Children’s Poetry

By my might I cannot fight By thy might I win the fight By my light I see the night By thy light my night is light Smite my fright Put it to flight. ___     Rebecca Eduah is a Ghanaian [...]

I think I lost my purpose but not on purpose. I tried asking my mummy who only found it funny. Could my purpose be trotting with the pups? Or hiding among the buttercups? I asked the charcoal [...]

What are you? Many look for you Some find you and some don’t. Why are you so difficult to maintain? Those who find you feel Happiness, joy, peace. But those who don’t find you feel bad. What can [...]

She loved watching her kids feed, “You must eat that food and finish it” Her voice went out loud and her eyes wide Whenever she mentioned that statement. She would only let you go and play if you [...]

Something pulls at Tato’s head. “Owww!” He cries. “That hurts! That hurts!” With a small pop, Tato is out of the earth. The sun’s rays are very, very harsh. “Owww!” He cries. “Too bright, too [...]

Up in the sky, the moon lies awake Shining down the earth’s darkened path. She calls on sleep to cuddle us in While mother reads the old sweet tale. Up in the sky, the stars lay awake, Twinkle [...]

“listen, not all languages can  make the kind of music you want.” —Abdullah Adedokun    You see this language of mine is a ballet of heritage beating with ancestral pride, ede [...]

Dear Daddy, It seems like I was born yesterday. Today, I am a big boy. All my life, I’ve grown up surrounded by love from men who are not my fathers but who loved me as their own. These men, God [...]

Where do the trees grow and water flow? Mama says, in a big round belly; We live in it, We toil in it, We play in it, We harvest from its soil to feed our rumbling stomachs And drink from its [...]

There is this little blue planet called Earth that revolves around the sun alongside eight other planets. It is the third from the sun and it is full of life. It has blue skies and white clouds. [...]