings —
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And why the sea is boiling hot —
And whether pigs have wings.’
But wait a bit,’ the Oysters cried,
Before we have our chat;
For some of us are out of breath,
And all of us are fat!’
No hurry!’ said the Carpenter.
They thanked him much for that.
A loaf of bread,’ the Walrus said,
Is what we chiefly need:
Pepper and vinegar besides
Are very good indeed —
Now if you’re ready, Oysters dear,
We can begin to feed.’
But not on us!’ the Oysters cried,
Turning a little blue.
After such kindness, that would be
A dismal thing to do!’
The night is fine,’ the Walrus said.
Do you admire the view?
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It was so kind of you to come!
And you are very nice!’
The Carpenter said nothing but
Cut us another slice:
I wish you were not quite so deaf —
I’ve had to ask you twice!’
It seems a shame,’ the Walrus said,
To play them such a trick,
After we’ve brought them out so far,
And made them trot so quick!’
The Carpenter said nothing but
The butter’s spread too thick!’
I weep for you,’ the Walrus said:
I deeply sympathize.’
With sobs and tears he sorted out
Those of the largest size,
Holding his pocket-handkerchief
Before his streaming eyes.
O Oysters,’ said the Carpenter,
You’ve had a pleasant run!
Shall we be trotting home again?’
But answer came there none —
And this was scarcely odd, because
They’d eaten every one.”
29, Lend a Hand © Anonymous
Lend a hand to one another
In the daily toil of life;
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When we meet a weaker brother,
Let us help him in the strife.
There is none so rich but may,
In his turn, be forced to borrow;
And the poor man’s lot today
May become our own tomorrow.
Lend a hand to one another:
When malicious tongues have thrown
Dark suspicion on your brother,
Be not prompt to cast a stone.
There is none so good but may
Run adrift in shame and sorrow –
And the good man of today
May become the bad tomorrow.
Lend a hand to one another:
In the race for Honor’s crown;
Should it fall upon your brother,
Let not envy tear it down.
Lend a hand to all, we pray,
In their sunshine or their sorrow;
And the prize they’ve won today
May become our own tomorrow.
30, The Night Has a Thousand Eyes © Francis William
Bourdillon
The night has a thousand eyes,
And the day but one;
Yet the light of the bright world dies
With the dying sun.
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The mind has a thousand eyes,
And the heart but one:
Yet the light of a whole life dies
When love is done.
31, Spring © Henry Gardiner Adams
A bursting into greenness;
A waking as from sleep;
A twitter and a warble
That make the pulses leap:
A watching, as in childhood,
For the flowers that, one by one,
Open their golden petals
To woo the fitful sun.
A gust, a flash, a gurgle,
A wish to shout and sing,
As, filled with hope and gladness,
We hail the vernal Spring.
32, Amazing Grace © John Newton
Amazing grace! (how sweet the sound!)
That sav’d a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found;
Was blind, but now I see.
‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears reliev’d;
How precious did that grace appear,
The hour I first believ’d!
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Thro’ many dangers, toils, and snares,
I have already come;
‘Tis grace has brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.
The Lord has promis’d good to me,
His word my hope secures;
He will my shield and portion be,
As long as life endures.
Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail,
And mortal life shall cease;
I shall possess, within the veil,
A life of joy and peace.
This earth shall soon dissolve like snow,
The sun forbear to shine;
But God, who call’d me here below,
Will be for ever mine.
33, Riddles of Merlin © Alfred Noyes
AS I was walking
Alone by the sea,
“What is that whisper?”
Said Merlin to me.
“Only,” I answered,
“The sigh of the wave”—
“Oh, no,” replied Merlin,
“‘Tis the grass on your grave.”
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As I lay dreaming
In churchyard ground
“Listen,” said Merlin,
“What is that sound?”
“The green grass is growing,”
I answered; but he
Chuckled, “Oh, no!
‘Tis the sound of the sea.”
As I went homeward
At dusk by the shore,
“What is that crimson?”
Said Merlin once more.
“Only the sun,” I said.
“Sinking to rest”—
“Sunset for East,” he said,
“Sunrise for West.”
34, The Caterpillar © Christina Rossetti
Brown and furry
Caterpillar in a hurry,
take your walk
To the shady leaf, or stalk,
Or what not,
Which may be the chosen spot.
No toad spy you,
Hovering bird of prey pass by you;
Spin and die,
To live again a butterfly.
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35, Summer © Walter Dean Myers
I like hot days, hot days
Sweat is what you got days
Bugs buzzin from cousin to cousin
Juices dripping
Running and ripping
Catch the one you love days
Birds peeping
Old men sleeping
Lazy days, daisies lay
Beaming and dreaming
Of hot days, hot days,
Sweat is what you got days.
36, My Excuse © Kenn Nesbitt
This morning I was walking
past the local county jail
when I was captured by a pirate
just released on bail.
He took me to his pirate ship
and taught me how to sail,
and made me wed his daughter
who was covered by a veil.
We sailed the seven stormy seas
through hurricane and gale,
but while we were marauding
we were swallowed by a whale.
We soon escaped by torturing
the whale with a nail,
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and floating to the shoreline
in an empty wooden pail.
An Indian then guided us
along a western trail,
and led us to a stagecoach
that was carrying the mail.
We all delivered letters
through the sleet and snow and hail,
until we found a train
and then we rode upon the rail.
I barely made it back to school
to tell you of my tale.
I’m sorry that I missed the test;
I hope I didn’t fail!
37, Keep A-Pluggin’ Away © Paul Laurence Dunbar
I’ve a humble little motto
That is homely, though it ‘s true, –
Keep a-pluggin’ away.
It’s a thing when I’ve an object
That I always try to do, –
When you’ve rising storms to quell,
When opposing waters swell,
It will never fail to tell, –
If the hills are high before
And the paths are hard to climb,
And remember that successes
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Come to him who bides his time, –
From the greatest to the least,
None are from the rule released.
Be thou toiler, poet, priest,
Delve away beneath the surface,
There is treasure farther down, –
Let the rain come down in torrents,
Let the threat’ning heavens frown,
When the clouds have rolled away,
There will come a brighter day
All your labor to repay, –
There ‘ll be lots of sneers to swallow,
There ‘ll be lots of pain to bear, –
If you’ve got your eye on heaven,
Some bright day you’ll wake up there, –
Perseverance still is king;
Time its sure reward will bring;
Work and wait unwearying, –
38, The Land of Nod © Robert Louis Stevenson
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From breakfast on through all the day
At home among my friends I stay,
But every night I go abroad
Afar into the land of Nod.
All by myself I have to go,
With none to tell me what to do—
All alone beside the streams
And up the mountain-sides of dreams.
The strangest things are there for me,
Both things to eat and things to see,
And many frightening sights abroad
Till morning in the land of Nod.
Try as I like to find the way,
I never can get back by day,
Nor can remember plain and clear
The curious music that I hear.
39, A Bag of Tools © R. L. Sharpe
Isn’t it strange
That princes and kings,
And clowns that caper
In sawdust rings,
And common people
Like you and me
Are builders for eternity?
Each is given a bag of tools,
A shapeless mass,
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A book of rules;
And each must make-
Ere life is flown-
A stumbling block
Or a stepping stone.
40, Ars Poetica, Version B © Bob Langill
A poem should not mean,
but bee.
Wasp not,
It still must buzz and hover
and otherwise irritate us;
Hang at the edge of earshot
and dive back at awkward moments
When life has loaded our hands
and we can’t easily swat it away.
And while we may savour the sweetness
Accumulated from their collections,
The true destination of their
Long, dusty journey through time
Is to make the world bloom.
41, The Brook © Ellen Carhart
From a fountain
In a mountain,
Drops of water ran,
Trickling through the grasses
So our brook began.
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Slow it started;
Soon it darted,
Cool and clear and free,
Rippling over pebbles,
Hurrying to the sea.
Children straying
Came a-playing
On its pretty banks:
Glad, our little brooklet
Sparkled up its thanks.
Blossoms floating,
Mimic boating,
Fishes darting past,—
Swift and strong and happy,
Widening very fast,
Bubbling, singing,
Rushing, ringing,
Flecked with shade and sun,
Soon our pretty brooklet
To the sea has run.
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42. Nothing Gold Can Stay © Robert Frost
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
43, Mother to Son © Langston Hughes
Well, son, I’ll tell you:
Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.
It’s had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor—
Bare.
But all the time
I’se been a-climbin’ on,
And reachin’ landin’s,
And turnin’ corners,
And sometimes goin’ in the dark
Where there ain’t been no light.
So, boy, don’t you turn back.
Don’t you set down on the steps.
Cause you finds it’s kinder hard.
Don’t you fall now—
For I’se still goin’, honey,
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I’se still climbin’,
And life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.
44, Still I Rise © Maya Angelou
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I’ll rise.
Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
’Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.
Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I’ll rise.
Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops,
Weakened by my soulful cries?
Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don’t you take it awful hard
’Cause I laugh like I’ve got gold mines
Diggin’ in my own backyard.
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
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You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I’ll rise.
Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I’ve got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?
Out of the huts of history’s shame
I rise
Up from a past that’s rooted in pain
I rise
I’m a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.
45, The Road Not Taken © Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
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Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
46, Young and Old © Charles Kingsley
When all the world is young, lad,
And all the trees are green;
And every goose a swan, lad,
And every lass a queen;
Then hey for boot and horse, lad,
And round the world away;
Young blood must have its course, lad,
And every dog his day.
When all the world is old, lad,
And all the trees are brown;
And all the sport is stale, lad,
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And all the wheels run down:
Creep home, and take your place there,
The spent and maimed among:
God grant you find one face there
You loved when all was young.
47, Richard Cory © Edwin Arlington Robinson
Whenever Richard Cory went down town,
We people on the pavement looked at him:
He was a gentleman from sole to crown,
Clean favored, and imperially slim.
And he was always quietly arrayed,
And he was always human when he talked;
But still he fluttered pulses when he said,
“Good-morning,” and he glittered when he walked.
And he was rich—yes, richer than a king—
And admirably schooled in every grace:
In fine, we thought that he was everything
To make us wish that we were in his place.
So on we worked, and waited for the light,
And went without the meat, and cursed the bread;
And Richard Cory, one calm summer night,
Went home and put a bullet through his head.
48, I Lost My Talk © Rita Joe
I lost my talk
The talk you took away.
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When I was a little girl
At Shubenacadie school.
You snatched it away:
I speak like you
I think like you
I create like you
The scrambled ballad, about my word.
Two ways I talk
Both ways I say,
Your way is more powerful.
So gently I offer my hand and ask,
Let me find my talk
So I can teach you about me.
49, The Rose Family © Robert Frost
The rose is a rose,
And was always a rose.
But the theory now goes
That the apple’s a rose,
And the pear is, and so’s
The plum, I suppose.
The dear only knows
What will next prove a rose.
You, of course, are a rose –
But were always a rose.
50, Invictus © William E. Henley
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Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate;
I am the captain of my soul.
51, The Day is Done © Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The day is done, and the darkness
Falls from the wings of Night,
As a feather is wafted downward
From an eagle in his flight.
I see the lights of the village
Gleam through the rain and the mist,
And a feeling of sadness comes o’er me,
That my soul cannot resist;
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A feeling of sadness and longing,
That is not akin to pain,
And resembles sorrow only
As the mist resembles the rain.
Come, read to me some poem,
Some simple and heartfelt lay,
That shall soothe this restless feeling,
And banish the thoughts of day.
Not from the grand old masters,
Not from the bards sublime,
Whose distant footsteps echo
Through the corridors of Time.
For, like strains of martial music,
Their mighty thoughts suggest
Life’s endless toil and endeavour;
And to-night I long for rest.
Read from some humbler poet,
Whose songs gushed from his heart,
As showers from the clouds of summer,
Or tears from the eyelids start;
Who, through long days of labour,
And nights devoid of ease,
Still heard in his soul the music
Of wonderful melodies.
Such songs have power to quiet
The restless pulse of care,
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And come like the benediction
That follows after prayer.
Then read from the treasured volume
The poem of thy choice,
And lend to the rhyme of the poet
The beauty of thy voice.
And the night shall be filled with music,
And the cares that infest the day
Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs,
And as silently steal away.
52, The Things Divine © Jean Brooks Burt
These are the things I hold divine:
A trusting child’s hand laid in mine,
Rich brown earth and wind-tossed trees,
The taste of grapes and the drone of bees,
A rhythmic gallop, long June days,
A rose-hedged lane and lovers’ lays,
The welcome smile on neighbors’ faces,
Cool, wide hills and open places,
Breeze-blown fields of silver rye,
The wild, sweet note of the plover’s cry,
Fresh spring showers and scent of box,
The soft, pale tint of the garden phlox,
Lilacs blooming, a drowsy noon,
A flight of geese and an autumn moon,
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Rolling meadows and storm-washed heights,
A fountain murmur on summer nights,
A dappled fawn in the forest hush,
Simple words and the song of a thrush,
Rose-red dawns and a mate to share
With comrade soul my gypsy fare,
A waiting fire when the twilight ends,
A gallant heart and the voice of friends.
53, War © Alaric Johnson
The sight of bodies the smell of blood,
Makes me sick I don’t feel to good,
I’m in a trench with a couple other guys,
All I can think is why
Gunshots, explosions, screaming,
I pinch myself am I dreaming,
I wonder why this war Is happening,
I am sitting in a muddy trench questioning
A poppy falls into the palm of my hand,
I wonder if this is my next command,
A silent thud on my shoulder,
I feel weak as my hands get colder
Among the rows of poppies.
54. Taking Leave of a Friend © Ezra Pound
Blue mountains to the north of the walls,
White river winding about them;
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Here we must make separation
And go out through a thousand miles of dead grass.
Mind like a floating wide cloud.
Sunset like the parting of old acquaintances
Who bow over their clasped hands at a distance.
Our horses neigh to each other
as we are departing.
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Robert Frost
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William Shakespeare
(1564 – 1616)
Maya Angelou
(1928 – 2014)
Pablo Neruda
(1904 – 1973)
Emily Dickinson
(1830 – 1886)
Langston Hughes
(1901 – 1967)
Rabindranath Tagore
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William Wordsworth
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Of Love To God
The Operation Of Faith
Of Uprightness And Sincerity
A Boy And Watchmaker
Of Child With Bird At The Bush
Of The Cuckoo
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Fit The Fifth (Hunting Of The Snark)
The Aged Aged Man
Dedication
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Upon The Pismire
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