Now We Are Six

• by Susi Eastin
• 10 months ago

This is one of my favorites of the many poems my Mother read to me often from my earliest years. The characters and the authors became friends. Of course I likewise read them often to my children, grandchildren and now great-grandchildren - as well as many children in my classes. Everyone should have such friends.

• by Karen S Babin, Abita Springs, LA
• 1 year ago

I remember my dad reading this poem to me when I turned 6! He read many poems and stories to me but this was one of my favorites! Did not realize it was Winnie the Pooh until recently. To this day I send this poem to my family and friend's children when they turn 6!

• by Jeanne Gill
• 3 years ago

I was entered into a competition where I had to say a short poem so picked this and kept reading it until I knew it by heart. The day came, I recited it without stumbling, when I had finished the head adjudicator said, "Thank you, that was really lovely and how old are you?" When I told him I was 6, he smiled and said, "I hope you do stay 6 for ever and ever!" I remember both that and the wonderful poem to this day - I'm 75 this year!

• by Beatrice Nearey
• 3 years ago

I often read AA Milne poems with my children when they were little & enjoyed the original Pooh stories with them. On the morning of her sixth birthday, our daughter woke us up by sitting on our bed and happily reciting 'Now I am Six' to us from memory. She will be 50 this summer & still plays Pooh Sticks on bridges.

• by Debbie Bullard
• 3 years ago

This is my forever favourite poem. I am now 59, but I have never forgotten it. I don't think I have ever appreciated a simple poem since. Thank you, A.A. Milne. Have always loved your stories and poems. Lots of childhood memories and also sharing with my children.

• by Ann D. Stevenson, Gloucestershire, UK
• 3 years ago

I've always loved this poem and taught it to my children and grandchildren at the appropriate time.

• by Magnolia Dahl
• 4 years ago

I am 8 and I am so, so late! When I am 9, it will all be fine.

• by Marie
• 4 years ago

I really, really like the poem and I am six. And I like Pooh Bear.

• by Katie
• 5 years ago

I like this poem but I am seven
So...Now I am seven
I am in heaven!

• by J Hardy
• 6 years ago

I recited this to my granddaughter on her 6th birthday, and she beamed from ear to ear. Very sweet moment.

• by George
• 7 years ago

Really good poem. I like the rhyming in it. Fantastic.

• by Marshall Chase Spencer
• 7 years ago

I like your poem because it rhymes and it is funny. When I was six I was stuck in my bed.

• by Tina Crews
• 7 years ago

This was my favorite poem as a child. I practiced and practiced until I got it right; I still remember it today and I'm 35 (shhhh, don't tell anyone).

• by Berkeley Lai
• 8 years ago

This really touched my heart. I loved that this is about a child growing up.

• by Glorious Phil Perumadan
• 9 years ago

I was touched by this story because it depicted my childhood.