Wingword Poetry Competition 2025

By Anvi Khattar

A tender reflection on identity shaped by memories, friendships, and fleeting joys.

By Beena E.S.

A grey afternoon,
wheels rumble over cracked asphalt

By Shrishti Khanna

A shell she's forming, hollow and tight,
A facade of strength, a deceptive light.

By Vivaan Bhalla 

Pass me the morning paper,
He said at night.

By Nadeera Taneja

Even today the storm still rages with no sign of abatement,
Lost in this forever downpour of rain and snow

By Harshika Hundal

A desire that can’t be fulfilled by society’s
twisted vision
of what women are meant to be.

By Aditya Rajiv Ratnam 

In evening's fading light, she struggles to sleep, 
Like an old banyan whose roots forget their earth. 

By Nandkishore Srinivasan

Fear my gaze, accept me if you can—
All the same to me.

By Aanshikha Lohia

I am like the ocean—
in love with the fish and sharks,
hiding behind the corals,
playing hide and seek with the mermen.

By Mousumi Mura

You are that amorous love,
which grows the feelings in my heart, 

By Arnav Bhattacharya

You are welcome to pick me up,
even if only to throw me away again

By V S Nebu 

Spiritual life, a voyage lone,
In search of moonlight yet unknown.

By Nipun Khatri

I’ve seen artworks of complete honesty
by men who mastered forgery.

By Srilata Banerjee

Fire in the shadows,
Licking at the dust of ages

By Tasso Sumpi

An animal lover. A cat lover. An avid dog lover. I used to tell myself.
After a long day at the University, I took the usual 45-minute bus ride home.

By Parul Jain 

The sinister calm and the preposterous wind, 
Surrounded by souls with an uncanny tint! 

By Ushasi Mukhopadhyay

My Dad's the best of them you'll find
He cools my mind like sprinkling ice

By Arushi Saxena

ज़िंदगी शतरंज का खेल है यारो,
यहाँ बस मोहरे हम सब हैं सारे।

By Suman Chauhan

विवाह की खुशियाँ तोड़ गई सपने 
जो सोचा था उसके उल्ट हो गए अपने 

By Huzefa Beawarwala

I have walked the path of pain and sorrow,
I have walked the path of jealousy that is hollow,

By Shreya Shinde

शरीर जेव्हा सोडून गेले 
तेव्हा मला कळले होते 

By Aparna Thakur

काले बादल आओ मेरे देस,
लिए फुहार पानी की बना लो कोई भेस!

By Debanjali Pan

Names are strange things.
Something that marks you even before you can comprehend anything.

By Padmini Boruah

You walk these crumbling walkways,
Alone by moonshine..

By Kunj Nayak

तुझे देखा तो लगा पा लूं तुझे 
मंज़िलों को रख परे हांसिल कर लू तुझे।

By Pooja Soni 

मेरी ज़िंदगी
मेरी ज़िंदगी भी बड़ी अजीब है

By Dheeman Ghosh

There is loneliness in this world so great
that you can see it etched across the oblong..

By Mouchumi Chayengia

বহুত দিন হ'ল-
নিলিখা কথা।
নেদেখা হ’ল বহুতো ভাল লগা..

By Kajal Gurbani 

काश कुछ अल्फ़ाज़ मुझे लिखने आ जाएं,
तो दोस्ती के मायनों को हम बता पाएं...

By Vinita Saraswat 

सज गई आँखों में जा कर
स्याह काजल बन गई ..!!