Please keep in mind as you read my list that I have not actually read many poems. Out of the ones I have read, these are probably my top ten. I recommend reading every one you haven’t read, and re-reading the ones you have! 😄

10. Peanut Butter Sandwich -Shel Silverstein

9. Mr. Nobody -Anonymous

8. Smart -Shel Silverstein

7. The Generals -Shel Silverstein

6. The Pirate Don Durk of Dowdee -Mildred Plew Meigs

5. The Farmer and the Queen -Shel Silverstein

4. Paul Revere’s Ride -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

3. Haikus -Rolf Nelson

2. Sick -Shel Silverstein

1. The Charge of the Light Brigade- Alfred Tennyson