Where the Children Meet

Poetry

Rhymes of Childhood

by Edgar A. GUEST (1881 - 1959)

Not nursery rhymes, but poems about different scenes of childhood. Poems about Grandpa, Grandma, story time, castor oil, “Wait till your pa comes home!”, and many more. These are sure to evoke nostalgia, lots of smiles, and maybe a couple sighs or tears. - Summary by TriciaG

Listen next episodes of Rhymes of Childhood:
A Baby in the House , A Bear Story , A Boy and His Dad , A Boy and His Dog , A Boy and His Stomach , A Boy at Christmas , A Boy's Hope for the Future , A Fairy Story , A Feller's Hat , A Fine Sight , Always Saying “Don’t!” , Another Mouth to Feed , Answering Him , As It Goes , At Dawn , At Sixteen Months , Aunty , Aw Gee Whiz! , Baby Feet , Being Brave at Night , Boy or Girl? , Bud Discusses Cleanliness , Castor Oil , Come Back, You Little Feller , Couldn't Live Without You , Daddies , Different , Dinner-Time , Dirty Hands , Dr. Johnson’s Picture Cow , Fractions , Grandpa , Grown Up , High Chair Days , His Example , I Don't Want to Go to Bed , Janet’s Morning Bath , Last Night the Baby Cried , Leader of the Gang , Little Fishermen , Little Girls , Little Girls Are Best , Lullaby , Morning Brigands , My Paw Said So , No Children! , Nothing to Laugh At , Our Son , Out-of-Doors , Pa Did It , Pleasure's Signs , Practicing Time , Pretending Not to See , Real Swimming , Rich , Spoiling Them , Sticky Fingers , Story Telling , Story Time , Teach Them of the Flag , The Approach of Christmas , The Boy and the Flag , The Boy Soldier , The Broken Drum , The Bumps and Bruises Doctor , The Children , The Choir Boy , The Cookie-Lady , The Cut-Down Trousers , The Doctor , The Fairy and the Robin , The Family Disgrace , The Finest Age , The Fun of Forgiving , The Good Little Boy , The Human Stage Coach , The Joy of a Dog , The Lanes of Boyhood , The Little Army , The Little Hurts , The Little Velvet Suit , The Living Beauties , The Lure That Failed , The Man to Be , The Old Wooden Tub , The Right Family , The Rough Little Rascal , The Spoiler , The Summer Children , The Toy-Strewn Home , The World and Bud , To a Little Girl , To the Little Baby , Tonsils , Up to the Ceiling , “Wait Till Your Pa Comes Home” , What Home's Intended For , When a Little Baby Dies , When Pa Comes Home , When the Soap Gets in Your Eye , When There's Company for Tea , When We Were Kids , “Where’s Mamma?”