Poems

How the lockdown appears through time

We have come to see As the lockdown still goes on, How perhaps staying at home wasn't quite so bad As we approached it at first thought....

Homework

Homework, oh homework, You really are mean, You tingle my spine, And make me go "eek"! Homework, oh homework, You really are cruel, You...

The man who whistled

"What is it?" I said, looking up from my book, "Ssh" said my mother, taking a closer look, "What, has it stopped?"; I could hear no...

Oh when I'm sixty-six

Oh when I'm sixty-six, My back will be in a fix, I'll be so fat I can't even twitch, Because of all those crisps, And that occasional...

Thank you for the Nanu

This is a one-verse song my sister, Anaia, my mother and I composed in a car trip back to Geethanjili, in India where my grandparents on...

Poem complaining about getting out of bed

It's like getting sand in your toes, As unlucky as losing your watch, It's a useless burden, It's a spider on my mattress slowly crawling...

Love poem to a mango

Oh mango, oh mango, Your skin is soft as silk, Your flesh soothingly sweet, I'll cut you into pieces and you'll be ready to eat. Oh...

Being locked up at home

Being locked up at home makes me feel Lonely, bored yet content. I use my imagination Till the day's end, And then, as normal, I wander...

On the first day of self-isolation for me (to the tune of on the first day of Christmas)

On the first day of self-isolation for me, A lonely boy locked up in a house. On the second day of self-isolation for me, Two...

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