Below you will find our monthly pick of a favorite poem to recite along with poems that children of different age groups can memorize to recite. The monthly pick will be new each month while the poems grouped by age will continually be added to, for a broader selection of choice. Memorizing and reciting a new poem each month is an excellent goal that will sharpen any mind, as well as broaden language skills and creativity.
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Poem of the Month to Recite
Poems for Pre-K and Kindergarten Kids to Recite
- Toot! Toot! by Unknown Author
- The Porcupine by Ogden Nash
- The Purple Cow by Gelette Burgess
- The Lonesomest Fairy by Mary Carolyn Davies
- Aim High to the Sky by James McDonald
Poems for First and Second Grade Kids to Recite
- I Heard a Bird Sing by Oliver Herford
- The Little Turtle by Vachel Lindsay
- The Crocodile by Lewis Carroll
- The Lion by Hilaire Belloc
- Sun and Moon by Charlotte Druitt Cole
Poems for Third and Fourth Grade Kids to Recite
- February Twilight by Sara Teasdale
- Mice by Rose Fylman
- The Wind by Christina Rossetti
- The Great Figure by William Carlos Williams
- Faith by Emily Dickinson
Poems for Fifth and Sixth Grade Kids to Recite
- Riddles of Merlin by Alfred Noyes
- The Caterpillar by Christina Rossetti
- The Land of Nod by Robert Louis Stevenson
- A Bag of Tools by R. L. Sharpe
- A Serious Question by Carolyn Wells
- Ars Poetica, Version B by Bob Langill
- Thunder Shower by Hilda Conkling
- The Brook by Ellen Carhart
- The Ancients by Mario William Vitale
Poems for Junior High, High School, and Adults to recite
- Young and Old by Charles Kingsley
- The Rose Family by Robert Frost
- The Two Kinds of People by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Invictus by William E. Henley
- Solitude by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- The Song of the Old Mother by William Butler Yeats
- The Day is Done by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Children by Unknown Author
- Since There Is No Escape by Sara Teasdale
- Morning Song by Sara Teasdale
- Ozymandias by Percy Shelley
- Tender Buttons by Gertrude Stein
- Hours by Hazel Hall
- The Things Divine by Jean Brooks Burt
- War by Alaric Johnson
- Taking Leave of a Friend by Ezra Pound
Below is the monthly archive for Poems For Kids To Recite. If you’re new to the site, it’s a great place to start reading some incredible poetry. Each poem chosen for kids to memorize and recite is geared toward elementary level learners. For older kids and adults, we’ve gathered some poems above that are grade-level appropriate. Poetry is great for learning English as a second language or for encouraging reluctant readers. Reading and engaging in poetry is an enriching experience to add to any life.
Archive of Monthly Poems to Recite
- February 2014 Puppy Goops by Gillette Burgess
- March 2014 Unsatisfied Yearning by R. K. Munkittrick
- April 2014 The Queen Bee by Mary K. Robinson
- May 2014 The Night Sky by Unknown Author
- June 2014 A Book by Emily Dickinson
- July 2014 Surprises by S. Doudney
- August 2014 The Early Morning by Hilaire Belloc
- September 2014 The Horse’s Tail by James McDonald
- October 2014 Auguries of Innocence by William Blake
- November 2014 A Wee Little Worm by James Whitcomb Riley
- December 2014 Imagination Collaboration by J and R McDonald
- January 2015 Fire-fly by Evelyn Stein
- February 2015 First Snow by Marie Louise Allen
- March 2015 Dust of Snow by Robert Frost
- April 2015 Superhero (from Rainy Day) by James McDonald
- May 2015 The Plant by Kate L. Brown
- June 2015 Ariel Sings by William Shakespeare
- July 2015 As I walked by myself by Unknown Author
- August 2015 If by Unknown Author
- September 2015 Roads by Rachel Fields
- October 2015 Autumn by Florence Hoatson
- November 2015 November by Margaret Rose
- December 2015 Snow by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- January 2016 The New Year by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
- February 2016 Night by William Blake
- March 2016 Fairies by Eleanor Farjeon
- April 2016 Tea for Three by J&R McDonald
- May 2016 Abcs by James McDonald
- June 2016 The Cat of Cats by William Brighty Rands
- July 2016 Tumbling by Unknown Author
- August 2016 House and Home by Victor Hugo
- September 2016 Nobody by Emily Dickinson
- October 2016 Weeping Willow in My Garden by Ian Serraillier
- November 2016 A Baby Sardine by Spike Milligan
- December 2016 Winter Morning by Ogden Nash
- January 2017 Fun by Leroy F. Jackson
- February 2017 The Falling Star by Sara Teasdale
- March 2017 Lemons and Apples by Mary Neville
- April 2017 The Greater Cats by Victoria Sackville-West
- May 2017 Above the Dock by Thomas Ernest Hulme
- June 2017 Full Fathom Five by William Shakespeare
- July 2017 Look by John Smith
- August 2017 I’m Glad the Sky Is Painted Blue by Author Unknown
- September 2017 The Soughing Wind by William Carlos Williams
- October 2017 Transpositions by Georgia Douglas Johnson
- November 2017 Fall by Emily Bronte
- December 2017 Snowdrops by Mary Vivian
- January 2018 Haiku by Buson
- February 2018 The Night Has a Thousand Eyes by Frances William Bourdillon
- March 2018 One Day I’ll be by James McDonald
- April 2018 The Heart of the Matter by James McDonald
- May 2018 Weather by Unknown Author
- June 2018 Pete at the Zoo by Gwendolyn Brooks
- July 2018 Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- August 2018 Taking Turns by Norma Farber
- September 2018 The Night Will Never Stay by Eleanor Farjeon
- October 2018 The Leaves by Unknown Author
- November 2018 Thanksgiving Day by Lydia Maria Child
- December 2018 Silver Bells by Hamish Hendry
- January 2019 Don’t Worry if Your Job Is Small by Unknown Author
- February 2019 Fairies(An Excerpt)by William Allingham
- March 2019 A Change in the Year by William Wordsworth
- April 2019 Afternoon On A Hill By Edna St. Vincent Millay
- May 2019 Little Garden by Beatrix Potter
- June 2019 A Summer Morning Ramble by Samuel Goodrich
- July 2019 The Rabbit by Edith King
- August 2019 The Hen by Lord Alfred Douglas
- September 2019 Haiku by Issa
- October 2019 Mice by Rose Fylman
- November 2019 Two Tooters by Carolyn Wells
- December 2019 The Snow by F. Ann Elliott
- January 2020 The Horseman by Walter de la Mare
- February 2020 The Moonlight by Ann Hawkshawe
- March 2020 Lemur by Unknown Author
- April 2020 Aim High to the Sky by James McDonald
- May 2020 Thick is the Darkness by William Ernest Henley
- June 2020 Lend a Hand by Edward Everett Hale
- July 2020 The Humming-Bird by Harry Kemp
- August 2020 Haiku-(Flies) by Issa
- September 2020 Seasons(An excerpt)by William Allingham
- October 2020 The Eagle by Alfred Tennyson
- November 2020 Rhyme by Elizabeth Coatsworth
- December 2020 The Snow Queen by Dolly Radford
- January 2021 Deliverance by John Kendrick Bangs
- February 2021 The Night (an excerpt) by William Blake
- March 2021 There Are Big Waves by Eleanor Farjeon
- April 2021 Humming Birds by Betty Sage
- May 2021 Bird Bath by Evaleen Stein
- June 2021 Like a Bird by Victor Hugo
- July 2021 White Horses by Irene F. Pawsey
- August 2021 When I Rise Up by Georgia Douglas Johnson
- September 2021 Reading by Marchette Chute
- October 2021 Keep A Poem In Your Pocket by Beatrice Schenk De Regniers
- November 2021 Come Little Leaves by George Cooper
- December 2021 The Selfish Sea by Mary Carolyn Davies
- January 2022 The Violet by Jane Taylor
- February 2022 Orbs by Alexander Posey
- March 2022 The Man Who Thinks He Can by Walter D. Wintle
- April 2022 The Little Plant by Kate L. Brown
- 1st Half of May 2022 Only One by George Cooper
- 2nd Half of May 2022 The Brook by Ellen Soule Carhart
- June 2022 The Waning Moon by Celia Thaxter
- July 2022 Don’t Give Up by Phoebe Cary
- August 2022 Thunder Shower by Hilda Conkling
- September 2022 The Little Old Lady by Rodney Bennett
- October 2022 Cobwebs by Edith L. M. King
- November 2022 Mr. Scarecrow by Sheila Braine
- December 2022 Clouds by Christina Rossetti
- January 2023 Farewell by Charles Kingsley
- February 2023 I Would be True by Howard Arnold Walter
- March 2023 Song of Spring by John Keats
- April 2023 Rain Music by Joseph S. Cotter Jr.
- May 2023 Courage by Unknown Author
- June 2023 Ducks’ Ditty by Kenneth Grahame
- July 2023 Sunning by James S. Tippet
- August 2023 The Wave and the Star by William Allen White
- September 2023 Moon, So Round and Yellow by Matthias Barr
- September 2023 Witchery by Frank Dempster Sherman
- November 2023 Night Thoughts by LI T’ AI-PO
- December 2023 Old King Winter by Anna E. Skinner
- January 2024 One Step by Unknown Author
- February 2024 White Butterflies by Algernon Charles Swinburne
- March 2024 March Is Here by Lenore Hetrick
- April 2024 Mud by Polly Chase Boyden
- May 2024 Kind by Unknown Author
- June 2024 June by John Updike
- July 2024 Sunshine by Unknown Author
- August 2024 Children, Flowers of Life by Unknown Author
- September 2024 The Silver Road by Hamish Hendry
- October 2024 Witch, Witch by Rose Fylman