Raise the funny factor of this poem by reading it to your kids in a silly voice. This short quatrain was a hit in 1895, when Gelett Burgess first published his now-famous poem for kids.

These short Easter poems reflect a Christian perspective on the holiday, making them great options for children's church and ...

To capture their experiences, Save the Children invited children from countries around the world to write short poems about COVID-19, life under lockdown, and how the pandemic has changed their lives.

Paul Engle noted that “poetry is ordinary language raised to the nth power.” As if by magic, poetry books capture feelings that are often elusive and put into words our deepest pain and ...

Andrew Cunningham, 29, spotted a tip online which suggested supermarkets send free gifts if customers send them a poem. He decided to test it out and wrote brand-specific short poems for 50 of his ...

Poems that rhyme, poems that don't, long poems and even short poems - get ready to enjoy them by yourself or with friends! You can get a sneak peek of the book over on Blue Peter.

Among Rossetti’s best known poems is this short work about one of the plants most associated with the Christmas season. Our idea of what Santa Claus looks like comes from a variety of places ...

Six leading poets introduce and read some of their best-known poetry for children. There are two additional selections of classic poems read by Maxine Peake and Julian Rhind-Tutt.

Where to read: You can read “The Haunted Palace” at Poetry Foundation. Poe’s The Oval Portrait is one of his shorter stories, but one whose intensity is not limited by length. The short ...

The very definition of “lyric,” in the Oxford Dictionary, indicates that the word cannot be satisfactorily defined:— Lyric: Now the name for short poems, usually divided into stanzas or ...