Cricket-Ye dil mange more! Poem by Jash,8, Ahmedabad
Wow! 9-year-old Jash from Ahmedabad breaks into a fun and fantastic poem about the joys of playing cricket and the life lessons in learning a sport.
I started cricket
when I was four.
Knee pad and gloves,
First time I wore !
I was ready to play and here came the ball,
Knock ! It hit my nose.
My face grew sore,
I cried and cried.
My father said to me,
“It’s alright!”
He encouraged me a lot,
and gave me advice.
“Keep the ball
in your sight.
Get up, you are on strike.”
It made me feel better,
I had a bruised nose, but it did not matter.
When I was 5, I hit my first 4,
People in the colony said
“Once more, once more.”
I asked them, “Ye dil mange more?”
(Does your heart want more?)
They said 4, 4!
I said Yay!
And sprang out with joy like a wild boar.
Now my bat swings,
Like an angel’s wings,
Everybody cheers for me, there is a lot of singing,
And my phone does not stop ringing.
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16 Responses
Awesome poem.. i really liked it
Nice work.. keep it up champ
Rhyming done diligently, engaging and intriguing. Well done Jash!!!
Excellent, very nice and very well written poem by Jash Chadha. Well done and Congratulations. God bless him always.
Very well written , imaginative yet real world . Kudos Jash
Well done Jash ! Keep it up !
Awesome young champ!! Wish you the best dear. Keep rocking 👍🏻👏🏻
Congratulations jash. Keep it up 👍
G8…. Keep striking…. Yeh Dil mange more …. Now 6 & 6 & 6 ….
Awesome baby…Keep it up
Well done jash . Very nice poem.
Very Good, keep it up little champ
Nicely written
Keep it up Jash…. nice poem
Good work Champ 🙂 you always make us proud… keep exploring, writing and expressing.
Love
Awesome. God bless son . You going to rock the world with your creativity. Well done , keep it up