A Mustard Seeds Mother has given her kind permission to post some of her beautiful animal and insect poems. She believes a poem a day keeps the blues away...She may have something there!
THE SPARROW
Perched on sunshades,
narrow or wide
Turning its head
from side to side
It chirps all day long,
little brown bird
Often goes unnoticed
yet constantly heard
Flitting merrily
from wire to branch
Looking for grains
and worms to munch
Fluttering its wings
It bathes in dust,
A flock full of sparrows
Is a sight, that's a must
THE EARTHWORM
From dawn to dusk
in fields they toil,
The natural tillers of the soil
Wriggly, slimy soft in form
None other than
Our little earthworm.
Burrowing and turning
It seldom stops
The more it digs
The better our crops
Learn to know a friend
from foe
It's these who helps your garden grow
We owe so much
To this friend of ours
For draping the earth
With fruits and flowers
THE COCKROACH
Awfully ugly, sturdy
and brown
Hastily scurrying up
and down
The oven or
the cupboard door
Along the wall
Across the floor
Be it biting cold
or scorching heat
Survives all odds
Knows no defeat
For centuries it has
walked the earth
And even today
There is no dearth
Feared by many,
despised by all
Cockroaches BIG
cockroaches small
ODE TO A GECKO
Slithery and vigilant
the common lizard
No less a wonder
than a wizard
Elegantly glides
on walls and roof
Without the aid
of a broom or hoof
A single flick of its
long, sticky tongue,
To the insect world
Sure - death knell rung!
Glossy round eyes
Roving left and right
Be it day
or
be it night
Each step taken
is a cautious one,
every fly gobbled
as the battle is won
Every detective
Can owe his fame
To the tik-tiki:
It's Bengali name...