Nature Poetry for Kids

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This delightful collection of nature poetry for kids includes 22 poems that are available in a free, printable PDF download. However, some of our favorite poems are shared below for you to read right away! Above all, continue to share great literature and poetry with your children to increase their knowledge and appreciation of good and beautiful things.

Free Poems About Nature for Kids

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  • The Wind Came Running

    Ivy O. Eastwick

    The Wind came running
    over the sand,
    It caught and held me
    by the hand.

    It curled and whirled
    and danced with me
    Down to the edge
    of the dashing sea.

    We danced together,
    the Wind and I,
    To the cry of a gull 
    and a wild sea cry.

  • Little Talk

    Aileen Fisher

    Don’t you think it’s probable
    That beetles, bugs, and bees
    Talk about a lot of things—
    You know, such things as these:

    The kind of weather where they live
    In jungles tall with grass
    And earthquakes in their villages
    Whenever people pass!

    Of course, we’ll never know if bugs
    Talk very much at all,
    Because our ears are far too big
    For talk that is so small.

How the Flowers Grow

Gabriel Setoun

  • This is how the flowers grow.
    I have watched them and I know:

    First, above the ground is seen
    A tiny blade of purest green,
    Reaching up and peeping forth
    East and west, and south and north.

    Then the sunbeams find their way
    To the sleeping bud and say,
    “We are children of the sun
    Sent to wake thee, little one.”

  • And the leaflet opening wide
    Shows the tiny bud inside,
    Peeping with half-opened eye
    On the bright and sunny sky.

    Breezes from the west and south
    Lay their kisses on its mouth;
    Till the petals all are grown,
    And the bud’s a flower blown.

Who Loves the Trees Best?

Alice May Douglas

  • Who loves the trees best?
    “I,” said the Spring;
    “Their leaves so beautiful
    To them I bring.”

    Who loves the trees best?
    “I,” Summer said;
    “I give them blossoms,
    White, yellow, red.”

  • Who loves the trees best?
    “I,” said the Fall;
    “I give luscious fruits,
    Bright tints to all.”

    Who loves the trees best?
    “I love them best,”
    Harsh Winter answered;
    “I give them rest.”

Grasshopper Green

Unknown

  • Grasshopper Green is a comical chap;
    He lives on the best of fare,
    Bright little trousers, jacket and cap,
    These are his summer wear.
    Out in the meadow he loves to go,
    Playing away in the sun;
    It’s hopperty, skipperty, high and low,
    Summer’s the time for fun.

  • Grasshopper Green has a quaint little house;
    It’s under the hedge so gay.
    Grandmother Spider, as still as a mouse,
    Watches him over the way.
    Gladly he’s calling the children, I know,
    Out in the beautiful sun;
    It’s hopperty, skipperty, high and low,
    Summer’s the time for fun.

  • Four Ducks on a Pond

    William Allingham

    Four ducks on a pond,
    A grass bank beyond,
    A blue sky of spring,
    White clouds on the wing
    What a little thing
    To remember for years
    To remember with tears.

  • Yellow

    Ivy O. Eastwick

    Sing a song of yellow!
    Yellow is the bee,
    Golden, dusty fellow,
    Pollened to the knee.
    Yellow is the honey
    Of every pretty flower,
    And yellow, yellow, yellow
    Is the honeysuckle bower.

  • Tiny Things

    Marie Kreischer

    I saw some tiny, little things,
    Some hummingbirds with gauzy wings.
    I heard some wondrous tiny things,
    I heard a bird sing to me
    A tiny lifting melody.

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