Wingword Poetry Competition 2025

By Laljee Verma

यहाँ और क्या मिलेगा तुम्हें
कितबों के सिवा!
किताबें, जिनके पन्ने बिखरे पड़े हैं

By Snigdha Mathur

Yeh jeewan hai do pal ki zindagani
tum flavoured dudh, hum khara pani

By Debosmita Sarkar

Maybe It's better to die
Than be in a world
With high exceptions
Someone who loves has patiently..

By Amar Agarwala

Those strands of grey on your temples
Creased brows in a smirch-stained plea,
Haunting weariness of your dark eyes

By Nilesh Bhardwaj

In the universe divided by planets, you were my sky.
In the society divided by religion, you were my prayer.
In the world divided by color, you were my skin.

By Ra

main kuch badal badal badal si gayi hoon,
zindagi puraani ho rahi hai, par main kuch nayi nayi hoon.

By Shyamoli Banerjee 

When I was a Little Little Boy 
 My hands were full of Colourful Toy, 
 When I Weep they cried with..

By Priti Nandkeolyar

सच और झूठ
सच की चादर ओढ़े
झूठ को करीब से देखा है
सच कितना दुखी, कितना चिन्तित

By Shweta Rajput

I have read much about racism in distant lands,
Where skin becomes a language to understand

By Anirudh Akella

I am my own worst critic,
the voice in my head relentless and unforgiving in
ways I'd never tolerate from another person.

By Anushka Swain

I became the hopeless hope that drove him to grief
Pandora's box seemed less scary, but his ignorance gave shivers..

By Dr Chittaranjan Dhangada Majhi

प्रहार है, प्रहार है,
वज्र सा प्रहार है I
विनाश है, विनाश है,

By Shivangi Soulful

Why do these unsaid emotions bloom in my chest,
Like whispers from lifetimes where we once found rest?

By Harjeet Singh Khurana

यूँ तो अक्सर प्रश्न करता है
मगर आज मेरे मन ने किया मुझसे अनोखा स्वाल

By  Aahana Mulla

Do not judge yourself on what you have not done –
do not judge yourself on what you have not become.

By Sakthe M

Before we spoke at all, before we knew our name,
we came swaddled in darkness, glowing with quiet light..

By Karishma Chopra

Sometimes late at night I sit with myself and ponder,
What will I do in this prodigious world of wonder?

By Jayalal Chandrasenan

Oh! Look at a tree.
It is born alone.
It grows alone.
It nourishes all with its fruits..

By Vishnu Pillai

My cup holds what I once neglected,
something I only learned to cherish
when I needed it the most.

By Priya Sajith

Dear Son,
Years ago I held you tight
My whole world filled up with light
I saw the pride in your..

By Soumya Nigam

While I was dancing in the pleasant drizzle,
Beneath an infinite rainbow
The tides pounded against their homes

By Sanjeevv khanna

वहां कुर्सी के इर्द गिर्द बहुत लोग जमा हैं,
भीड़ हटे तो देखेंगे कि सरकार किसकी है,
कभी आमने सामने बात हो तो हम भी समझें,

By Mihir Sharma

Like an actor so consumed;
I forget you are there.
As a playwright, I forget
This is not my play..

By Mihira Burman

Outside the window,
I see the stars,
Some bigger than others, but all are far,

By Nivedita Pandey

बरसो बाद आई खिलखिलाने की आवाज,
आया नया मेहमान लेकर अपना मिजाज़
पर ख़बर आई कि वह मेहमान थी बच्ची

By Richa Yadav

घनघोर घटाएँ काली-काली,
मेघ गरजते बादल फट गए,
बिजली चमकी छम-छम-छम,
बरसा पानी रिमझिम-रिमझिम..

By Sushant Sekhar Dash

ସୁଶାନ୍ତ ଶେଖର ଦାଶ 

କେତେ ମହାନ ମନେହେଉଥିଲା ସତେ !
ଦୂର ପାହାଡ଼ର ବିସ୍ତାରତା

By Anup Sen

বহুদিন লিখিনি কবিতা 
জামরুল হিজলের ছায়া
দরজায় কড়া নাড়ে ফেলে আসা দিন

By Rishika Gupta

The door clicks open.
We both step in 
Me and my husband 
home from work,
bags in hand..

By Anshuman Gaur

A sickly penumbra
spills from the streetlamp
Filtered through the skeletal fretwork