Poems

1.)                                           Oh, Summer!






Summer can be killing


but it can also be fun


the trick is to stay cool


despite the hot, hot sun.

of the fruit salads mother makes


with melons, bananas and berries.


Summer is sultry hot days


and sudden evening showers


all thanks to the long summer break


- you're free to break out of school bounds.


So, while summer may be dusty winds and frequent power-cuts


it's also when red watermelons sprout


and the glorious mango season starts.


It's summer when all this happens


the action never flags


so, how can you still think


that summer's a real drag?












2.) If








If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,


Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,


Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,


And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;


If you can dream-and not make dreams your master;


If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew


To serve your turn long after they are gone,


And so hold on when there is nothing in you


Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"


If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,


Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;


If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;


Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,


And stop and build 'em up with worn-out tools;


If you can make one heap of all your winnings


And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,


And lose, and start again at your beginnings


And never breathe a word about your loss;


If all men count with you, but none too much;


If you can keep your head when all about you


Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;


If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,


If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;


If you can meet with triumph and disaster


And treat those two impostors just the same;


If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken


Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,


But make allowance for their doubting too;

If you can fill the unforgiving minute


With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -


Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,


And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!






3.) Young Poets





You speak for the lakes, the trees and the birds


You say what they'd say if they had the words.


Make PEACE and be proud, choose well every choice


Speak HOPE and speak loud, you are Nature's voice.


Speak with respect now, for jungles and streams


Speak for all wildlife and dream giant dreams


Words posses power, you can write the wrongs


Teach us and lead us with Poems and with songs


Speak with great courage, speak up and speak out


Write with a whisper or write with a shout.


Stand up young poets for clean air and river


Free verse or lyric; your message delivers.


Truth for the future citizens of earth


Speak of your freedom your friends and self worth.


Speak for tomorrow and though you're still young


Speak for the Forest, your pen is her tongue.


The world waits to hear your songs still unsung


Speak now for nature, for trees and for birds.


Defenders of Earth choose careful your words!