Tag Archives: English Poems on Festivals

Christmas Alphabet: Kindergarten Poetry Christmas Alphabet: Christmas songs and rhymes that can be used when planning activities and curriculum for Preschool, PreK and Kindergarten children. A – for the animals, out in the stable,B – for the Babe in the manger cradle,C – for the carolers, happy and gay,D – for December, the 25th day,E – for the Eve when …

Thanksgiving Poem on being a Turkey: Thankful – In the United States, the Thanksgiving holiday is a four-day holiday over a weekend, starting on Thanksgiving Thursday and ending on Sunday. Families and friends usually eat a special meal together (usually with a turkey as the main dish). This meal also usually includes mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, several casseroles, …

Thanksgiving is a holiday in the United States and Canada when people give thanks. In the United States, it is on the fourth Thursday of November. In Canada it is on the second Monday of October. In 1863, Abraham Lincoln said the last Thursday of November would be a national Day of Thanksgiving for the United States. American immigrants brought …

The Pumpkin: John Greenleaf Whittier uses grandiose language in “The Pumpkin” to describe, in the end, his nostalgia for Thanksgivings of old and bounteous love for pumpkin pie, the enduring symbol of those holidays. The poem begins with strong imagery of pumpkins growing in a field and ends as an emotional ode to his now elderly mother, enhanced by similes. …

Deepawali Poem: Diwali is often the favourite festival of many children as they get to burst crackers and eat great food and enjoy themselves with their friends and families. Diwali is the festival of lights. It is celebrated in October or November. Many traditions can be attributed to the 5-day celebrations that culminate in the festival of lights. According to …

My Sister, My Best Friend: Raksha Bandhan, also Rakshabandhan, or simply Rakhi, is an Indian and Nepalese festival centred around the tying of a thread, bracelet or talisman on the wrist as a form of bond and ritual protection. The festive Hindu and Jain ritual is one principally between brothers and sisters, observed both before and after she gets married …

The Fool: Buddha’s Poetry – Siddhartha, who later became known as the Buddha – or The Enlightened One – was a prince who forsook the comforts of a palace to seek enlightenment. He realized the essential unreality of the world and experienced the bliss of Nirvana. After his enlightenment, he spent the remainder of his life teaching others how to …

Baisakhi: The New Season English Poetry – Baisakhi (especially in Punjab) is celebrated in much the same way as Gurpurbs. Gurdwaras are decorated and visited. Parades, dancing and singing happen throughout the day. Many Sikhs choose to be baptized into the Khalsa brotherhood on this day. Baisakhi: The New Season Stretching, rubbing my eyes, With a wide yawn, I fill …

I Have a Little Dreidel: The Hebrew word for dreidel is sevivon, which, as in Yiddish, means “to turn around”. It have four Hebrew letters on them, and they stand for the saying, Nes gadol haya sham, meaning A great miracle occurred there. In Israel, instead of the fourth letter shin, there is a peh, which means the saying is …

Deepavali Delights: Diwali Festival English Poetry – India is the great country known as the land of festivals. One of the famous and most celebrated festival is Diwali or Deepawali which falls every year 20 days after the festival of Dussehra in the month of October or November. It is celebrated to commemorate the returning of Lord Rama to the …