When I was in elementary school, everyone would give Valentine’s Day cards to everyone else in the class. In second grade, there was a girl in my class that I really liked, and my father convinced me that I should give her an extra special card. The card was big. It was pink and purple,... Read more » The post Valentine’s Day Card appeared first on Kenn Nesbitt's Poetry4kids.com.

Poetry for Kids

Valentine’s Day Card

When my kids were in school, my wife and I packed them each a lunch every day. My wife would sometimes put notes in their lunchboxes, often saying, “I love you.” I always wondered whether they found it embarrassing to have love notes from their mother in their lunches. I never did find out. Instead,... Read more » The post Lunchbox Love Note appeared first on Kenn Nesbitt's Poetry4kids.com.

Lunchbox Love Note

I have a dog; a little black pug named Jesse. But I often joke that his name should be Hoover, because he’s so great at cleaning up dropped food that it’s like having a little vacuum cleaner. When people ask about him, I tell them he is a “purebred chow-hound” because he seems to always... Read more » The post Our Dog’s Name is Roomba appeared first on Kenn Nesbitt's Poetry4kids.com.

Our Dog’s Name is Roomba

I have a couple of cats, and they both love to sit on my lap. Whenever I’m watching TV or playing a video game, one of my cats will jump up on my lap and go to sleep. Sometimes, they both sit on my lap at the same time! Over the past few months, I... Read more » The post I Got a New Laptop for Christmas – Podcast Episode appeared first on Kenn Nesbitt's Poetry4kids.com.

I Got a New Laptop for Christmas – Podcast Episode

This Christmas poem is all about an “idiom.” In case you don’t know, an idiom is an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the words used. For example, to “kick the bucket” means to die, and to “let the cat out of the bag” means to reveal a secret. If you were just learning... Read more » The post Sleeping Santa – Podcast Episode appeared first on Kenn Nesbitt's Poetry4kids.com.

Sleeping Santa – Podcast Episode

If you’ve ever talked to an assistant on a mobile device, like Siri, Alexa, or Google Assistant, you probably know that it doesn’t always understand what you are saying as well as you would like. And, often, when you type on a phone or tablet, the autocorrect feature can make some pretty bizarre mistakes. I... Read more » The post My iPhone Did My Homework – Podcast Episode appeared first on Kenn Nesbitt's Poetry4kids.com.

My iPhone Did My Homework – Podcast Episode

When I talk to kids, one question they often ask me is if any of my poems are true? That is, they want to know if any of the things I write about actually happened. Of course, I tell them, “No.” My poems are all fiction, meaning I just made them up. However, many of... Read more » The post My Flat Cat – Podcast Episode appeared first on Kenn Nesbitt's Poetry4kids.com.

My Flat Cat – Podcast Episode

Do you ever feel like your teacher assigns way too much homework? Do you wish it didn’t take so long, or that there was an easier way to do it? My book When the Teacher Isn’t Looking contains about 50 poems about all the silly things that happen at school, including Homework, I Love You, My Dog Does My... Read more » The post I Finished My Homework – Podcast Episode appeared first on Kenn Nesbitt's Poetry4kids.com.

I Finished My Homework – Podcast Episode

Do you walk to school? Ride your bike? Take the bus? Or does your mom drive you to school? Where else does she drive you? Do you play a sport or take lessons after school? If you want to go to the store to buy something, does she drive you there? When I was a... Read more » The post My Mother Drives Me Everywhere – Podcast Episode appeared first on Kenn Nesbitt's Poetry4kids.com.

My Mother Drives Me Everywhere – Podcast Episode

I love chocolate. Don’t you? I mean, doesn’t everybody? When I was a kid, my favorite Halloween treats were always chocolate candy bars like Hershey’s, Snickers, and Three Musketeers. After Halloween night, I always ate those ones first. After a few days, all that was left were the candies I didn’t like. I’ve heard that... Read more » The post Chocolate for Breakfast – Podcast Episode appeared first on Kenn Nesbitt's Poetry4kids.com.

Chocolate for Breakfast – Podcast Episode

There’s a word game I like to play now and then called “Change One Letter.” The object of the game is to change a word, one letter at a time, to make it morph into a completely different word. Each time you change a letter, the result must still be a real word. For example,... Read more » The post On Halloween Night – Podcast Episode appeared first on Kenn Nesbitt's Poetry4kids.com.

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