A Visit from St. Nicholas - by
Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
/ Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
/ The stockings were…
suitable for children
A selection of poems that are suitable for children from the Scottish Poetry Library online collection.
The Swing - by
How do you like to go up in a swing,
/ Up in the air so blue?
/ Oh, I do…
What Is the Pond Doing? - by
(for Ruairidh, who asked)
/
/ Wobbling like a wobbly jelly
/ Being a bucket for the rain
/ Sending flash-backs to the sun
/ Cheeking the sky
/ Giving the…
Fireworks aff the Castle - by
Fireworks aff the Castle
/ Goin WHEECH, WHEECH, WHEECH
/ Bairns in the library
/ Gettin WHEESHT, WHEESHT, WHEESHT
/
/ Cans o Irn Bru
/ Goin…
My First Bawbee - by
O! nane, I trew, on a’ the yirth
/ Was happier than me,
/ When in my wee…
Sleepy birds - by
All those sleepy birds
/ Now tired from flight
/ Hide among the leaves
/ Good-night!
/
/ Only the spring whispers
/ When the wood sleeps silently;
/ Even flowers in the…
Streams - by
When we went to the grammar school
/ the teacher said,
/ ‘You A-stream girls
/ will go out in the world
/ and be doctors and lawyers.
/ You…
Blaeberry Mou - by
The flitterin faces come doun the brae
/ And the baskets gowd and green;
/ And nane but a blindie wud speer the day
/ Whaur…
Mince and Tatties - by
I dinna like hail tatties
/ Pit on my plate o mince
/ For when I tak my denner
/ I eat them baith at yince.
/
/ Sae…
Charlotte - by
C is like an egg cracked in half for a cake
/ H is like a ladder climbing up to a fire…
Street Talk - by
There was a rammie in the street,
/ A stishie and stramash.
/ The crabbit wifie up the stair
/ Pit up her winda sash.
/
/ “Nou…
Grandmother - by
carries the guid Scots tongue in her heid
/ all the way to London
/
/ where it becomes like the kitchen china
/ worn and cracked…