A collection of friendly poems that can be used for copywork, narration, dictation, memorization, development of language skills, and appreciation of art.
“The Lighthouse” by Longfellow
The rocky ledge runs far into the sea, And on its outer point, some miles away, The Lighthouse lifts its massive masonry,…. Poetry study.
“Poor Voter on Election Day” by Whittier
The proudest now is but my peer, The highest not more high…. Poetry study.
“To a Waterfowl” by Bryant
Whither, ‘midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day … Poetry study.
“The Cloud” by Shelley
I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From the seas and the streams… Poetry study.
"The Snow-Storm" by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Poems (1921) | Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
"Birches" by Robert Frost
Mountain Interval (1916) | Robert Frost (1874–1963)
"Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll
Through the Looking-Glass (1871) | Lewis Carroll (1832–1898)
"The Pedigree of Honey" by Emily Dickinson
Poems by Emily Dickinson (1891) | Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)
"The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus
November 2, 1883 | Emma Lazarus (1849–1887)
"The Eagle" by Tennyson
The Brook—Break, Break, Break—Sweet and Low—And The Eagle (1891) | Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)
"Great, Wide, Beautiful, Wonderful World" by William Brighty Rands
Lilliput Lyrics (1899) | William Brighty Rands (1823–1882)
"The Skylark" by John Clare
The Rural Muse, Poems (1835) | John Clare (1793–1864)
"The Sandpiper" by Celia Thaxter
The Poems of Celia Thaxter (1914) | Celia Thaxter (1836–1894)
"L’oiseau bleu" by Coleridge
Poems by Mary E. Coleridge (1908) | Mary E. Coleridge (1861–1907)
"Boats Sail on the Rivers" by Christina G. Rossetti
Sing-song: A Nursery Rhyme Book by Christina Rossetti (1915) | Christina G. Rossetti (1830–1894)
"Fog" by Carl Sandburg
Chicago Poems by Carl Sandburg (1916) | Carl Sandburg (1878–1967)
"The Lamb" by William Blake
Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience by William Blake (1901) | William Blake (1757–1827)
"Trees" by Joyce Kilmer
Trees and Other Poems (1913) | Joyce Kilmer (1886–1918)
"A Bird Came Down the Walk" by Emily Dickinson
Poems of Emily Dickinson Second Series by Emily Dickinson (1891) | Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)
"The Owl and the Pussycat" by Edward Lear
Nonsense Song by Edward Lear (1871) | Edward Lear (1812–1888)
"To a Skylark" by Percy Shelley
Introduction to Notable Poems by Hamilton Wright Mabie (1909) | Percy Shelley (1792–1822)
"April Rain" by Robert Loveman
Published as “Rain Song” in Verses (1909) | Robert Loveman (1864–1923)
“The Wind” by Robert Louis Stevenson
A Child’s Garden of Verses (1905) | Robert L. Stevenson (1850–1894)
“Who Has Seen the Wind” by Christina G. Rossetti
Sing-Song: A Nursery Rhyme Book (1876) | Christina G. Rossetti (1830–1894)
“Discontent” by Sarah Orne Jewett
St. Nicholas Magazine (1876) | Sarah Orne Jewett (1849–1909)
“The Death of the Old Year” by Alfred Tennyson
Poems (1833) | Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)
“It Snows” by Sarah Josepha Buell Hale
Woman’s Record (1852) | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (1788–1879)
“The Night After Christmas”
Dear Santa Claus (1901) | Anonymous
“A Visit from Saint Nicholas” by Clement C. Moore
A Visit from Saint Nicholas (1862) | Clement C. Moore (1779–1863)
“Thanksgiving” by Henry Coyle
The Promise of Morning (1899) | Henry Coyle
“Song — The Owl” by Tennyson
The Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1892) | Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)
“Pegasus in Pound” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Seaside and the Fireside (1850) | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)
“The Village Blacksmith” by Longfellow
Ballads and Other Poems (1842) | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)
“The School of Life” by Irving Sydney Dix
The Calendar and Other Verses (1913) | Irving Sydney Dix (1880–1948)
“A Singing Lesson” by Jean Ingelow
Werner’s Readings and Recitations Edited by Edgar S. Werner (1891) | Jean Ingelow (1820–1897)
“A Fine Day” by Michael Drayton
Golden Numbers Edited by Kate Douglas Wiggin (1909) | Michael Drayton
“July” by Susan Hartley Swett
A Year of Beautiful Thoughts Edited by Jeanie Ashley Bates Greenough (1902) | Susan Hartley Swett
“Casey at the Bat” by Ernest Lawrence Thayer
The Daily Examiner, June 3, 1888 | Ernest Lawrence Thayer (1863–1940)
“The Butterfly and the Bee” by William Lisle Bowles
The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. II (1855) | William Lisle Bowles (1762–1850)
“The Arrow and the Song” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1902) | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)
“Pirate Story” by Robert Louis Stevenson
A Child’s Garden of Verses (1919) | Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)
“The Spider and the Fly” by Mary Howitt
Sketches of Natural History (1834) | Mary Howitt (1799–1888)
“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” by William Wordsworth
Poems of William Wordsworth (1904) | William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
“A Thunder Storm” by Susan Coolidge
Verses (1880) | Susan Coolidge (Sarah Chauncey Woolsey) (1835–1905)
“The Sky-lark” by Felicia Hemans
Hymns on the Works of Nature, for the Use of Children (1827) | Felicia Dorothea Hemans (1793–1835)
A Limerick by Edward Lear
A Book of Nonsense (1846) | Edward Lear (1812–1888)
“The Railway Train” by Emily Dickinson
Poems by Emily Dickinson (1891) | Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)
“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost
New Hampshire: A Poem with Notes and Grace Notes (1923) | Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“Stanzas on Freedom” by James Russell Lowell
Miscellaneous Poems (1843) | James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)
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