Christina Rossetti (1830–1894) was one of the finest English poets of her century. In 1872 she published Sing-Song: A Nursery Rhyme Book, a collection of short, simple verses for very young children, many of which are still learned by heart today.
Her poems for children are tiny, often just eight lines, but they ask real questions about the world: what is pink, who has seen the wind, how a rainbow builds a road across the sky. They are ideal for a first poem to memorize and for nature study. Each poem below has its own page with the full text and a read-aloud.
New to Rossetti? Start with Who Has Seen the Wind? on a breezy day.
The Poems
Tap a title to read the full text and watch its read-aloud.