39 Delightful Winter Poems for Kids of All Ages

The days are shorter, cooler and darker and there is a chill in the air. As we settle into these cold months, there are many ways to warm our hearts (and our classrooms) — poetry included. There is something so magical and soothing about the written word, especially at this time of year. We've put together this beautiful collection of winter poems to share with kids of all ages. We hope you and your students will enjoy them.

Winter Poems for Elementary School Children

1. snow kisses by Suzie Bitner

"If you go out when it's snowing..."

2. The first snow by Evaleen Stein

"Plunge into the deep thunderstorms..."

3. snowflakes, snowflakes by Unknown

"...dance around."

4. I'm a little penguin from Mrs. Martin

"Black and white."

5. Red mittens, blue mittens by Debbie Clemens

"All fingers together."

6. thawing by Eunice Tietjens

"The snow is soft..."

7. Winter is the warmest from Classroomjr.com

"Oh you say you want a reason?"

8th. The north wind is blowing by Tasha Tudor

"And we will have snow..."

9. Chubby Snowman from the Petersburg Children's Center

"And he had a carrot nose..."

10 winter by Dorothy Aldis

"The trams are like cakes with icing..."

11. February twilight by Sara Teasdale

"I was standing next to a hill..."

12. who saw the wind by Christina Rossetti

"Neither I nor you…"

13. It's the season of rain and snow by Izumi Shikibu

"It is the season of rain and snow..."

14 The first sleigh ride by Sara Teasdale

"O happy rime season..."

fifteen. dust from snow by Robert Frost

"Like a crow..."

16 fire and Ice by Robert Frost

"Some say the world will end in fire..."

17 winter by Walter de la Mare

"And the robin flew..."

18 Those winter Sundays by Robert Hayden

"Even on Sundays my father got up early..."

19 after winter by Claude McKay

"One day, when the trees have shed their leaves..."

20 Puts [III. Winter Sun] by Sara Teasdale

"There was a bush with scarlet berries..."

21 Picture books in winter by Robert Louis Stevenson

"Frosty mornings, tingling thumbs..."

22 winter twilight by AnnePorter

"On a clear winter evening..."

23 winter by Robert Louis Stevenson

"Late is the wintry sun in bed..."

Winter Poems for Middle and High School Students

24 The Snowman by Wallace Stevens

"You have to have winter in your head..."

25 snow song by Frank Dempster Sherman

"Over valley, over mountain..."

26 Winter is Good - Its Joys of Frosting (1316) by Emily Dickinson

"Generic like a quarry..."

27 winter trees by William Carlos Williams

"All the intricate details..."

28 sounds of winter by Walt Whitman

"Sunshine on the mountains - some distant tension..."

29 snow by Naomi Shihab Nye

"Once with my scarf knotted in front of my mouth..."

30 Ode to my socks by Pablo Neruda

"Maru Mori brought me a pair of socks..."

31 When the year gets old by Edna St Vincent Millay

"I can only remember..."

32 forest in winter by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"When winter winds are piercingly cool..."

33 The Blizzard by Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Announced by all the trumpets of heaven..."

34 The snowfall is so still by Miguel de Unamuno

"...it settles on earth."

35 There is a certain tilt of the light (258) by Emily Dickinson

"Heavenly pain, there is us -"

36 London snow by Robert Bridges

"When everyone was asleep, the snow flew..."

37 approach of winter by William Carlos Williams

"The half-bare trees..."

38 A winter blue jay by Sara Teasdale

"The bright snow whispered crunching..."

39 As You Like It, Act II, Scene 7 [Blow, blow, thou winter wind] by William Shakespeare

"Blow, blow, you winter wind..."

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