Poems for Fun and Feeling

Learn that many poems are written to entertain and share feelings.

Poems are short pieces of writing with a special sound. Many rhyme, and many have a beat you can clap. Most poems for kids are written to entertain, to be fun to say and hear, or to share a feeling. Read this poem: 'My cat sat on a hat.

/ Now the hat is flat. / What do you think of that? ' The rhymes cat, hat, flat, and that make it fun to say. It is not teaching facts about cats. When words bounce, rhyme, and play, the author is most likely writing to entertain.

• 1Poems have a special sound, often rhyme.
• 2Many poems are written to entertain.
• 3Rhyme and rhythm are clues.