The 20 best poems for children
Many may think that poetry is a thing for older people, but they are very wrong. Many great authors in the Spanish language have shown that it is not only false, but that poetry can be fun and educational for children.
Reading poems to children is an excellent opportunity to entertain them and promote their cognitive development. Understanding the meaning of the poems is possible as many have been written especially for them. These poems often have morals that provide them with a source of knowledge about the world, although other times they are just a source of fun through language.
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The best poetry for children: 20 unforgettable poems
We recommend you do the test. At first your children may not understand what the reading is about, but over time they may end up asking you to read another poem to them. Reading poetry can be a hobby for children, as long as they are attractive for their age.
Below you will find a selection of the best short poems in Spanish that have been written for children. Some of them are sure to have been heard at home or at school, as they are part of a cultural legacy that is taught at home and at school.
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1. The rats
The mice gathered
to get rid of the cat;
and after a long time.
of disputes and opinions,
they said they would hit
to put a bell on it,
that walking the cat with him,
they could better get rid of.
A barbican mouse came out,
long-tailed, hociquirromo
and curling the thick back,
said to the Roman Senate,
after talking worship for a while:
Who of all has to be
the one who dares to put
that bell to the cat?
Lope de Vega He was the author of this poem that has two animals, the mouse and the cat, as protagonists, traditionally confronted by the predatory nature of the latter.
2. My face
In my round face
I have eyes and a nose
and also a little mouth
to talk and to laugh.
With my eyes I see everything
with my nose I make achis,
with my mouth like how
popcorn.
The great Spanish poet Gloria Fuertes She is the author of this short poem with cute and funny verses that describes what we can find in the face in a kind way for children.
3. The butterfly
Air butterfly
you're beautiful!
Air butterfly
golden and green.
Lamp light ...
Butterfly of the air,
stay there, there, there
You don't want to stop
you don't want to stop ...
Butterfly of the air,
golden and green.
Lamp light ...
Butterfly of the air,
stay there, there, there
stay here.
Butterfly are you there?
Federico Garcia Lorca wrote this beautiful poem with a butterfly as the main character.
4. From wave to wave
From wave to wave
from branch to branch,
the wind whistles
every morning.
From sunrise to sunset
from moon to moon,
the mother rocks,
rock the crib.
Be on the beach
or be in the port,
my boat
it is carried by the wind.
The Spanish writer from Galicia Antonio Garcia Teijeiro He has devoted himself above all to children's literature, being one of the most recognized in the field.
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5. The goose that laid the golden eggs
Once upon a hen that laid
a golden egg to the owner every day.
Even with so much profit, I'm unhappy
uiso the rich greedy
Discover the gold mine at once,
and find more treasure in less time.
He killed her, opened her belly for a count;
but, after having registered it,
what happened? that the hen is dead,
he lost his golden egg and found no mine.
How many are there to have enough
they want to get rich instantly,
hugging projects
sometimes of such rapid effects
that only in a few months,
when marquises were already contemplated,
counting his millions
they saw each other in the street without panties.
Felix María Serafín Sánchez de Samaniego He was a Spanish writer famous for applying rational morality to his fables, which almost always feature animals.
6. The bird
The bird
to sing
she thinks of the sea.
The moon is in love
of the enchanted song
of the bird on my cradle ...
take care of my dreams a fairy.
My bird
it's melody
of everyday.
Alma Velasco He gave the leading role in this poem to a bird that imagines its flight in a very tender way.
7. Sheep
The bullet sheep,
(based on bleating
sheep communicate
with your neighbors).
The sheep is clumsy,
only one letter is known
the be.
She tells me: -Be,
Be,
Be.
(I'm going)
Gloria Fuertes he collaborated on various children's television programs. The beautiful nursery rhymes he wrote came to overshadow his poetic trajectory for adult audiences.
8. The studious cow
Once upon a time there was a cow
in the Quebrada de Humahuaca.
As she was very old,
she was very old, she was deaf in one ear.
And even though she was already a grandmother
she one day she wanted to go to school.
She put on red shoes
tulle gloves and a pair of glasses.
The teacher saw her scared
and she said, "You're wrong."
And the cow replied:
Why can't I study?
The cow, dressed in white,
she settled on the first bench.
We boys threw chalk
and we were dying of laughter.
People left very curious
to see the studious cow.
People came in trucks,
on bicycles and on airplanes.
And as the bochinche increased
nobody studied at school.
The cow, standing in a corner,
she ruminated on the lesson alone.
One day all the boys
they became donkeys.
And in that place of Humahuacala
the only wise man was the cow.
Maria Elena Walsh she was the author of this nice poem. Argentine poet, writer, singer-songwriter, playwright and composer, she was a very loved and recognized person for her work, especially in children's poetry.
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9. Pegasi, cute pegasi
I knew as a child,
the joy of spinning
on a red steed,
on a night out.
In the dusty air
the candles sparkled,
and the blue night burned
all strewn with stars.
Childish joys
that cost a coin
made of copper, pretty pegasi,
rocking horses!
The poet, writer and intellectual Antonio Machado he also dedicated part of his work to poems that have childhood as the main character.
10. The Tarara
La Tarara, yes;
La Tarara, no;
the Tarara, girl,
that I have seen it.
Take the Tarara
a green dress
full of ruffles
and bells.
La Tarara, yes;
the tarara, no;
the Tarara, girl,
that I have seen it.
Show off my Tarara
her silk tail
over the gorse
and peppermint.
Oh, crazy Tarara.
Move your waist
for the boys
of the olives.
Federico Garcia Lorca he was a very prestigious Spanish author, and it was also like that in the field of poetry. The man from Granada wrote this tender poem that later also had his own song.
11. April
The chamariz in the poplar.
-And what else?
The poplar in the blue sky.
- And what else?
The blue sky in the water.
- And what else?
The water in the new leaf.
- And what else?
The new leaf in the rose.
- And what else?
The rose in my heart.
- And what else?
My heart in yours!
Juan Ramon Jimenez He was a Spanish poet and university professor who went on to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1956. This poem is dedicated to the month of April and to all the spectacle that nature offers us in spring.
12. The snake and the lime
At a locksmith's house
The Serpent entered one day,
And the fool bit
On a steel file.
Lima said to him: «Evil,
Fool, it will be for you;
How can you make a dent in me
What do I make metal powders? »
Who pretends without reason
To the strongest knock down
Can only give
Kick against the stinger.
In this faula of Felix María Serafín Sánchez de Samaniego The author offers us a final moral, in which an important lesson is given about the limits of each one.
13. LXVI
They smoke, fire and steam. the or of the locomotives?
In what language does the rain fall? over painful cities?
What soft syllables he repeats. the sea dawn air?
There is a more open star. than the word poppy?
There are two sharper fangs. What are the syllables of jackal?
Pablo Neruda, the great Chilean poet and diplomat who went on to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971, also dedicated himself to writing poems that can be read to children.
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14. Wheel that you will go very far
Wheel that you will go very far.
Ala you will go very high.
Tower of the day, boy.
Dawn of the bird.
Child: wing, wheel, tower.
Foot. Feather. Foam. Lightning.
To be like never to be.
You will never be in both.
You are tomorrow. Come
with everything in hand.
You are my whole being that returns
towards his clearer self.
The universe you are
what a hopeful guide.
Passion of the movement,
the land is your horse.
Fit her. Master it.
And it will sprout in his helmet
his skin of life and death,
of shadow and light, fooling around.
Ascend. Wheel. Flying,
creator of dawn and may.
Gallop Come. And fills
the bottom of my arms.
The author of this poem is Miguel Hernandez, a very prominent Valencian poet and playwright in the twentieth century. In it you can see the child that the author still carried within himself, who enjoyed simple things and discovering the world.
15. My grandfather bought a boat
My grandfather bought one
made of plum wood.
We throw it in the pond
where the sky takes refuge.
The boat has no oars
no sails, no sailors.
It is driven by winds of foam,
Cheerful puppeteers.
The waters ply the boat
made of plum wood,
the boat full of life
that one day my grandfather bought.
Antonio Garcia Teijeiro dedicates this poem to life to the sea and to grandparents and grandchildren. The memory of a grandchild by the grandfather is one of the most beautiful that an adult can have.
16. The cat
The cat
when he's hoarse
imitate the duck.
The cat goes crazy
when a mouse appears
and invites him little by little
to watch television.
My cat
it's fluffy cushion
next to my side.
Alma Velasco She is a Mexican writer, academic, actress, poet and musician who has also published children's poems like this one, starring a very particular cat.
17. Couples
Each bee with her partner.
Each duck with its paw.
Every crazy with the theme of him.
Each volume with its cover.
Every guy with his type.
Each whistle with his flute.
Each focus with its seal.
Each plate with her cup.
Each river with its estuary.
Every cat with his cat.
Every rain with the cloud of it.
Each cloud with the water of it.
Every boy with his girl.
Each pineapple with the pineapple from it.
Every night with her dawn.
Gloria Fuertes she gives us a poem in which she plays with the verses and the associations between animals, elements and boys and girls. She goes in pairs.
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18. In the middle of the port
In the middle of the port,
with candles and flowers,
sail a sailboat
of many colors.
I spot a girl
she sitting in the stern:
her face is made of linen,
strawberry, her mouth.
No matter how much I look at her,
and I keep looking,
I don't know if his eyes
they are green or brown.
In the middle of the port,
with candles and flowers,
a sailboat is leaving
of many colors.
In this poem Antonio Garcia Teijeiro He explains to us how someone spotted a girl and the experience that she produced to the narrator, which describes her experience in a very intense way.
19. The lizard is crying
The lizard is crying.
The lizard is crying.
The lizard and the lizard
with little white aprons.
Have lost inadvertently
his ring of betrothed.
Oh! his lead ring,
Oh! her lead ring
A big sky without people
she rides the birds in her balloon.
The sun, round captain,
she wears a satin vest.
Look how old they are!
How old are the lizards!
Oh, how they cry and cry!
Ay, ay, how they are crying!
Federico Garcia Lorca stars a lizard and a lizard in this poem happily married despite having lost their engagement ring.
20. The Ant and the Grasshopper
Singing the Cicada spent the whole summer,
without making provisions there for the winter;
the cold forced her to keep silence
and to take refuge in the shelter of her narrow room.
She was deprived of her precious sustenance:
no fly, no worm, no wheat, no rye.
The Ant dwelt there, the partition in the middle,
and with a thousand expressions of attention and respect
she said to her: «Doña Hormiga, because in your barn
there is plenty of provisions for your food,
lend something to live with this winter
this sad Cicada, how happy in another time,
she never knew harm, she never knew how to fear it.
Do not hesitate to lend me; that I faithfully promise
pay you with profit, by the name that I have.
The greedy Ant answered boldly,
hiding the barn keys behind his back:
«I lend what I earn with an immense job!
Tell me then, lazy girl,
What have you done in good weather? »
«I, said the Cicada, to every passenger
He sang happily, without ceasing for a moment. "
"Hello! So you used to sing when I was rowing?
Well now, that I eat, dance, despite your body. ».
We ended up with an outstanding faula of Felix María Serafín Sánchez de Samaniego, probably the best known. Through her he always wants to transmit a moral meaning represented through animals, but with a very human nature.
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