<p class="title"><span class="bold"><strong>Please note: You may use a generic poetry pic for children. </strong></span></p>.<p class="title"><span class="bold"><strong>Bliss</strong></span></p>.<p class="title">No walls between us,<br />No hindrance to our delight,<br />Everyone bustling with festive fuss,<br />Spirits blazing bright.<br />The beauty of fireworks,<br />The sound of music,<br />Playing as the people in the works<br />Danced till they grew sick.<br />The bliss of sacred festivities,<br />And the ecstasy of celebration<br />Make us forget our enmities.</p>.<p class="title"><span class="bold"><strong>Niharika, 16</strong></span><br /><span class="bold"><strong>Bengaluru, Karnataka</strong></span></p>.<p class="bodytext"><span class="bold"><strong>Diwali</strong></span></p>.<p class="bodytext">The festival of lights has come, <br />That brings happiness to all<br />And sorrow to none.<br />The victory of good over evil,<br />That brings a smile on the faces of the people. <br />We worship god,<br />So that we can fear not. <br />The bursting of crackers,<br />The sounds of children’s laughter. <br />The gifts and sweets from loved ones, <br />The love they give us in tons. <br />It’s the arrival of the festival of lights,<br />Let’s make our city shine bright. </p>.<p class="bodytext"><strong>Prerana Rai, 12</strong><br /><strong>Bengaluru, Karnataka </strong></p>.<p class="bodytext"><strong>Grateful</strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">Oh god, I am grateful for you,<br />To have a day like this.<br />This day is full of joy,<br />I love this night.<br />Oh god, I am grateful for you,<br />To see a night like this,<br />With full moon light,<br />With sound of crackers and<br />Deepavali lights.<br />Oh god, I thank you very much<br />To have a day like this.</p>.<p class="bodytext"><strong>Niharika Sagar G K, 13<br />Bengaluru, Karnataka </strong></p>.<p class="bodytext"><span class="bold"><strong>Festival of lights </strong></span></p>.<p class="bodytext">A 5-day-long religious festival,<br />Filled with diyas of hope, <br />And crackers of splendour, <br />Diwali lights up the world. <br />With delectable delicacies <br />And mouth-watering desserts, <br />Family gatherings are never more joyous <br />As Diwali lights up the world. <br />Days of constant intermingling <br />Brimmed with new social <br />connections and culture shocks, <br />Diwali lights up the world. </p>.<p class="bodytext"><span class="bold"><strong>Spoorti Shankar, 14<br />Bengaluru, Karnataka</strong></span></p>
<p class="title"><span class="bold"><strong>Please note: You may use a generic poetry pic for children. </strong></span></p>.<p class="title"><span class="bold"><strong>Bliss</strong></span></p>.<p class="title">No walls between us,<br />No hindrance to our delight,<br />Everyone bustling with festive fuss,<br />Spirits blazing bright.<br />The beauty of fireworks,<br />The sound of music,<br />Playing as the people in the works<br />Danced till they grew sick.<br />The bliss of sacred festivities,<br />And the ecstasy of celebration<br />Make us forget our enmities.</p>.<p class="title"><span class="bold"><strong>Niharika, 16</strong></span><br /><span class="bold"><strong>Bengaluru, Karnataka</strong></span></p>.<p class="bodytext"><span class="bold"><strong>Diwali</strong></span></p>.<p class="bodytext">The festival of lights has come, <br />That brings happiness to all<br />And sorrow to none.<br />The victory of good over evil,<br />That brings a smile on the faces of the people. <br />We worship god,<br />So that we can fear not. <br />The bursting of crackers,<br />The sounds of children’s laughter. <br />The gifts and sweets from loved ones, <br />The love they give us in tons. <br />It’s the arrival of the festival of lights,<br />Let’s make our city shine bright. </p>.<p class="bodytext"><strong>Prerana Rai, 12</strong><br /><strong>Bengaluru, Karnataka </strong></p>.<p class="bodytext"><strong>Grateful</strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">Oh god, I am grateful for you,<br />To have a day like this.<br />This day is full of joy,<br />I love this night.<br />Oh god, I am grateful for you,<br />To see a night like this,<br />With full moon light,<br />With sound of crackers and<br />Deepavali lights.<br />Oh god, I thank you very much<br />To have a day like this.</p>.<p class="bodytext"><strong>Niharika Sagar G K, 13<br />Bengaluru, Karnataka </strong></p>.<p class="bodytext"><span class="bold"><strong>Festival of lights </strong></span></p>.<p class="bodytext">A 5-day-long religious festival,<br />Filled with diyas of hope, <br />And crackers of splendour, <br />Diwali lights up the world. <br />With delectable delicacies <br />And mouth-watering desserts, <br />Family gatherings are never more joyous <br />As Diwali lights up the world. <br />Days of constant intermingling <br />Brimmed with new social <br />connections and culture shocks, <br />Diwali lights up the world. </p>.<p class="bodytext"><span class="bold"><strong>Spoorti Shankar, 14<br />Bengaluru, Karnataka</strong></span></p>