Poetry for Kids

About 20 years ago, I used to have a hot tub in the back yard. One cold, winter morning, I noticed that I had left the cover off of it the night before, and the water had probably gotten pretty cold. So I put my slippers on and headed out the back door to replace... Read more »

This poem was a lot of fun for me to write because nearly every line can be taken either literally or figuratively. To say “My hair sticks up for me” may be literally true because my hair may be actually sticking up on top of my head. But if I were to understand it figuratively,... Read more »

In 2013, I was named the Children’s Poet Laureate. Awarded by the Poetry Foundation every two years, and now called the Young People’s Poet Laureate, the aim of this award is to raise awareness that young people have a natural receptivity to poetry and are its most appreciative audience, especially when poems are written specifically... Read more »

I love the sound of language. I especially love funny words. In fact, I once wrote an entire poem called My Favorite Words to list all of the words in English that I think sound funny, including words like “fuddy-duddy” and “nincompoop.” But you can also make up funny sounding words. In fact, I wrote... Read more »

I love “narrative” poems, poems that tell a story. I love poems with crazy characters and “tall tales,” poems that are so exaggerated they are completely impossible. And I love “cautionary tales,” funny stories about characters who meet an unpleasant fate because they did something they shouldn’t have. Nathaniel Naste is the story of a... Read more »

Every now and then, I like to write an alliterative poem like this one just to see how much fun I can have with a single letter of the alphabet. Some other examples include my poems Zzzzz from my book The Aliens Have Landed at Our School! and To B or Not to B from... Read more »

Examine any fire hydrant.This is what you’ll see:Inside it’s full of H2O.Outside it’s K9P.  — Kenn Nesbitt Copyright © 2019. All Rights Reserved.

Funny poetry for kids by children's author and former US Children's Poet Laureate, Kenn Nesbitt.

Funny poetry for kids by children's author and former US Children's Poet Laureate, Kenn Nesbitt.

Funny poetry for kids by children's author and former US Children's Poet Laureate, Kenn Nesbitt.