Childhood Poems

As a child, I loved just about every subject in school and really enjoyed my teachers. My favorite subject was probably Spelling. During Spelling class, we not only learned our words, but we also got to learn poems. There's something about children and poems that just "go together!" It's like a breath of fresh air. ;)

One of my favorite poets is Robert Louis Stevenson. He was not a strong child and spent many hours laying in his bed. He did have an active imagination. Here are a few poems from A Child's Garden of Verses. This book has about 65 of his poems, including The Lamplighter and My Shadow.

Singing

Robert Louis Stevenson

Of speckled eggs the birdie sings

And nests among the trees;

The sailor sings of ropes and things

In ships upon the seas.

The children sing in far Japan,

The children sing in Spain;

The organ with the organ man

Is singing in the rain.

The Swing

Robert Louis Stevenson

How do you like to go up in a swing,

Up in the air so blue?

Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing

Ever a child can do!

Up in the air  and over the wall,

Till I can see so wide,

Rivers and trees and cattle and all

Over the countryside-

Till I look down on the garden green,

Down on the roof so brown-

Up in the air I go flying again.

Up in the air and down.

Rain

Robert Louis Stevenson

The rain is raining all around,

It falls on field and tree,

It rains on the umbrellas here,

And on the ships at sea.

Happy Thought

Robert Louis Stevenson

The world is so full of a number of things,

I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings.

I hope you've enjoyed this small collection of poems. Our weather today is supposed to be rainy and below 60 degrees. I think we're going to stay inside~dry and warm.   :) Have a great day, and thank you for stopping by!