Wingword Poetry Competition 2025

By Sandesh Devkate

तुम उदास मत होना,
कि अब मैं किसी सूरज-सा ढल,
क्षितिज के पार चला जा रहा हूँ।

By Sreekala P

ഇരുണ്ട വാനം മിഴിയുന്നു
ഭൂമിയുടെ നെഞ്ചിൽ നെടുവീർപ്പ്

By Sangeeta Sharma "Sangi"
मेरा सलाम उन वीरों को जो सरहद संभाले बैठे हैं पर
एक सलाम उन वीरों को जो नालों की स्वच्छता का भार संभाले बैठे हैं

By Daisy Raj Singh

Colour me the colour of your dreams 
For I am your canvas 
The splash of colours on my being
The slide of the brush on my soul

By Vidhya Lakshmi

வெள்ளை உடையை தரித்து,
சமாதானத்தின் தூதராய் இருந்து,

By Indira Chakraborty

Silent whoosh remains—
Specter crawling, cruel, unrestrained

By Anushree Bhattacharya

Someone came to my mind’s doorstep
Knocked on the door to step inside
Into the chaos that was brimming within
I still dared to open biting my pride

By Bhuvan Prakash

They say birth was consecrated for you,
If it's true, then why did gusts of darkness swallow me.

Himanshu

ਕਦੇ ਨਿੰਦਰਾਂ ਚੋਂ ਉੱਠ ਜਾ ਜਾ ਕੇ,
 ਬਹਿ ਜਾਣਾ ਮੈਂ ਡੂੰਘੀ ਸੋਚੀਂ,

By Sivakami A M

The music stopped,
for the world disappeared.

By Omkarini Kasaudhana

टूटे मन से खड़ी हूं, जोड़ खुद को रहीं हूं,
कुछ इस तरह अपने हालात लिख रही हूं...

By Likhita Katiki

For someone who's lived in a nightmare for years,
There's a thin line between a dream and reality's tears

By Shrikant Bhat

था जवाब एक पल में, हम उलझे रहे कल में।
बस खोते ही गए, कुछ पाने के छल में।
गुरूर को ही अपने, कुछ ऐसे हवा दी।

By Ashwathi Mohan

Behind those giant wooden doors
Lay his tiny, twisted mind
His hands grabbed all of me

By Nilanjana Sengupta

Please know that I have waited for long
Singing to myself every possible song

By Aditi Jha

Tangerines are never the answer,
you might crave them to insanity,

By Dr. Thara Jyothi

Even in death, I’d rise again, a Phoenix from the ashes born, and choose to be a girl again and again

By Keshav Kumar Mittal

Let me take you there,
It’s been a while since I opened its doors,
I pack it down below, double lock the doors,
Yet somehow in the dark it glows.

By Manori C

Life marches on and on, no matter what.
What does it care about my emotions?
It just marches on, relentlessly,

By Tuhin Ghosh

That evening was sultry,
but from her office desk,
she noticed dark clouds on the horizon.

By Alba Johny G

The world addresses her ‘Moon’
She lit in dark,
Her smile like the twilight,

By Jyoti Prakash Mohanty

Under the rubble lay strewn 
Flesh..Blood..Bones
In a shape unrecognisable 
From their original existence 
Of Men..Women..Children, 

Kajal Pawar

प्रकाशाच्या आशेने पाखरू आंधरात भरकटल
 ज्याच्यावर प्रेम केलं साक्षीने त्याच साहिल ने तिला ठार केलं.

By Shirley Jacob

The constructs of a father–
Who was once a young man,
A baby boy, weaned and built upon
What it is to be a man.

By Mehar Malik

I can feel the stare
of all these weapons.
I can feel their desire
of wanting to be touched,

By Sangeeta Kaur
हमें अति रूपी दानव को बाहर फेंकना होगा और आंतरिक भावनाओं मंथन कर नया इतिहास रचना होगा।

Nisha Gupta

सब पे अपना प्यार लुटाती,
 पर बहुत कम से ही अपना प्यार पाती।

By Shanti Odayar
For no machine, no data stream, can match the force of a teacher’s dream. It’s human hands that bring the light

Kunwar Indrajeet Singh

देश का भाल हो, महाविकराल हो
 धवल, श्यामल, कभी कुंदन सा दमकते हो

By Vrinda Sehgal

Usko pyaar nahi hai tumse
Toh karvaoge kaise?