Unity in Diversity (poem)

Here I am in my pretty house,

Thinking of differences between a possum and a mouse;

One animal, so different from the other,

Yet so similar like kin and brother.

And then I wonder,

"What's more striking?"

Their difference or similarity,

Their diversity or unity?

I look around my neighbourhood,

People are so good;

Some speak Marathi, some Punjabi,

Some Bengali, and I speak Hindi;

Like multicoloured gems in a bag,

All saluting the same tricolour flag.

Doctor, engineer, scientist and farmer,

All of them are knights in shining armour;

Holi, Eid, Christmas and Rakshabandhan,

Celebrating them all, makes us Indian!

Like moles, tigers, elephants and zebras,

Show nature's biodiversity;

Hindu, Muslim, Sikh and Christian,

Show India's rich diversity.

They say India stands for secularity and sovereignty,

I say we stand for unity in diversity!

~ Anoushka Sabnis

Notting Hill (poem)

Mum's favourite English movie 

Is "Notting Hill"

And if it's on,

Throughout, on the couch, she can sit still!

The actor and actress

Are Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant;

She can see this movie anytime,

And if she has to wait, she can't!

Hugh is called William Thacker,

And Julia is Anna Scott;

I think my mom can recite this movie,

Like a poem in school is taught!

 

This movie is a rom-com,

And makes my mother smile;

Whenever it comes on TV, we watch

Every time, not just once a while!

 

I have watched the movie so many times,

All characters from it I know;

Spike, Honey, Bella, Bernie,

I think I like this movie too! 

So now on a Sunday afternoon that's lazy,

We together watch Notting Hill, whoopsy daisy!!

~ Anoushka Sabnis

My Evil Twin! (poem)

I have a very evil twin,

And we both are like yang and yin!

She breaks a vase,

And breaks a glass,

And puts the blame on me!

And when mommy

Comes out to see,

She cries like a baby!

Sometimes she steals,

Money and  meals,

With not a bit of shame;

She tells lies,

And then she buys,

Whatever she can claim.

That is my sis,

Always trying to diss;

She looks just like me,

So I get into trouble everyday,

That's when I want to wish her away,

And say hip hip hurray yippee!

~ Anoushka Sabnis