Kites Daphne Lister

Up n the air
Sec the kites
fly
Like coloured birds
n the wind
wlhipped sky.
I wish I were small
And light as air
I would climb on a
kite
And sail up
there.
Then I'd drift
upon
The paper wings
And hear the
songs
That the wild wind
sings.
O
What fun it would be
To look right down-
Over the park
And rooftops of town.

The people below

Would stand and stare
And wish they were me
High. high in the air.

New Words
wind-whipped: the poet describes the sky as being whipped
by a strong force of the wind blowing across it, »dritt: move
slowly on air; float

...
Daphne Lister is aBritish writer of children's stories and
The poem is about the poems.
speaker's love for kites and his wish to infly
the air like a kite.
Understanding the Poem
AAnswer these questions.
W h a t does the speaker spot up
in thC d
as dir?
and igtil
speaker wish to be small
Why does the ona kite?
clinbing
want to do after
. wnat
doesthe speaker while flying
on the kite?
want to have fun
HOW does the speaker
would want to wish?
5
S.What does the speaker think that people below

words.
BAnswer these questions in your own

. And hear the songs that the wild

wind sings.... What do you think
the speaker is talking about here?

2. The speaker wishes to climb on a kite

and fly high above in the air,
want to do?
Do you have any such wish? What would you

Enjoying the Poem

Read these lines from the poem.

Up in the air
See the kites fly,
Like coloured birds
In the wind-whipped sky.
Here, the poet compares the flying kites with the colourful birds flying in the
sky. Sometimes, two different things are compared using the words likeors
Find line from the poem where the poet compares two different things
a
Using as.

Going Further
This is a photo of the city of Jaisalmer as it
would look from the sky. How would yoU
describe it? How different is it from the way
you would see it otherwise?