Wingword Poetry Competition 2025

By S.J. Sangeetha

Creatures of shadow and bioluminescent light,
Boom where pressure crushes all we know.

By Subhadeep Basu

Adieu! Oh Bard
Oh, Sweet song of spring !

By Sumana Das

When I used to be a child,
I was not afraid of the world.

By Rajveer Narang

Silent in the morning Sun - It Stands ,
ironclad Spine , its Frame .

Iqbal Ahmad

مہینے مخمل کے غلیچوں کو بھی کمتر سمجھا 
  اسنے جلتے ہوئے پتھتھر کو بھی بستر سمجھا 
 

By Somdutta Basu

A tiny kitten wandering along the grass,
Frantically trying to find a way.

By Madhuri Mishra

A stunning state that I belong to,
A roller coaster of seasons that give no clue,
Timeless literature, through centuries, it evolved,

By Rupam Malakar
Some disasters were never seen. They were felt within. Those two lost lovers, coming down my window

Shagun Thakur

I want to learn art —
 Not the usual kind where you pick up a brush,

By June S Sanyal

The same clouds which were dark yesterday

Roaring, “Don’t cross the border, step away”


By Tasneem Electricwala
The ephemeral melody left my breath away,
And I would have traded thousands of breaths to hear it once again

By Vimla Menon

A scene, a glimpse of nature
Perhaps in its rare moods…
A ray of sunshine through a drop of water,

Sunil Mattakkara

പട നയിച്ചു പട പൊരുതി 
  തലയുയർത്തി നമ്മുടെ 

By Dishti Khullar
God gave them peace and happiness,
Humans gave them tears and sadness

By Anthony David Vinod P

Mom, I wish you were here,
To celebrate your special day so dear.

Ashwarya Agarwal

If I could stroke away distress..
 I'd paint you my affections

By Krittika Indu
All my golden stories will slowly disappear,
And soon there will be no one to see and hear

By Amiya Kumar Sardar

The magic of my beauty lights up
A billowing flame in people's hearts.
Ye! That’s the way everyone feels...

Anupreet Kaur Kalsi

Eh lafz bde hi doongy ne, eh unsiyat/ mohabbat da vall dasde ne…

By Arpana Khanikar

What am I?
Am I a thought
Or a mission

By Bimalanshu Shekhar Mallik
To be free, one's folly one must retrace, examine, how in a trice, nimble sanity stumbles on dreams, and strays…

Yamuna Hareesh

അടവെച്ച കിനാക്കളുടെ 
 ചിതൽപുറ്റുയർന്നതിലെഴുതാത്ത കവിതയുടെ വരികളിഴയുന്നു.

By Shrishti Garg

I wish to be a bird,
Flying towards the horizon.
To places unreachable,

Duraiikkannan Govindaraj

 வெல்டர் பிட்டர் கார்பெண்டர் போன்ற
 படிப்புகளுக்கு கூட இங்கே படி அளக்கணும். 
 பெட்டிக்கடை ஒன்று வைப்பதாயினும் 

By Shatakshi Mishra

सबकी अभिलाषा टूटी है जीवन के किसी किनारे पर,
न समझो खुद को अकेला तुम, न नाव टिकी है सहारे पर।

By Ayesha Sachin Bindal
For I weep blood and bleed tears, till the earth is stained with crimson threads. I bleed, therefore I am

Alisa J S

A lone swordsman steps out
 Unprepared to face this bout.

Abha Sharma

Stay for a little while more
 Let’s reminisce the days of yore

Gowthami M

ಆತ್ಮವೇ ನಾ ಬಲು ಧನ್ಯಳು.
 ಅಖಂಡ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾಂಡದ ಕೋಟಿ ಅನುವಿನಲ್ಲಿ

By Shruti Nimkar

I know I'm far from perfect,
But you’re my only hope.
You give me the strength to carry on,
You give me the strength to cope.