Wingword Poetry Competition 2025

By Trivendra Taragi

पहचान करने चला था दूसरों की, 
‎खुद को ना पहचान सका जो कभी

By Desiraju Durga Surya Sai Kumar

From a paper boat to a canoe,
And from puddles to pools,
I grew up with a sailor's fantasy

By P Syamala

Why did you give me a look of scorn,
Tearing the tender soul of the forlorn?

By Purabi Kalita

এই যে দেখিছা, এইখিনিতে, ঠিক এইখিনিতে 
এজোপা আঁহত আছিল আৰু 

By Kanchan Dadhwal

Somewhere in the middle of the lands,
With flowery beds and tall trees that stand.

By Uttaran Banerjee

কবিতা তুমি কোথায়? 
নাড়ির অভ্যন্তরে,মস্তিষ্কের অন্বেষণে নির্গত? 

By Smita Kullu

पधारो मेरे देश

By Yati Sharma

From the dark of edges
To the bright of bridges,
Stuck of flashes,
I am all alone.

By Atharva Yerawar

सतयुग के आरंभ में पड़ा धर्म में अकाल 
धरा की रक्षा के लिए आया मत्स्य अवतार 

By Reena Stamets

My body brings the news
One silver hair at a time,
Alighting on me

By Karanveer Kaur

ਕੜਾਕੇ ਦੀ ਠੰਡ, ਪਿਆ ਸਿਰਸਾ ਤੇ ਵਿਛੋੜਾ।
ਰੁਲ ਗਈ ਗੁਰੂ ਦੀ ਪੰਡ, ਬਣ ਗਿਆ ੩-੪੦-੩ ਦਾ ਜੋੜਾ।

By Sakshi Srivastava

It was surely the cries that woke me up,
No, not of a child — I would have known then.

By Rafia Sultana

Patience is life and waiting is its part.
Learning to be patient is a useful art!

By Subhancy Jaiswal

Cold — that's what she feels.
She works day and night just for a meal.

By Naveen Yadav 

राजमहल में रहने वाले क्या जानें सच्चाई को?
घोर तपस्या करने वाले कृषक की कठिनाई को।

By Gospel Hruaizeli

I know a girl of seven
A beginner in the world

By Priyanka Maisnam

Another day at the old cottage
Beside the withered gulmohar

By Nisha Bhasin

आंतक, डर या ज़ोर से, 
अधिकार नहीं मिलते, मचाने शोर से

By Shramana Mandal

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বছর আটের, ফুলের মতন মেয়েটার—
সারা শরীর যন্ত্রনায় জর্জরিত,

By Lekha Saji

Blue planet with rippling waters,
Birds chirp, and the breeze softly murmurs.

By Kushal Tamang

The sea waves, in her constant
attempt to prove her love to the coast.

By Nathan Khiangte

Still, I don’t see
What the point is of every deed.

By Sakshi

आसमां में जब हमारा तिरंगा लहराता है, 
विश्वभर में देश हमारा परचम फहराता है l

By Parvathy Biju

The mountain stretched for miles,
Clad in white snow beyond

By Sanaah Contractor

Precious notes of colour
Paint me red, blue, green

By Gunjita Suman

A lovers' triad, my missing gauntlet
My missing outlet to let free the haunches

By Vikas Kumar

It's cloud and sun playing hide and seek,
With showers swaggering at times, at times meek.

By Shubhra Singh

अब तक ना थीं आँखें खुलीं,
पर मन ने दिल की सुन थी ली

By Durgadevi Kosuri

నీ ఊపిరే నీకు కాపరి…నడుమ నటించే నాట్యమయూరి

By Sangeeta Bimal

हे ईश्वर, 
क्या तुम पुरुष हो?