Can you believe I wrote an entire poem just so you could learn a new, funny word. Well, I did, and that word is borborygmus. A borborygmus is not only a funny-sounding word, but its also the sound

Welcome to Poetry4kids. Im Kenn Nesbitt. Today, I want to share a new poem thats based on a true story. I have a cat named Reed. You might think I named him that because I like to read, but really i

Welcome to todays episode! Im excited to share one of my favorite types of poems with youthose that play with idioms. Idioms are fun expressions that mean something different from the literal meani

When I was in elementary school, everyone would give Valentines Day cards to everyone else in the class. In second grade, there was a girl in my class that I really liked, and my father convinced me

When my kids were in school, my wife and I packed them each a lunch every day. My wife would sometimes put notes in their lunchboxes, often saying, I love you. I always wondered whether they found i

I have a dog; a little black pug named Jesse. But I often joke that his name should be Hoover, because hes so great at cleaning up dropped food that its like having a little vacuum cleaner. When peo

I have a couple of cats, and they both love to sit on my lap. Whenever Im watching TV or playing a video game, one of my cats will jump up on my lap and go to sleep. Sometimes, they both sit on my la

This Christmas poem is all about an idiom. In case you dont know, an idiom is an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the words used. For example, to kick the bucket means to die, and

If youve ever talked to an assistant on a mobile device, like Siri, Alexa, or Google Assistant, you probably know that it doesnt always understand what you are saying as well as you would like. And,

When I talk to kids, one question they often ask me is if any of my poems are true? That is, they want to know if any of the things I write about actually happened. Of course, I tell them, No. My po