Funny Poems to Make You Grin, Laugh and Smile

I love funny poems because they create such a positive reading experience.  When students read a poem that has rhyme and rhythm that makes them smile, they want to read more.  This is a collection of 130 poems that students will enjoy reading.

The collection is divided into short poems, classic poems, long poems and limericks.  You should find poems that you have enjoyed before, and meet new favorites.  Poems are selected that have nice rhythm, good flow, with words that create fun visual images. 

There are poems by well-known children’s authors such as Louisa May Alcott who wrote Little Women and Mary Mapes Dodge who wrote The Silver Skates.  Other notable authors include:

Robert Louis Stevenson

Christina Rossetti

Benjamin Franklin

Emily Dickinson

Mary MacDonald

Lewis Carrol

Edward Lear

Peter Newel

Walter Crane

Elizabeth Coatsworth

Oliver Herford

Mary Howitt

Rachel Lyman Fields

and many others

These poems make great additions to poetry packets.  They can be a fun addition to a reading center.  Make copies of poems and send them home in backpacks as a homework assignment.  Use them in a bulletin display for Poetry Month.  Scan and email the poems to students on a classroom secure platform.  Project the poems to a screen for a whole class reading experience.

Wishing you and your class a fun reading experience.