Capt Cool

All quiet was the night

Thoughts in mind taking flight

The very first of 'him' comes across

Will he win or lose the toss?

Would he bat on number 4?

Or be the finisher on the floor?

Ashwin or Bhuvneshwar first,

or Umesh to quench the thirst?

Would he wear a helmet every ball?

Or a cap to fight the bowler's brawl?

With Raina to his right and Kohli to the left,

Assisting him to scare a batsman to his cleft!

Not every strategy of his proves to be sublime,

People start blaming as if he's committed a crime

But then he comes back and becomes a cyclone;

Now to humiliation, who is prone?

The captain of India, super cool!

At home he wipes Ziva's drool

So dedicated, he refused a break

Said everything else can wait for country's sake.

If him, the BCCI want to sack,

No shit accepted; we'll fight them back!

We'll always love him from the bottom of our hearts

The ones who hoot for him right from the start.

Captain, O Captain just be with our team

Fulfill the goals of which you dream.

You are the best player India has had

and to have seen you playing makes us glad.

We don't want our Captain Cool to retire any soon,

We don't want to give up god's own boon.

For you we will cheer till your last run;

Our own favourite, the only one

-Chinmayee Kulkarni

Just 1 year

All of academics becoming hard
Its like walking on glass shards!
No saliva in my mouth & a dry cleft
Everyone is explaining how 1 year is left.

All fiction closed and science is open
All brains deep fried or baking in the oven.
Pens in the hand completing notes
Answers stored in the memory, repeated within the throat.

The last date of submission is tomorrow
Teachers don't have enough ink, my pens they borrow
Submitted it finally by working all night,
Teacher is absent; that's not right!

Finally I get 2 weeks for the examination,
I can't even listen to songs at my favourite radio station!
My parents know that I'm not a prodigy.
So, to sharpen my mind, I eat more & more veggies.

Grandpa comes and says "you're working so well"
Little does he know its a micro-hell.
Then off, I ask Granny,"won't there be any rest?"
The usual reply: Darling only one year is left.

Here comes the exam slamming all the way,
For a whole week at my house enjoys it's stay.
Maths,English, Hindi follow out in a row
Laughing at me when I raise my brows

Slowly it comes to a pretty countdown
Less than 4 days to have back my crown.
I am very nervous but making merry too.
The results will tell if I can leave this zoo.

The D-Day arises and we drive off to school,
Smart enough not to make myself a fool.
An A-2 grade I scored, the rest of the marks stolen in a theft!
But still the phrase is only 1 year is left

-Chinmayee Kulkarni

Scary Direction

There is a horrifying band called One Direction
Because of whom we kids get detention!
There are 5 members who create major trouble;
Just because of their cuteness, get paid double!

The oldest member is childish Louis
All the things he talks about are funny and gooey.
The other one is Zayn Malik
Our Bradford Badboy's "Vas Happenin'?" never feels sick.

Then comes Liam, the daddy of 'em all
Who looks after them and doesn't let us get lost at a mall.
Our Irish fellow Niall, whom we call 'Leprechaun'

Has blond hair and blue eyes, looks sweet like a fawn.

Youngest of them all is little Harry
Don't believe all his looks, he's damn scary!
All these people freak me out everyday,
But now I'm used to it like a cow's to hay

I swear each of them now looks like a crow
Singing in the skies: Do Re Mi Fa So La Si Do.
But still so scary, they shut down 'The Wanted'
All my dreams now are by them haunted.

My mum & dad used to say Niall's like a mouse
But I know he's different than those in my house.
Zayn looks like a Greek God, the younger brother of Zeus
But he looks more scary than Harry's ankle length shoes!

Liam is a troll giant of whom you've heard,
Like a mangrove forest is his beard.
Harry has real butterflies in his stomach,
But his face is similar to that of a duck.

What can I say about Louis? The joker at a bash
Every single car in the music videos gets a crash!
They have some bad qualities bad drivers or cooks,
Deep in us somewhere, they have their crooked hooks.

Every single day, they make us smile with their antics,
We're so proud to call ourselves 1D geeks.
We'll miss these boogeymen when we're all grown up
The time when "Vas Happenin'?" will be replaced by "what's up?"

- Chinmayee Kulkarni

That's me!

I am unique in a distinct way
Living a unique life each day
A man made from a different clay
I may be at a runway or bay..
I am unique is what I want to say

Sometimes up and also down
I might be serious, but mainly a clown
I hate those cities, better is a town!
My family does but I do not frown.

A little stupid, a little smart
But believe me, I'm big of heart
Chocolates for me are a kick-start!
I fly in my mind like Amelia Earhart.

I'm a bit tangy, a bit bittersweet
As blank as a white paper sheet.
As quiet as a tree, can keep it discreet.
I guess I seem dumb at the first meet..

Once you get to know me, I'm a monkey you know;
Then I can't sit quiet, irritating you like a crow!
But the most beautiful world to you I would show
You might find me funnier as I grow

-Chinmayee Kulkarni