Some More Poems ...

Our Farmer Friends

Can you imagine a world
Where there is nothing to eat,
No corn, no rice, no millet,
Not a single grain of wheat?

Take a minute to think,
About what our world would be,
Without the many farmers
Working in their fields!

They sow the seeds that make our feed,
And tend them with loving care,
They toil in the sun from dawn to dusk,
For some wee little fare.

We owe them a lot,
Much more than their little fee,
It is because of them that we are
And because of them that we will be!

(Written for Nidhi when she was in 3rd grade. )

Noah's Ark

God made man so that he would have friends. But as he looked down on earth, he was disappointed. All men were bad. He was so angry, that he decided to destroy the earth and all creations on it. But when looked closely he saw one man, Noah, who was good. He and his family had kept HIS commandments throughout. So God decided to save Noah and his family but punish all the rest.

He called Noah and said,

Make an ark of gopher wood,
Big and strong as tall as you could,
Take your family, kith and kin,
No other man, should I see within.
Then take the animals, two of a kind,
Gather them all, in the ark, inside.

Noah set about arranging things just as God had told him to.

♫Two of a kind. Two of a kind.
First came the elephants, and then came the geese,
Giraffes and bears, sheep and fleas,
Parrots so green, and foxes so mean,
All of them hurried, to their places within. ♫

When all the animals were gathered inside,
Noah shut the door and bolted it tight.
Now we have to wait.
It’s an order divine,
Till God’s anger pours
On the rest of mankind.

It rained. It rained for 40 days and 40 nights. The water kept rising and rising. All living things on earth died.

After many days, when the water was low
Noah decided to open the door.
He, his family and the animals all,
Came out and saw, Nobody at all.

God’s anger had ceased and now HE vowed,
‘Never again will it rain like this
A rainbow in the clouds is a sign of this’.
Now live my children,
My children live well,
Live in peace and harmony,
My children live well.

So my friends, the moral of this story is:

♫Every time it rains and pours,
And you see a rainbow,
Think of your father Noah,
And think of God and his mercy. ♫

♫God made you and God made me
To be his friends to eternity
So live in peace and harmony
And know that God loves you. ♫

(Written for Nidhi’s elocution on ‘Noah’s Ark’. All paragraphs marked with ‘♫’ are meant to be sung. Text in the verse form is meant to be recited as a poem, and was accompanied with actions. )