The Colour Box

A collection of poems for children.

"When the voices of children are heard on the green,
And laughing is heard on the hill."

(William Blake - Songs of Innocence)

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And honoured among wagons I was prince of the apple towns
And once below a time I lordly had the trees and leaves
Trail with daisies and barley
Down the rivers of the windfall light.

(Dylan Thomas - Fern Hill)

"And a painting book in which I could make the grass,
the trees, the sea and the animals any colour I pleased, and still the dazzling sky-blue sheep are grazing in the red field under the rainbow-billed and pea-green birds."

(Dylan Thomas - A Child's Christmas in Wales)

"And two small boys fought fiercely and silently in the sand, rolling together in a ball of legs and bottoms. Then they went and saw the pierrots, or bought vanilla ices."

(Dylan Thomas - Holiday Memory)

Stories in this set

Pug Nacity

Submitted on April 7, 2011 - 14:57 | 145 reads

Pussy Cat

Submitted on June 2, 2009 - 20:32 | 333 reads

Pyrotechnics

Submitted on April 6, 2011 - 14:42 | 146 reads

Ship in a Bottle

Submitted on April 6, 2011 - 14:51 | 165 reads

Sue Devine

Submitted on April 7, 2011 - 14:43 | 162 reads

Summer Shower

Submitted on June 2, 2009 - 20:43 | 322 reads

The Colour Fountains

Submitted on February 17, 2009 - 11:33 | 365 reads

The Little Snowdrop

Submitted on December 9, 2009 - 20:09 | 275 reads

The Little Tea Pot

Submitted on February 24, 2009 - 23:44 | 380 reads

The Spider

Submitted on February 24, 2009 - 23:21 | 371 reads

Venus Looking-Glass

Submitted on February 21, 2009 - 17:15 | 399 reads