– One plus one,
Tell me, how much will it be?
– There will be one long one.
Eralieva Umutkan Polotovna, a renowned poetess and writer from Kyrgyzstan, shares her poems for children
Eralieva Umutkan Polotovna, born on July 12, 1968 in the village of Kok-Zhar in the Nookat district of the Osh region of Kyrgyzstan, is a poet, writer, and publicist. She is Member of the National Union of Writers of Kyrgyzstan, Union of Journalists of Kyrgyzstan, Writers’ Union of North America, Eurasian Creative Guild (London), and the Singapore Federation of World Culture and Art. She is author of ten books, and winner of several international literary festivals and competitions. Her works have been translated into more than 62 languages of the world. She is participant of more than 80 world literary almanacs, newspapers, magazines, anthologies, websites. Literary editor of four international English-language journals. She is also the editor of the world’s popular English-language electronic magazine “Kaviya Kishore”, an international hardcover magazine “Luminance” in Bangladesh (Dhaka). General Director of the international online publication Skylark Poetry spi (Dhaka) in Kyrgyzstan, and the magazine “World International Editorial Board” (USA). Eralieva Umutkan was awarded the medal “Icon of Peace” of the Institute of Peace in Nigeria (Africa) (2022), where she is the Member of the Board of Directors of the Institute for World Peace in Nigeria, and the Ambassador of the Institute for World Peace in Nigeria. She is also the Ambassador of Peace for various organizations.
POEMS FOR CHILDREN
ONE (1) LONG
– One plus one,
Tell me, how much will it be?
– There will be one long one,
Emilbek made everyone laugh.
And they’re still laughing.,
His classmates.
– The “long one” has a giraffe,
He is the master for him!
***
THE CIRCLE TURNED INTO THE MOON
Taking a pair of compasses in my hands, I drew a circle,
Painted it yellow, my friend.
My circle looks like the sun and the moon,
It’s so beautiful, I won’t change it.
***
TWO BUNNIES
Two bunnies are gluttons,
They compete with each other
And half a bag of carrots
They eat and don’t worry.
The heroes are voracious
And they wiggle their ears,
In winter, what will they eat?
They don’t know themselves.
***
BOSTONHAN
He wants to be an astronaut,
Nice boy Bostonhan.
He’ll saddle the horse,
To get home to the clouds.
Even the wings are made of paper,
By attaching it to your back,
It’s almost like it’s on a rocket
The moon is rushing to the stars.
The earth is spinning down there
And the clouds are frolicking,
In the meantime, let him sleep sweetly,
It’s time to grow up…
***
BROTHER
Top-top, my little brother,
My sweet, my funny one.
Steps, come on, we’ll count
Top-top, now we’ll find out everything.
A thousand steps at a time,
You will be happy and healthy.
You will become a hero, well done
We will be proud later.
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