My Farm Poem by Shankaran Kutty

I love the animals in my farm
In times of strife, they help me keep calm
I have many of them on the meadow green
They are the liveliest beasts, I ever have seen

I love the cow for its tasty milk
It is the tastiest amongst all of its ilk
She swats the flies with its long hairy tail
And each sunset comes home, without any fail

The sheep is so cuddly with a nature so mild
And her wool is so soft as the skin of a child
In winter her wool is as white as the snow
The most loveable animal in my farm I know

The horse is so strong as he stands up so tall
Without a murmur he gives a ride to all
Clip-Clop, clip-clop he goes on his trot
Always on the move, never stays at a spot

The canary is a jolly good fellow
His feathers are of brightest yellow
He is always happy, singing a song
With short sharp beak, and a tail so long

The rooster wakes me up each morning
Calling so loud from the top of the awning
He looks so regal with his red crown
As he stays up there, scared to come down

Mother hen goes around with her chicks
From amongst the hay, little grains she picks
Daily from her, an egg we get
Mommy makes for me, a tasty omelette

The ducks are always swimming in the pool
In the hot summers, it keeps them cool
Quack quack, quack quack they go all day
From the naughty cat, they stay away

The big black turtle, I see so rare
He hides beneath the pool somewhere
My dad says, it is even older than his dad
From his grandpa’s days, him we have had

Last is my favourite, my Golden Retriever
He is so calm, though I call him Tiger
After I am back from school, play with him all day
He is the only one who listens to what I say.

I love the time I spend on my farm
It is so beautiful, peaceful and calm
With plains so green and hill so high
And a virgin stream giggling by

So come my friends, when you have time
And the hill behind, we shall climb
With my four legged friends, time we will spend
And to the heavens we will feel, we did ascend