Explore Poems: Nursery Rhymes

Showing 1-20 of 68 poems

Filter Results

Spirit Arithmetic
By Adam O. Davis
One nick.
Two nick-

els. Three lic-
orice twists before

bedtime. Four hours
of a leaky faucet. Five times

five times now. Six spoons I swallow.
Seven scratches upon the sun. Eight elms

invisible to the eye. Nine knots in a blonde braid.
Ten attics in this house. In...
Mythology & Folklore
Ghosts & the Supernatural
Types/Modes
Nursery Rhymes
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
By Jane Taylor
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.

When the blazing sun is gone,
When he nothing shines upon,
Then you show your little light,...
Nature
Stars, Planets, Heavens
Types/Modes
Nursery Rhymes
Classics
Timeless Treasures
Little Boy Blue
By Darren Sardelli
Little Boy Blue,
please cover your nose.
You sneezed on Miss Muffet
and ruined her clothes.
You sprayed Mother Hubbard,
and now she is sick.
You put out the fire
on Jack’s candlestick.
Your sneeze is the reason
why Humpty fell down.
You drenched Yankee Doodle
when he came to town.
The...
Mythology & Folklore
Fairy-tales & Legends
Types/Modes
Nursery Rhymes
The Silver Swan
By Orlando Gibbons
The silver swan, who living had no note,
When death approached, unlocked her silent throat;
Leaning her breast against the reedy shore,
Thus sung her first and last, and sung no more:
“Farewell, all joys; Oh death, come close mine...
Nature
Animals
Living
Death
Types/Modes
Nursery Rhymes
Disappointment
Grief
Melancholy & Despair
+ 2 more
The Twelve Days of Christmas
By Anonymous
The first day of Christmas,
My true love sent to me
A partridge in a pear tree.

The second day of Christmas,
My true love sent to me
Two turtle doves, and
A partridge in a pear tree.
...
Love
Religion
Christianity
Activities
Eating & Drinking
Christmas
Types/Modes
Nursery Rhymes
For All Ages
Classics
Friends
Holidays
Timeless Treasures
+ 6 more
"Mary had a little lamb,"
By Sarah Josepha Hale
Mary had a little lamb,
Its fleece was white as snow;
And everywhere that Mary went
The lamb was sure to go.

It followed her to school one day,
Which was against the rule;
It made the children laugh and play
To see a lamb at school.

And...
Relationships
Home Life
Pets
Types/Modes
Nursery Rhymes
Animals
Classics
School
Timeless Treasures
+ 2 more
Willie Winkie
By William Miller
Wee Willie Winkie
    Rins through the toun,
Up stairs and doun stairs
    In his nicht-gown,
Tirling at the window,
    Crying at the lock,
“Are the weans in their bed,
    For it’s now ten o’clock?

“Hey, Willie Winkie,
    Are ye coming ben?
The cat’s singing grey...
Social Commentaries
Cities & Urban Life
Town & Country Life
Stanza Forms
Couplet
Types/Modes
Nursery Rhymes
Classics
Timeless Treasures
+ 2 more
Little Boy Blue
By Mother Goose
Little boy blue,
Come blow your horn,
The sheep's in the meadow,
The cow's in the corn.
But where is the boy
Who looks after the sheep?
He's under a haystack,
Fast asleep.
Living
Activities
Jobs & Working
Arts & Sciences
Philosophy
Mythology & Folklore
Fairy-tales & Legends
Types/Modes
Nursery Rhymes
Animals
Classics
Timeless Treasures
+ 5 more
As I was Going to St. Ives
By Anonymous
As I was going to St. Ives,
I met a man with seven wives,
Each wife had seven sacks,
Each sack had seven cats,
Each cat had seven kits:
Kits, cats, sacks, and wives,
How many were there going to St. Ives?
Stanza Forms
Rhymed Stanza
Types/Modes
Nursery Rhymes
Humor
Animals
Classics
Mix a Pancake
By Christina Rossetti
Mix a pancake,
Stir a pancake,
Pop it in the pan;
Fry the pancake,
Toss the pancake—
Catch it if you can.
Stanza Forms
Rhymed Stanza
Types/Modes
Nursery Rhymes
Joy & Contentment
Fun & Games
The Fox's Foray
By Anonymous
A fox jumped out one winter’s night,
And begged the moon to give him light.
For he’d many miles to trot that night
Before he reached his den O!
...
Stanza Forms
Rhymed Stanza
Techniques
Refrain
Types/Modes
Nursery Rhymes
Humor
Animals
The Wheels on the Bus
By Anonymous
The wheels on the bus
go round and round,
Round and round,
round and round.
The wheels on the bus
go round and round,
All day long.

The wipers on the bus go
swish, swish, swish ...

The...
Activities
School & Learning
Travels & Journeys
Types/Modes
Nursery Rhymes
School
"There was a crooked man,"
By Mother Goose
There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile,
He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile;
He bought a crooked cat which caught a crooked mouse,
And they all lived together in a little crooked house.
Relationships
Pets
Types/Modes
Nursery Rhymes
Classics
Timeless Treasures
The Secret
By Anonymous
We have a secret, just we three,
The robin, and I, and the sweet cherry-tree;
The bird told the tree, and the tree told me,
And nobody knows it but just us three.

But of course the robin knows...
Nature
Animals
Stanza Forms
Couplet
Types/Modes
Nursery Rhymes
Animals
Shoes
By Anonymous
My father has a pair of shoes
So beautiful to see.
I want to wear my father's shoes.
They are too big for me.

My baby brother has a pair
As cunning as can be.
My feet won't go...
Living
Relationships
Family & Ancestors
Home Life
Arts & Sciences
Philosophy
Stanza Forms
Rhymed Stanza
Meters
Common Measure
Types/Modes
Nursery Rhymes
Being Oneself
+ 6 more
Little Robin Redbreast
By Anonymous
Little Robin Redbreast
    Sat upon a tree;
Up went Pussy-cat,
    Down went he.

Down came Pussy-cat,
    And away Robin ran;
Says little Robin Redbreast
    “Catch me if you can.”

Little Robin Redbreast
    Hopped...
Nature
Animals
Relationships
Pets
Verse Forms
Ballad
Types/Modes
Nursery Rhymes
Animals
+ 2 more
Poor Old Lady
By Anonymous
Poor old lady, she swallowed a fly.
I don't know why she swallowed a fly.
Poor old lady, I think she'll die.

Poor old lady, she swallowed a spider.
It squirmed and wriggled and turned inside her.
She swallowed...
Nature
Animals
Living
Death
Types/Modes
Nursery Rhymes
Animals
Classics
Timeless Treasures
+ 2 more
A Young Lady of Lynn
By Anonymous
There was a young lady of Lynn,
Who was so uncommonly thin
That when she essayed
To drink lemonade
She slipped through the straw and fell in.
Activities
Eating & Drinking
Verse Forms
Limerick
Types/Modes
Nursery Rhymes
Fun & Games
Don't Worry if Your Job Is Small
By Anonymous
Don't worry if your job is small,
And your rewards are few.
Remember that the mighty oak,
Was once a nut like you.
Living
Coming of Age
Activities
Jobs & Working
Labor Day
Verse Forms
Ballad
Types/Modes
Nursery Rhymes
Being Oneself
+ 3 more
I Eat My Peas with Honey
By Anonymous
I eat my peas with honey;
I've done it all my life.
It makes the peas taste funny,
But it keeps them on the knife.
Activities
Eating & Drinking
Types/Modes
Nursery Rhymes
Being Oneself
Fun & Games