The Statue of Liberty is a national monument in the United States that for many people symbolizes many different things. It is located on an island near New York City, and was a gift from France as a symbol of freedom and democracy.

One of the most famous poems about the statue of Liberty is the one by Emma Lazarus, titled The New Colossus and speaks of how the torch can open the door for those who are tired and poor, most likely related to how when immigrants came to America for the first time they saw the statue first as their welcoming beacon.

Today, the statue remains to be a very popular area attraction and a piece of history. For that reason, we’ve decided to create a few of our own Statue of Liberty poems, and encourage you to try writing one of your own as well!

Liberty

Liberty stands on an
Island, of hope and pride
Beckoning all who are
Eager to
Revolve in
The future and
Yearning

Green Woman

Green woman,
with her torch
and crown
proclaims
freedom to people
and hope to the world
bearer of light
cloaked in peace

From Over Here

From over here,
I see her
and she calls
offering a promise
of freedom and liberty.

Stand Proud

You, you can stand proud
you can hold your head up high
you can boast
and show your pride
your achievement
your accomplishment
And smile
letting your torch
light the way

Freedom Refuge

To find refuge,
seeking freedom
seeking opportunity,
one must not look
very far –
there is hope
abundant
through the gentle eyes
the lovely face
and all her grace
she proclaims
liberty to all.

The Meaning of Liberty

What is the meaning of liberty? Many people will ask
yet few will ever know
There is much hope
and opportunity -
but without liberty one cannot find it,
one cannot live and breathe it.
With liberty, all things are possible
the end of persecution
the invention of ideals
the blossoms of love
the companionship of banding
With liberty,
we can climb the mountain tops
we can scale the sea
we can
just be.

Do you have a Statue of Liberty poem you’d like to share? Feel free to share it in the comments section below!

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Easter is a great holiday for kids, and one of the traditions is the Easter bunny will come and leave goodies in a basket or hide eggs in the yard. It can be a lot of fun to celebrate spring this way, so these poems are perfect for anyone in any situation. We also love spring, especially because the flowers are blooming and everything seems so fresh and clean after the bleak winter! Don’t forget to also check out our April Showers Poems, too!

Hippity Hop Dance

Do the hip, hip, hip
hippity
hop, hop, hop

Dance, Dance, Dance
until you can’t stop.

Gotta jump, jump, jump
Then bounce, bounce, bounce

Do the hip, hip, hip
hippity
hop, hop hop

It’s the Easter Bunny Dance!

Some Bunny Loves You

There is a little bunny
who likes to wrinkle up his nose
and nibble on grass everywhere he goes

A little bunny
with long ears that flop
and who likes to hop

This little bunny
has something to say
that I think will make your day.

Some bunny loves you
and that bunny is me!

A Love Poem for Rabbits

I am a rabbit,
and you are
a carrot
so orange
so juicy
so tender
full of flavor
A little nibble
just a taste
of all your grace.

Hopping Through

I’m just hopping through
on my way to see you
Leaving eggs and treats
for you to find to eat

10 Little Bunnies

One little bunny
hopping through the forest
two little bunnies
singing a chorus
three little bunnies
boating in the lake
four little bunnies
riding on roller skates
five little bunnies
wearing top hats
six little bunnies
running away from cats
seven little bunnies
dancing in their tap shoes
eight little bunnies
making carrot stew
nine little bunnies
planting their garden
ten little bunnies
are all friends

Easter Morning

On Easter Morning
we will wake
to see what the
great rabbit left late
last night
filling our baskets with delight
we’ll hunt for eggs
we’ll find them yet
and remember
how much
Easter meant

Bunny Rhymes With Funny

Oh funny bunny
you make me laugh
Tell me a joke
about an egg yoke
My funny bunny
you make me laugh

Do you have an Easter bunny poem you’d like to share with us that you wrote? Leave it in the comments below!

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Do you know of a teacher who is retiring? Then you’ll love this collection of teacher retirement poems to enjoy and share with a special teacher you know.

Teachers are very special people. Not only do they educate and help others learn and succeed, but they also have the patience and perseverance necessary to make it all possible.

Retirement is always both a happy and sad time for everyone. It is a happy time for the person retiring because it means they will be able to use their time to do all of the things they have been planning to do while they were working. However, to those they have worked with and influenced, it can also sometimes be sad to think you will no longer work together and see each other all the time.

Our poems are a tribute to all of the teachers out there that have worked so hard to make the world a better and happier place for all.

When a Teacher Retires

When a teacher retires
we forget that a teacher’s job is never done
The classroom days might be over
but you’ve only just begun.

You may think you’ve only
taught your students
but the things we’ve been taught
we will teach to others
and they will teach to someone else too
you’ve shaped us to know the right thing to do

Next fall when school begins again
you may not be here
but the things you’ve taught
will be helping others everywhere.

Once a Teacher

Once a teacher, always a friend
Once a teacher, always an inspiration
Once a teacher, always a role model
Once a teacher, always a hero
Once a teacher, always the best

A Teacher’s Blessing

As a teacher, you have blessed us all
with your talents, patience, and mind
May those you have taught
grow to do great things
May you see their accomplishments with great pride
You have made the world a brighter and better place
May you enjoy every moment of your life
from this day forward knowing you have made the difference
to the most important person – a child.

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At any rate, I decided to write a couple of poems in Spanish with their translations in English below. Feel free to use these poems for anything you’d like.

Bebé
bebé
hermoso bebé
tan suave tan dulce
pequeños pies pequeños

bebé duerma poco
dormir
tan hermosa
dormir

Translation:
little baby
beautiful baby
so soft so sweet
tiny little feet

sleep little baby
sleep
so beautiful
sleep

En La Cocina

En la cocina
el pote está en la estufa
ebullición
hacernos comida

English Translation: In the Kitchen

in the kitchen
the pot is on the stove
boiling
to make us dinner

Una Flor Hermosa

una flor hermosa
en la primavera
flores
en la puesta del sol

English Translation:
A Beautiful Flower

a beautiful flower
in the spring
blooms
in the sunset

Muchacha Bonita en un Vestido

Muchacha bonita
en un vestido
perdido su sombrero y zapatos
¡Qué angustia!

Pretty Girl in a Dress

Pretty girl
in a dress
lost her hat and shoes
What distress!

Obviously my poems are a bit limited simply because my Spanish vocabulary is limited to basic things such as kitchen and household items and garments of clothing. (I think we learned that in Spanish 1 class), but it is relatively easy to string a few basic phrases you might know in Spanish and come up with a few beautiful and short little poems.

In fact, my next one is purely from phrases you might learn in a class about the Spanish language:

First this time, the English version:

The Weather

It is very cold outside today.
Yesterday was hot.
What happened?

And now for the Espanol Version:
El Tiempo

Es muy frío fuera hoy.
Ayer estaba caliente.
¿Qué pasó?

I hope you enjoy my little short poems in Spanish. Don’t speak Spanish and want to write your own poem? I have a little shortcut you can use – a Spanish to English translator! Type your poem in the top box and then it will show up like magic in Spanish! Why don’t you write your own special poem in Spanish and then come back and share it in the comments below! You know we would love to read it!

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You Belong Together

You belong
with each other
and to see
you together
makes the world smile
in your ways

You are meant
for one another
and it’s life’s wish
to bring you
together in heart and hand

It’s a celebration
of love and all
that is above.

Whispers Above

A whisper from above
declared the both of you in love

Now you know
it won’t always be easy
but I know
the two of you are meant to be
and you’ll find the way
to make your love grow

A new life is just beginning
a life of unity and love
and it’s meant to be
from a whisper from above.

The Best Promise You’ll Make

Today you’ve made a promise
a promise that will be the best one you’ll ever make

Cherish, honor
celebrate

Your life together will be
filled with love and joy
from this moment on.

You Don’t Need Much

Before you plan your wedding
remember you don’t need much
all it takes is each other and perfect love

Diamond rings and cakes won’t matter
the invitation list needs not to be long
all you need is for your love to be strong.

Wonderful Couple

You are a wonderful couple
each of you with your own strengths
to compliment one another.

You both glow when you’re together
and I know this love will last forever.

Congratulations and I love you both.

Do you have any ideas for Engagement Congratulations Poems? Share them in the comments section below!

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Here’s a fun little poetry challenge for you:

In this April Showers Bring May Flowers poem exercise we will take a common phrase and require it be either the beginning or ending line in a poem. The poem can be of any style, length, or subject.

Here are some examples:

Not This April

They say April showers bring May Flowers
to tell you that it’s okay when it rains
but the drops on my head
are echoing what you said
and like tears I just complain

Nothing is blooming in my world today
There’s nothing outside the window
the rain makes it all look so gray

Should have waited
it could have been early
but I’m not too late am I?

The sun doesn’t shine when I want it to
The truths are exploring the vision
It’s the meaning of nothing

The rain comes and it pours on me
but I can’t see the song for the sun.
And even with the rain
it doesn’t seem like the flowers have begun.

Not this April. I don’t have you.

Sunny Side
Always look at the sunny side of life

the ups and the downs
the truth of a beginning
we need water to grow
we need seeds to sow

What we see today
is bringing us more
for tomorrow
even if we can’t tell

as they say
april showers bring may flowers.

Trying to Grow

April Showers Bring May Flowers
the sun doesn’t shine
when you need to grow

It’s the mistakes and the misery
that make us beautiful in the end

Spring Garden

In the garden, the flowers are peaking
their green tips
edging up the dirt

raindrops are glistening
dropping from the petals to the leaves

the winter is gone
the spring is here

April’s shower brought
a May flower.

Daffodils

A daffodil clings
amongst the downpour

Yellow gold swimming
out to sea

So bright, so strong
she doesn’t drown
she hangs on
hanging on to bloom again

april showers bring may flowers

Selling Roses

On the street corner
there’s a man
with a bucket of roses

red, yellow, pink too…

for a dollar
you can have one
you can give one
to someone special you know

to remind them that
you are a friend

April and May

April says she’s tired of it being cold
May says she can’t wait.

April melted all the cold and ice
May thought that was pretty nice

April waltzed with lions
May’s never seen a lion yet

April showers, brings
May flowers.

Do you have any ideas for poems you could write using this simple exercise? We’d love to hear your poems in the comments section below!

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Bonfire night is a ritual practiced in Britain on November 5th that marks the anniversary of a mercenary named Guy Fawkes who developed a plan to overthrow the king who was not Catholic using barrels of gunpowder. The plan was foiled once word got out over the barrels of gun powder and so then began a tradition of people lighting fires to celebrate the safety of the king. The tradition is also often done in some parts of New Zealand and Canada. This ritual in modern times has gained some criticism, yet many communities still practice it, even displaying fireworks as part of bonfire night.

These poems below are free to use and licensed under a creative commons 3.0 attribution license. This means you are welcome to use these original poems for any use you wish to as long as you credit PoemsBox.com as the source.

The Gun Powder Plot

Gun powder
in barrels
hidden in the cellar

The plot by a Guy
and his plan
to take down the man

Foiled by
those who protect
allow us to celebrate this day
the king was saved

Bonfire Warmth

We light the light from joy
and gather round for warmth

festivities of the flickering flame
bringing us closer

as we cook and dance and sing
the heat of the fire keeps us going

Fireworks
Fireworks ablaze
smoke lingering in the air
the reminiscent smell of gunpowder

Friends and family gather
as we celebrate beside the fire

each beautiful display
enjoyed with a child’s delight

such a good time and a memory
the firework of bonfire night

Fire Light

Fire Light
Fire Light
Light the town sky tonight

Fireworks
Fireworks
Shoot in the air in flight

Gather Round
Gather Round
the festivities abound

Do any of these poems inspire you to write your own poems about Bonfire Night? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

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