Lots of Classic Poems...
And here are a whole lot more classic children's poems. These poems are also ranked by popularity (with the most popular ones at the top), so don't be surprised if they change position when you rate them.
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The Dying Fisherman's Song
by Anonymous
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/The-Kings-Breakfast-icon-150x150.png)
The King's Breakfast
by A.A. Milne
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Ned-Nott-and-Sam-Shott-icon-2-150x150.png)
Ned Nott and Sam Shott
by Anonymous
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/The-Swing-icon-150x150.png)
The Swing
by Robert Louis Stevenson
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Twinkle-Little-Star-icon-150x150.png)
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
by Jane Taylor
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/In-Praise-of-Llamas-icon-150x150.png)
In Praise of Llamas
by Arthur Guiterman
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/The-Tyger-icon-150x150.png)
The Tyger
by William Blake
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/The-Elf-and-the-Dormouse-icon-150x150.png)
The Elf and the Dormouse
by Oliver Herford
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Eletelephony-icon-150x150.png)
Eletelephony
by Laura E. Richards
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/The-Early-Owl-icon-150x150.png)
The Early Owl
by Oliver Herford
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Jabberwocky-icon-2-150x150.png)
Jabberwocky
by Lewis Carroll
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/The-Quangle-Wangles-Hat-icon-150x150.png)
The Quangle Wangle's Hat
by Edward Lear
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Holding-Hands-icon-150x150.png)
Holding Hands
by Leonore M. Link
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/I-Never-Saw-a-Purple-Cow-icon-150x150.png)
The Purple Cow
by Gelett Burgess
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/At-the-Zoo-icon-150x150.png)
At the Zoo
by A.A. Milne
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/The-Owl-and-the-Pussycat-icon-150x150.png)
The Owl and the Pussycat
by Edward Lear
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/The-Jumblies-icon-150x150.png)
The Jumblies
by Edward Lear
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Rebecca-Who-Slammed-Doors-for-Fun-and-Perished-Miserably-150x150.png)
Rebecca, Who Slammed Doors for Fun and Perished Miserably
by Hilaire Belloc
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/There-Was-a-Young-Fellow-Named-Hall-icon.-150x150.png)
There Was a Young Fellow Named Hall
by Anonymous
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/The-Rhinoceros-icon-2-150x150.png)
The Rhinoceros
by Oliver Herford
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/The-Habits-of-the-Hippopotamus-icon-150x150.png)
Habits of the Hippopotamus
by Arthur Guiterman
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/The-Walrus-and-the-Carpenter-icon-150x150.png)
The Walrus and the Carpenter
by Lewis Carroll
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Predjudice-150x150.png)
Predjudice
by Charlotte Perkins Stetson
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Pittypat-and-Tippytoe-icon-150x150.png)
Pittypat and Tipppytoe
by Eugene Field
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Jim-Who-Ran-Away-icon-150x150.png)
Jim, Who Ran Away from His Nurse, and Was Eaten by a Lion
by Hillaire Belloc
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Clouds-icon-150x150.png)
Clouds
by Christina Rossetti
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/How-Doth-the-Little-Crocodile-icon-150x150.png)
How Doth the Little Crocodile
by Lewis Carroll
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/If-You-Ever-Meet-a-Whale-icon-150x150.png)
If You Ever Meet a Whale
by Anonymous
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/The-Mad-Gardeners-Song-icon-150x150.png)
The Mad Gardener's Song
by Lewis Carroll
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Bed-in-Summer-icon-150x150.png)
Bed in Summer
by Robert Louis Stevenson
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/You-Are-Old-Father-William-icon-150x150.png)
You Are Old, Father William
by Lewis Carroll
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Casey-at-the-Bat-icon-150x150.png)
Casey at the Bat
by Ernest Lawrence Thayer
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/My-Shadow-icon-150x150.png)
My Shadow
by Robert Louis Stevenson
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Antonio-icon-150x150.png)
Antonio
by Laura E. Richards
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/An-Assortment-of-Short-Poems-icon-150x150.png)
An Assortment of Short Poems
by Gelett Burgess
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/From-a-Railway-Carriage-icon-150x150.png)
From a Railway Carriage
by Robert Louis Stevenson
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/The-Midnight-Ride-of-Paul-Revere-icon-150x150.png)
Paul Revere's Ride
by Henry Wadworth Longfellow
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/The-Little-Peach-icon-150x150.png)
The Little Peach
by Eugene Field
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Old-Mother-Hubbard-icon-150x150.png)
Old Mother Hubbard
by Anonymous
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/The-Tutor-icon-2-150x150.png)
The Tutor
by Carolyn Wells
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Little-Bo-Peep-icon-150x150.png)
Little Bo Peep
by Anonymous
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Wondrous-Wise-Man-icon-150x150.png)
The Wond'rous Wise Man
by Anonymous
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/The-Shooting-of-Dan-McGrew-icon-150x150.png)
The Shooting of Dan McGrew
by Robert Service
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Over-the-River-and-through-the-Wood-icon-150x150.png)
Over the River and through the Wood
by Lydia Maria Child
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/The-Crocodile-icon-150x150.png)
The Crocodile
by Oliver Herford
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/The-Pobble-Who-Has-No-Toes-150x150.png)
The Pobble Who Has No Toes
by Edward Lear
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-House-the-Jack-Built-icon-150x150.png)
The House that Jack Built
by Anonymous
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Daddy-Fell-Into-the-Pond-icon-150x150.png)
Daddy Fell into the Pond
by Alfred Noyes
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/The-Courtship-of-the-Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo-icon-150x150.png)
The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo
by Edward Lear
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Mr.-Nobody-icon-2-150x150.png)
Mr. Nobody
by Anonymous
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/My-Dream-icon-150x150.png)
My Dream
by Anonymous
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Walloping-Window-Blind-icon-150x150.png)
The Walloping Window-Blind
by Charles Edward Carryl
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/The-Camels-Complaint-icon-150x150.png)
The Camel's Complaint
by Charles Edward Carryl
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/At-the-Zoo-icon-2-150x150.png)
At the Zoo
by William Makepeace Thackery
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/I-Eat-My-Peas-with-Honey-icon-150x150.png)
I Eat My Peas with Honey
by Anonymous
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Theme-in-Yellow-icon-150x150.png)
Theme in Yellow
by Carl Sandburg
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/The-Unfortunate-Giraffe-icon-150x150.png)
The Unfortunate Giraffe
by Oliver Herford
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Marys-Lamb-icon-150x150.png)
Mary's Lamb
by Sarah Josepha Hale
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/The-Answers-icon-150x150.png)
The Answers
by Robert Clairmont
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Little-Boy-Blue-icon-150x150.png)
Little Boy Blue
by Anonymous
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/The-Land-of-Nod-icon-150x150.png)
The Land of Nod
by Robert Louis Stevenson
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Godfrey-Gordon-Gustavus-Gore-icon-150x150.png)
Godfrey Gordon Gustavus Gore
by William Brighty Rands
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/The-Hunting-of-the-Snark-icon-150x150.png)
The Hunting of the Snark
by Lewis Carroll
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/The-Ostrich-icon-150x150.png)
The Ostrich
by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/The-Embarassing-Episode-of-Little-Miss-Muffet-icon-150x150.png)
The Embarrassing Episode of Little Miss Muffet
by Guy Wetmore Carryl
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/The-Duel-icon-150x150.png)
The Duel
by Eugene Field
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/The-Cremation-of-Sam-McGee-icon-150x150.png)
The Cremation of Sam McGee
by Robert Service
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Jeremy-Jangle-icon-150x150.png)
Jeremy Jangle
by William Brighty Rands
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Little-Orphant-Annie-icon-150x150.png)
Little Orphant Annie
by James Whitcomb Riley
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Memorumdrums-icon-150x150.png)
Memorumdrums
by Charles Edward Carryl
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Inhuman-Henry-icon-150x150.png)
Inhuman Henry
by A.E. Housman
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/There-Was-a-Little-Girl-icon-150x150.png)
There Was a Little Girl
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
![](https://poetry4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/I-Saw-Esau-icon-150x150.png)
I Saw Esau
by Anonymous
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