Mom A Shining Star: Mothers Day Special Poem – Mother’s Day, holiday in honour of mothers that is celebrated in countries throughout the world. In its modern form the holiday originated in the United States, where it is observed on the second Sunday in May. Many other countries also celebrate the holiday on this date, while some mark the observance …
Read More »The Fool: Poetry by Gautama Buddha
The Fool: Buddha’s Poetry – Siddhartha, who later became known as the Buddha – or The Enlightened One – was a prince who forsook the comforts of a palace to seek enlightenment. He realized the essential unreality of the world and experienced the bliss of Nirvana. After his enlightenment, he spent the remainder of his life teaching others how to …
Read More »Earth: Mother Earth Day Special Poetry
Mother Earth – Earth Day takes place every year on 22 April and in previous years, people have taken part in protests, marches and big clean-ups to highlight the importance of being green and taking care of the planet. Earth: Kids Poem for Earth Day Nature we should all respect, All of this can make an affect, So appreciate and clean, …
Read More »Basant: Yudh: Poem on Kite Flying
The festival of Basant Panchami is dedicated to Goddess Saraswati who is considered to be a goddess of knowledge, wisdom and learning. This festival is celebrated in India at the start of spring (Basant) which is generally on the 5th day (Panchami) of the spring season. This festival is associated with kite flying. Basant: Short English Poetry on Kite Flying …
Read More »Thai Pongal: English Poem on Pongal
Thai Pongal: English Poem Milk Rice the Golden child came – granting immeasurable ecstasy in her cooking Farmers with the beauty of lion dream a picturesque memory this new year gleam. Elevated threshing floor courtyard the face-where month of January gave love’s kiss with rice share abundance in red rice and charity – sweet to the tongue January child glad …
Read More »I Have a Little Dreidel: Hanukkah Poetry
I Have a Little Dreidel: The Hebrew word for dreidel is sevivon, which, as in Yiddish, means “to turn around”. It have four Hebrew letters on them, and they stand for the saying, Nes gadol haya sham, meaning A great miracle occurred there. In Israel, instead of the fourth letter shin, there is a peh, which means the saying is …
Read More »Digging: Gopi Krishnan Kottoor
Digging: Gopi Krishnan Kottoor is the pen name of Raghav G. Nair (born 1956, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala), an Indian English poet. He is best known for his poem “Father, Wake Us In Passing”. He is also the founder editor of quarterly poetry journal Poetry Chain. Kottoor lives in Trivandrum, Kerala. “Digging…” is a popular Indian poem by the internationally acclaimed Indian …
Read More »Independence Day of India (An Acrostic): Dr John Celes
Independence Day of India: Indian nationalism developed as a concept during the Indian independence movement which campaigned for independence from British rule. Indian nationalism is an instance of territorial nationalism, which is inclusive of all of the people of India, despite their diverse ethnic, linguistic and religious backgrounds. It continues to strongly influence the politics of India and reflects an …
Read More »The Gift of India: Sarojini Naidu
The Gift of India is a poem written in 1915 by the Indian poet, freedom fighter and politician Sarojini Naidu. The poem is a tribute to the contribution of Indian soldiers in World War I. Over 10 lakh Indian soldiers from the British Indian Empire served in the Allied forces in the First World War. A vast number of them …
Read More »The Indian Elephant: A Children’s Poem
The Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus) is one of three recognized subspecies of the Asian elephant and native to mainland Asia. Since 1986, Elephas maximus has been listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List as the wild Asian elephant population has declined by at least 50% since the 1940s to 1930s, i.e. three elephant generations. The Asian elephant is …
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