The Pigeon Party

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Chitra Padmanabhan

Twenty noisy
pigeons
Had a party
last night

Noisy Pigeon Party [Illustration by Shinod AP]
Noisy Pigeon Party [Illustration by Shinod AP]

The last egg
Had hatched
The youngest one
Was OUT!

The last egg had hatched [Illustration by Shinod AP]
The last egg had hatched [Illustration by Shinod AP]

They rocked on
the TV wires
looked the kitten
In the eye

They splashed
In the pool –
the kitten’s
water bowl

They splashed in the pool [Illustration by Shinod AP]
They splashed in the pool [Illustration by Shinod AP]

And then they
had a contest –
Who showers
more droppings
On the clothesline

It must have been
a good party
Many must
have won

For the clothes
were splattered
With the proof
of the fun!

101 words | 1 minutes
Readability: Grade 4 (9-10 year old children)
Based on Flesch–Kincaid readability scores
Filed under: Poems
Tags: #Pigeons

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