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suitable for children

A selection of poems that are suitable for children from the Scottish Poetry Library online collection.

Flip flotsam - by Elspeth Murray

{ Poem }

This is the beach
/ where the flip flops come
/ at the end of their
/ flip flop trip.
/
/ And where does a
/ flip flop…

Kiss - by Robert Crawford

{ Poem }

For want of a mountain a primrose was lost,
/
/ For want of a primrose a love song was lost,
/
/ For want of…

The Scottish Prince - by Carol Ann Duffy

{ Poem }

Every summer, I visit the Scottish Prince
/ at his castle high on a hill outside Crieff.
/ We dine on haggis and tatties…

From a Railway Carriage - by Robert Louis Stevenson

{ Poem }

Faster than fairies, faster than witches,
/ Bridges and houses, hedges and ditches;
/ And charging along like troops in a battle,
/ All through the…

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