Parents
We have many relatives,
To love us all the time,
But amongst them, do you know,
There are two special people,
Who always shine in our lives…
Both love us very dearly,
Teaching us good manners,
What is right and wrong,
They rescue us from danger,
They're the sun and moon in our lives…
Providing all our needs,
Feeding us with tasty food,
They work with all their might,
Soothing us when we are sad,
We wouldn't be born without them.
Can you guess?
Yes, you're right…
It is our PARENTS
Let's love them throughout our lives.
Saarah Tennakoon (10 years)
Methodist College, Colombo
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Down below the ocean
Down below the ocean,
Beneath the tumbling sea,
Is a place full of friends and fun,
Right there just for you and me.
Down below the ocean,
Beneath the rolling waves,
Are fish and shells by the score,
What boring time it saves.
Down below the ocean,
With the playful dolphins and seals,
You can have the time of your life,
Oh! How it feels!
So come along and join us,
In an adventure in the sea,
Swim with the sea creatures,
In this special place just for you and me!
Roshan De Selfa (12+ years)
Royal Institue International School, Nugegoda |
The cat
I once had a sleepy cat,
Who always slept on my cosy mat
When he got up, he danced
And I named my cat Lance.
He always ate up the mice!
But he absolutely hated rice.
Because he likes to eat a mouse,
When he sees one he runs around the house!
He purrs all day,
And only stops purring in May!
He gets scared when he sees a bat,
And he hides under my cosy mat.
He thinks that he is a funny clown,
And he insists that he walks with me around the town!
And when we're tired and we've got back,
He sleeps again on my lovely, cosy mat.
Anjali Theagarajah (10 years)
St. Bridget's Convent |
Rush hour
Inch by inch the traffic moves
Midst it buses, cars and
took-toos
There a bus at the halt
A rush of people gush inside.
Tired after a day of work
Standing holding handle bars
Their weary eyes are looking down
As the bus moves along.
Outside the bus midst the lot
A lady in an AC car
A driver in the seat at front
O the lady plays crokay
The lady in the AC car
Stares at the lady in the bus
As she sees her weary eyes
A pang of guilt sweeps her heart.
Elizabeth Alphonsus
(Grade 7)
Methodist College |
My philosophy
You may be right, you may be wrong,
But life always goes on.
You may be happy, may be sad,
You may like blue, or may be red
The rain is heavy, the sun is bright
You may be wrong, you may be right.
Sometimes life isn't quite fair,
But you don't mind, don't really care.
You can make dark a little lighter,
'Coz you are tough, you are a fighter.
You may be right, you may be wrong,
But life always goes on.
Nizami Ousmand (12 years)
Trinity College, Kandy |
My garden
One day, I went to my garden
And there were every kind of flower
And there were lovely roses
And daisies too.
One day
When I went to my garden
I was shocked!
Because my daisies were dead.
Then I ran down to my home
And said to my mother
Then my mother said
"Go and put some water.”
I did what my mother said
And I went to supper
Again I came and looked at the daisies
That time also I was shocked!
The daisies were blooming!
Pavani Bandara (9 years)
Mahamaya Girls College,
Kandy |
