I thought today I’d share a few samples of poetry written by children. I love good poetry, but it seems to me that the poems written by the young are much more genuine that some of the not-so-wonderful professional poets. I prefer simple and beautiful poetry like the following. The subject of these poems is SUMMER.

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By Gillian Sellers, Age 9, England

Summer is golden,

Summer is green,

The freshly cut grass.

Down, down, down, we go, from the peak of the hill,

ROLLING

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By Margaret Bendig, Age 10, United States

Inviting rippling waters

Waiting for little toes

Hurry, go get changed!

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By Ian Johnson, Age 9, New Zealand

Lying in the sun

In midsummer

Looking at a blue sheet

Of happiness.

Only a breath of wind

To spoil it.

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By Susan Foreman. Age 7, United States

The grass is a rug for the trees to

dance upon;

The branches of the trees are arms

Gracefully pointing to the blue-pillowed sky,

Waiting for a partner.

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SPECIAL THANKS TO RICHARD LEWIS