Free Verse Poems for Kids Must Read for Every Child

Free Verse Poems for Kids Must Read for Every Child.

Free Verse Poems for Kids – The poems of Free Verse have no rhyming structure and often have no clear rhythm or syllable patterns; they are simply free’ as their name implies.

Like abstract art, free verse is where poetry’s meaning becomes complex. One of the easiest, but most difficult, kinds of poetry to compose is free verse.

Although it does not limit the poet to rules about form, it requires him or her to work hard to produce a beautiful and meaningful piece without any clear rhyme and meter guidelines.

1. Peace And Quiet

Peace is…
When you are outside on a nice warm day
With a cold glass of yellow lemonade.
Slurp, slurp, slurp.
Feeling the warm sun on my back,
Rubbing my hands through the wet green grass,
Listening to the birds singing a distance away.
Quiet…
Now that’s PEACE!

by Nadya Phillips

2. Splishy, Sploshy Mud

Splishy, sploshy mud
is the best type of crud!
You can make pies,
you can make mountains,
you can make giant skies,
just with splishy, sploshy mud!

by Ava F. Kent

3. What Are We Going To Do With You?

Sometimes you drive us all crazy.
Sometimes me more than others.
But sometimes you yell
and kick at nothing for no reason.
Tell me, little sis, what are we going to do with you?!

I keep on telling myself,
“I wanted a sister, not an alien!”
Only to have mother tell me you are human.
I laugh as you walk in with underwear on your head!
Now it’s mother’s turn to say,
“Oh, what are we going to do with you?”

But sometimes, when it’s bedtime,
you can be the sweetest thing.
I find it adorable when you snuggle
with your small teddy bear.
And I can’t help but say,
“What are we going to do with you?”

by Jenna

4. My Annoying Older Sister!

A jelly I ate,
The one my sister made.
Made me want to faint.
She keeps stealing my paint
And waking me up late.
Bossing me around
Is what I can’t take.
I want to slap her,
For goodness sake.
Spending my money
Is not great.
Can’t she stop
For just one day?

No!
Is what I want to say,
But if I do
She’ll smack me
Straight away.
I wish I could call her a…
Something that shall not be named,
But we’re still sisters,
Even today,
Because of our
DNA.

by Thanjena Begum

5. Breaking Day

Today, I broke everything I touched
Brother’s phone,
His toys,
My own toothbrush
I smashed my sister’s favorite cup,
Lost her bracelet for good luck
I even crushed a chair of timber,
Where my father reads and lingers
I ruined mother’s chicken soup,
Too much salt in there I scooped
Spattered rice on the kitchen floor,

Drew pink heart shapes on the wall,
Broke my crayons,
Tore all papers,
When my Nana napped I woke her.
With all the broken scoops and piles,
I have shredded everyone’s smiles
But then before bedtime they hugged me
I’m their baby,
They still love me!

by Margaret Benison

6. My First Day Of School

Weird feelings all around me,
Kids staring right through me.
Who is she?
What is she doing here?
Is she new?
Is it them or is it me?
My stomach is grumbling.
I am so nervous.
Mom, where are you?
Where are my old friends?

I feel like I am nowhere…
A part of me wants to run back.
Why did we move, Dad?
I feel ever so bad.
I hope this is all a dream and I go back.

by Jivantikka De

7. Beach

I was sitting on the sand
Watching the clouds pass by
When I saw in the sky a lion and a bear.
I said oh my!
I look on my left.
I see a white dove fly so high.
I started to cry.
I said to myself I must be crazy.
There is no bear or lion in the sky.
Maybe a dove and some water below
And other things that we don’t know.

by Clara Nanez

8. Get in the Game

Click. Beep.
Hum.
Loading, loading,
Loading, loading, done.
Pressing buttons,
energy high.
My avatar is ready.

Here we go,
get in the game
I am not me,
Finally free!
Run.
Jump.
Gather.
Build.
Win.
Game over.

9. Bedtime Blues

“Bedtime dear.”
The sound of doom.
Bedtime blues.
Up,
Up,
Up.

Swish,
Brush,
Spit.
Change.
Plop.
Bedtime blues
fade to black.

Free Verse Poems for Kids – Words carefully selected will help you construct a poem that sounds like the situation you are trying to convey, feeling, or object.

You can use alliteration in free verse to create a particular mood, feeling, or sound to the poem, particularly when combined with careful word choice.

Often, giving human features to an inanimate object will breathe new life into it. (See, I just did it!) Have you ever heard anyone say that from somewhere the sun was peeking out?