Question

Read an extract from the poem, New Year Resolution:

The priest asked, “Son, any new resolution this year?”  I said, “Father, driving with the  helmet and in first gear”,  “That’s good, my son, but have you any more?"  “Sure, there are ten, but I shall keep only four”. The first will be never to wipe the shoe behind my pant; The second will be, to say without hesitation, “I can’t”,  The third is to always keep the toothpaste cap on, It’s something, which I never did since I was born. The fourth, never to look at your neighbour’s hedge  It’s that what has brought the envy and the wedge,  The fifth is easy and you can have a ball Never take from Peter, what you have to pay Paul. The sixth is to hold my head high, even under water Learn simple things of life, from the arty potter, He moulds wonders out of his two hands, Leaving lasting impressions forever on the sands.

Try and compose a poem conveying your resolutions. You may let the first stanza be the same.

e.g.

The first will be never to yawn
in public be it noon, dusk or dawn.
The second.............

Answer 1

My New Year Resolutions

The priest asked, “Son, any new resolution this year?”
I said, “Father, driving with the
helmet and in first gear.”
“That’s good, my son, but have you any more?”
“Sure, there are ten, but I shall keep only four.”

The first will be never to yawn
in public be it noon, dusk or dawn.
The second will be to always speak the truth,
and follow good habits from my youth.

The third will be to keep my room neat,
and never leave my books under my feet.
The fourth will be to help everyone in need,
and always try to do a good deed.

I shall respect my elders every day,
and listen carefully to what they say.
These resolutions I hope to keep,
with honest effort, strong and deep.