Funny Poetry for Children
There are over 50 original funny poems for children in the collection. To make it easier for you to find the ones you want to read, the poetry has been divided into categories according to what the poems are about. This wasn't always very easy and I'm not sure I did a very good job - the poem entitled 'Aunts' ended up in the funny animal poetry section, whereas 'Mr Toad' ended up in the funny family poems. They're there for a reason; I just can't remember what the reason was. At the end I was left with a whole heap of poems without a home - the 'Odes and Ends'.
Funny Animal Poems
Funny poems about all sorts of different animals from spiders to snails, from camels to cheetahs. The funny animal poetry section has lots of short funny poems about sweet cuddly animals, but beware, there are some poems that snarl and a few poems that might bite.
Funny Family Poems
A series of funny poems about families, family members and life at home. There are poems which you can recite to annoy your Dad, to amuse your friends and to make your sister feel sick. If you're new to reading poetry, this would be a really good place to get your eye in.
Poems About Famous People
Funny poetry about famous people, some real and others fictional, some alive and others dead. You'll meet people you've learnt about in history, seen on TV and who appear in books, and find out things about them you never knew before - because I just made them up.
Funny School Poems
A small selection of poems about school, pupils, teachers and school related activities. The school poems tend to focus on the less pleasant aspects of school, such as horrible teachers, boring lessons, disgusting food and the misfortunes that befall naughty pupils.
Funny Sports People
Funny poems about sports ranging from football to sky diving. For children who love sport, there are poems about the exhilaration and exertion of competitive sports. For less enthusiastic kids, there are poems about the horrors of sport and, in particular, school games.
Humorous Poems
Lighter and fluffier than the funny poems, the humorous poems may require a bit of thought or even a second reading before you discover the amusing element. Persevere, because ultimately humorous poems are cleverer and more satisfying than straight funny poems.
Odes & Ends
Odes & Ends is for the funny poems which didn't fit into the other pigeon holes, either because they were too big or the wrong shape. It's such a hotchpotch of poems, with parodies, shape poems, anaphorisms et al, that it's best to consider it as a 'lucky dip'.
Rude Poems
The rude poems for children are slightly naughtier that the other poems and contain the odd rude word, which means that whilst they are not horribly or disgustingly rude, they are only suitable for older children. Ask a responsible adult if you're unsure about reading them.
