<p>Watching Clouds<br /><br />I like to look up<br />at the sky<br />and watch the clouds<br />go sliding by<br />I like to see them<br />large and small<br />I like to sit and <br />count them all<br />I like it then when<br />they are dark,<br />before the rain begins<br />to pour and pour<br />And I like to see them <br />shaped like faces<br />or maps of many<br />different places<br /><br /><em>Sankalp S. Shanbhag<br />IXA (E), <br />Balmandir High School<br /><br /></em></p>.<p>My dear teacher <br />A Teacher is the person who<br />Helps to make our future shine<br />Teaching us to respect one and all<br />And make us fix our goal<br />Telling us new things with a smile<br />Makes us go an extra mile<br />You really sound great<br />When you talk to us like a classmate<br />Hats off to you ma'm<br />You are like a gem!<br />Have a Happy Day!<br />You are my dear best friend<br />Always ready to help me in my need<br />You are my sweetest teacher<br />And you are a wonderful art star<br />I love you very much my dear sister<br />And lucky to get you as an angel star<br />I would like to present this poem today<br />And wish you a very happy Birthday!</p>.<p><em>Rachana Gadam,<br />L.E.A.F. program, 7th Standard <br />Don Bosco School, Chitradurga</em><br /><br /><br /></p>.<p>The Walk<br />Yesterday<br />Our class visited the sea-shore<br />To search for sea creatures<br />And a whole lot more<br />But all we found were<br />Plastic toys, teddies and cubes<br />Tin cans, squashed and empty<br />Crisp paper bags and bottle tops<br />Polystyrene that will never rot<br />All this in one afternoon<br />On the sea-shore<br />A whole lot of pollution<br />And not much more<br /><br /><em>Michelle Walker (7)<br />(Age category winner) Wondercrump Poetry Poems from the Roald Dahl Foundation, First Poetry Competition</em><br /><br /><br />Dear friend<br />Friend you glowed like a star,<br />When i was in the darkest room,<br />In spite of my deepest gloom,<br />Oh! Friend your presence brightened <br />my day.<br />When life moves in different roads,<br />many filled with truth and sacrifice,<br />And many with cheats, menace and <br />dishonesty<br />Oh! Friend you showed me the right<br />path of virtue and love.<br />When the toughest moment of <br />life was before me,<br />When i had given up to chance on my knee, your helping hand gave me courage. Stay with me for ever my friend<br />you are like a star<br />out of a constellation called <br />FRIENDSHIP<br />Dear Friend! may this ship never sink<em><br /><br />Sushmitha R <br />VII "C" VVSCG School</em></p>
<p>Watching Clouds<br /><br />I like to look up<br />at the sky<br />and watch the clouds<br />go sliding by<br />I like to see them<br />large and small<br />I like to sit and <br />count them all<br />I like it then when<br />they are dark,<br />before the rain begins<br />to pour and pour<br />And I like to see them <br />shaped like faces<br />or maps of many<br />different places<br /><br /><em>Sankalp S. Shanbhag<br />IXA (E), <br />Balmandir High School<br /><br /></em></p>.<p>My dear teacher <br />A Teacher is the person who<br />Helps to make our future shine<br />Teaching us to respect one and all<br />And make us fix our goal<br />Telling us new things with a smile<br />Makes us go an extra mile<br />You really sound great<br />When you talk to us like a classmate<br />Hats off to you ma'm<br />You are like a gem!<br />Have a Happy Day!<br />You are my dear best friend<br />Always ready to help me in my need<br />You are my sweetest teacher<br />And you are a wonderful art star<br />I love you very much my dear sister<br />And lucky to get you as an angel star<br />I would like to present this poem today<br />And wish you a very happy Birthday!</p>.<p><em>Rachana Gadam,<br />L.E.A.F. program, 7th Standard <br />Don Bosco School, Chitradurga</em><br /><br /><br /></p>.<p>The Walk<br />Yesterday<br />Our class visited the sea-shore<br />To search for sea creatures<br />And a whole lot more<br />But all we found were<br />Plastic toys, teddies and cubes<br />Tin cans, squashed and empty<br />Crisp paper bags and bottle tops<br />Polystyrene that will never rot<br />All this in one afternoon<br />On the sea-shore<br />A whole lot of pollution<br />And not much more<br /><br /><em>Michelle Walker (7)<br />(Age category winner) Wondercrump Poetry Poems from the Roald Dahl Foundation, First Poetry Competition</em><br /><br /><br />Dear friend<br />Friend you glowed like a star,<br />When i was in the darkest room,<br />In spite of my deepest gloom,<br />Oh! Friend your presence brightened <br />my day.<br />When life moves in different roads,<br />many filled with truth and sacrifice,<br />And many with cheats, menace and <br />dishonesty<br />Oh! Friend you showed me the right<br />path of virtue and love.<br />When the toughest moment of <br />life was before me,<br />When i had given up to chance on my knee, your helping hand gave me courage. Stay with me for ever my friend<br />you are like a star<br />out of a constellation called <br />FRIENDSHIP<br />Dear Friend! may this ship never sink<em><br /><br />Sushmitha R <br />VII "C" VVSCG School</em></p>
