What if?



What if a dog could talk,
And a cat chew chalk?
An elephant could fly,
And a cow could cry?

What if a bird ate shark,
And a lion could bark?
Or a tiger may intend,
For a mouse to befriend?

What if a house could run,
And play or have fun?
Or the earth could hug,
And the sky could shrug?

What if the sun came down,
And the moon wore crown?
Or the stars could fall,
And come to you all?

What if you were a bird,
Or a sheep in a herd?
Is it impossible for you?
But what if all were true?

Muhammad Shahnawaz Sabir

About this poem

This poem is for school going students. The primary aim of the poem is to stimulate students' imagination and train them to think out of the box.

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Submitted by Shahnawaz on March 03, 2023

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Scheme XXAA BBCC DDEE FFGG HHII X
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 518
Words 134
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1

Muhammad Shahnawaz Sabir

Muhammad Shahnawaz Sabir is a linguistic lecturer and author. He has authored various textbook and ESL course book series. He also composed a great number of poems for every age group and on various genres. more…

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