Poems For Young Readers

These poems reflect the poets’ experiences in or with their language(s).
Read, listen, immerse yourself in nostalgia or discover memories from another language!

Languages

Sasur ka naati (Father in law’s grandson)

Chhoone ko aasmaan baaki hai (Yet to touch the sky)

Nila Nila Va (Moon Moon, Come)

Chahne se kya nahin milta (What can you not get if you want it enough)

We Were English Medium Kids

Aamader Chhoto Nadi (Our Little River)

Anile Anile Odi Va (Squirrel Squirrel, Come to Me)

Karadi Malai Mel Yeri (The Bear Went Over the Mountain)

Shakti the Elephant

Putu and Pipi

Aanai Aanai (Elephant Elephant)

Kaiveeshamma kaiveeshi (To swing hands)

Ēkākiniyuṭe manaṁ (In solitude)

Mendhak Aur Machhli (The frog and the fish)

Laut Ke Buddhu Ghar Ko Aaye (The fools return homewards)

Childhood poems in Hindi

Morning Delivery

Finger Poem (Bengali)

Mendhak Aur Bulbul (The Frog and the Nightingale)

Ek Makda Aur Makhi (A spider and a fly)

AW-NUH-MAT-TUH-PEE-AH!

Aave Re Niniya (Come, sleep)

Khurchi Aani Stool (The Chair and The Stool)

Patang Gul Karanyaacha Mantra (A Spell to Make a Kite Disappear)

Maifal (The Concert)

Wadwun gobro osh mo trav (Whiny child, don’t let the tears fall)

Bishta bishta byaryo khotkho van (Bishta Bishta, little kitten, who went to the jungle)