Poetry is the gateway to getting even your most word-resistant students to fall in love with words. There is something for everyone when it comes to poetry. Bring on your rule breakers, your structure lovers, and your aspiring rappers! Starting poetry in the elementary classroom should be a no-brainer, but it can be tough to find poems for elementary school. We pulled together these poems to get every student saying “Hey, I like that!”
“We’d play and we’d sing and wear spangly things.”
“The whole idea of it makes me feel …”
“The year was 1974.”
“Life is a broken-winged bird.”
“I fell asleep in class today …”
“The signs were right, the ice was thin …”
“If I don’t get some, I think I’m gonna die.”
“I ran up and down every court …”
“Could we have some butter for …”
“once a snowflake fell …”
“i wish you abundance.”
“with a ball of fading light …”
“One row above, one row beneath.”
“Little bit of beet.”
“Did you hear about the rose that grew …”
“And then the day came …”
“I am born on a Tuesday at the University Hospital …”
“Let the rain kiss you.”
“I love a lot of things.”
“Go and sit in the sink.”
“Dreaming you go.”
“Tea leaves and cardamom.”
“I always hug my underwear as soon as it is dry.”
“When the corn’s all cut and the bright stalks shine …”
“The tires on my bike are flat.”
“On an island of music …”
“Back home in Hong Kong …”
“How good to lie a little while …”
“Tyger Tyger, burning bright …”
“I always like summer best …”
“milly befriended a stranded star …”
“She said the head was too large …”
“I never hope to see one …”
“A tiny tea party is happening today …”
“How to say milk? How to say sand, snow, sow …”
“Poor old lady, she swallowed a fly.”
“Some day, when trees have shed their leaves …”
“I know very well what I’d rather be …”
“I wish I could wash you away in the sink …”
“Hi there. My name is George Washington Carver.”
“My mouth is wet, my throat is dry …”
“In the night sky, nothing is more magical …”
“It seemed a day like any other …”
“Said a lightning bug to a firefly …”
“I’m now almost extinct in this park …”
“They talk all day …”
“Listen, my children, and you shall hear …”
“Boats sail on the rivers …”
“When I was One, I had just begun.”
“It takes more than a wish …”
“‘Will you walk into my parlor …'”
“The skies are clear of pterodact …”
“Yes! I am rounder than most …”
“I am a feather on the bright sky …”
“’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves …”
“How do you like to go up in a swing …”
“Mother says they smell …”
“I think that I shall never see …”
“In the dreamy silence …”
“Out of the night that covers me …”
“A thin wet sky, that yellows at the rim …”
“Raven girl, balancing on space …”
“I am the darker brother.”
“I have eaten …”
“One tiny tree frog …”
“The crocodile, with cunning smile, sat in the dentist’s chair.”
“There is one that has a head without an eye …”
“Shadows on the wall …”
“I prefer warm fur …”
“We love you! You rule!”
There are so many other poems you can find in books of poetry. Many are not available on the internet, but poetry books will be much loved in the classroom.
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