March tidings

The cock is crowing

The small birds twitter

The stream is flowing

The lake does glitter

The green field sleeps

in the sun.

There is joy in the mountains

Life in the fountains

Small clouds are smiling

Blue sky looking down

The rain has stopped

The sun is shining.

— Suhana Thapa, Bhuban Rajya Laxmi Boarding School

Funny angles

Funny, how long it feels to spend a couple of hours

in classroom

But how quickly the time passes when we are at

Tribhuvan Park.

Funny, how boring it is to read a chapter from a

textbook

But how easy it is to read a 90-100-page Tinkle digest.

Funny, how we scramble to get a front seat for

video shows

But scramble to get the back seat in the classroom.

Funny, how a ten-rupee note looks so big when

it is donation

But so small in when you take it to a super market.

Funny, how we become happy when the football match goes into extra time

But complain if the class hour is longer than the usual time.

— Mohit Jaiswal, Class VIII, Rai School

Postman

Here comes a postman

With a bag on his back

He comes up the path

Frightened by a rat.

I wonder what he has brought

Quick let’s see

A letter for Daddy

But nothing for me.

— Sushma Adhikari, Class IV, Shuvatara School

My pride

My country is my pride

Knowledge is the light

We must have good sight

Then only our future will be bright.

— Sujit Tiwari, Class V, Little Flower High School

Butterfly

Butterfly, butterfly which can fly

Butterfly, butterfly which is nice.

Butterfly, butterfly

Sitting on a flower.

Butterfly with so many colours

It is a nice butterfly.

Butterfly, butterfly

Going from flower to flower.

— Manisha, Class V, Glen Buds School