Ocean Poems For Kids

The Ocean or the sea is a body of salt water, which cover approximately 71 percent of the Earth’s surface. Learning about the ocean helps kids understand the characteristics and benefits of the ocean. The ocean’s currents are responsible for the carbon and water cycles in the atmosphere and the weather. Introduce your children to the beauty of the oceans and sea with ocean poems for kids. These poems for kids will help them understand the importance of the ocean for our survival and use the resource sustainably. Here are some famous ocean poems for kids. 

List Of Ocean Poems For Kids

• The Stars Above The Sea
• The Ocean
• In The Sea
• A Walk By The Sea
• By The Sea
• The Voice Of The Sea
• At The Sea-Side
• Grey Rocks And Greyer Sea

Beautiful Ocean Poems For Kids

Here are some famous ocean poems for kids that bring the magic of the ocean to your home.

1. The Stars Above The Sea

By Amos Russel Wells

Far, far away on mystery greets

Another vast and high,

The infinite of water meets

The infinite of sky.

The stars are singing hymns of calm

Above the sea’s unrest;

Can ever that majestic psalm

Dwell in the ocean’s breast?

What far horizon dim and low

The sweet solution finds, 

Where earth’s tumultuous yearnings know

The peace of heavenly minds?

And still the sky’s imperial grace

The tossing ocean mars;

We cannot see the meeting place,

But we can see the stars. 

2. The Ocean

By Lisa A. Syroka

Blue and turquoise

Complexion of beauty,

Waves that move so soft and smooth,

In a gust of wind,

Picks you up in inspiration,

Of whom you are as a person.

Deep and mellow is the ocean,

To everything below sea level,

Thoughts of interest,

May provoke this feeling of greatness,

Don’t be afraid, 

Of what the ocean may offer.

Hold yourself in the moment of the feeling,

Of how good the touches of the waves feel on your body.

Only imagine what would happen,

If the ocean would take you, 

And then only think of what a new and exciting adventure,

You may behold on a journey through an ocean. 

3. In The Sea

By Kristie Raburn

If I’d been born a whale

No happier could I be

Swimming, splashing, spy hopping

Roaming the open sea.

If I’d been born a lobster

No happier could I be

Crawling along the ocean floor

Living in the sea.

If I’d been born a seahorse

No happier could I be

Swimming among the rocks and plants

At the bottom of the sea.

But I was born a human and

No happier could I be

Because I can swim in the ocean

And see what’s in the sea. 

4. A Walk By The Sea

By Kristin Martin

I went for a walk

Alone by the sea

But the water kept me company.

I whispered to it 

As I walked on its sand

And told it of all the things I planned.

It whispered to me

As I walked on its shore

And told me secrets from long before.

I went for a walk

With my friend the sea

And we kept each other company. 

5. By The Sea

By Emily Dickinson

I started early, I took my dog,

And visited the sea;

The mermaids in the basement 

Came out to look at me. 

And frigates in the upper floor

Extended hempen hands, 

Presuming me to be a mouse

Aground, upon the sands.

But no man moved me till the tide

Went past my simple shoe, 

And past my apron and my belt,

And past my bodice too,

And made as he would eat me up

As wholly as a dew

Upon a dandelion’s sleeve

And then I started too.

And he–he followed close behind;

I felt his silver heel

Upon my ankle– then my shoes

Would overflow with pearl.

Until we met the solid town,

No man he seemed to know;

And bowing with a mighty look

At me, the sea withdrew. 

6. The Voice Of The Sea

By Thomas Bailey Aldrich

In the hush of the autumn night

I hear the voice of the sea,

In the hush of the autumn night

It seems to say to me.

Mine are the winds above,

Mine are the caves below,

Mine are the dead of yesterday

And the dead long ago!

And I think of the fleet that sailed 

From the lovely Gloucester shore, 

I think of the fleet that sailed

And came back nevermore!

My eyes are filled with tears, 

And my heart is numb with woe, 

It seems as if it were yesterday,

And it all was long ago!

7. At The Sea-Side

By Robert Louis Stevenson

When I was down beside the sea

A wooden spade they gave to me

To dig the sandy shore.

My holes were empty like a cup.

In every hole the sea came up

Till it could come no more.

8. Grey Rocks And Greyer Sea

By Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts

Grey rocks, and greyer sea, 

And surf along the shore

And in my heart a name

My lips shall speak no more.

The high and lonely hills

Enduring the darkening year

And in my heart endure

A memory and a tear.

Across the tide a sail

That tosses and is gone

And in my heart the kiss

And longing dreams upon

Grey rocks and greyer sea

And surf along the shore

And in my heart the face

That I shall see no more. 

Tips For Teaching Ocean Poems For Kids

Here are a few tips to teach ocean poems for kids:

• Encourage children to read poems on a regular basis.
• Read poems loudly so that kids understand each and every word clearly. 
• Introduce poems for kids in the form of illustrations so that they can visualize the information that they are learning.
• Use easy and understandable vocabulary words while explaining the meaning of poems to the children. 
• Make kids practice reading and writing poems so that they can acquire good vocabulary and language skills. 
• Motivate children to write poems for topics of their interest. 

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