Wingword Poetry Competition 2025

Dr. Balvinder Banga

कुछ बातें कभी पूरी नहीं होतीं,
 जैसे तेरा मेरा साथ..

By Prashant Tripathi
Can't a being believe, wear, sit, cry, behave, or die
In any form without being stated as the term catastrophe?
I and that chair feel intimate to abnormality.

Vasanth M

I Ain’t old to complain 
 Yet too young to be worried 

By Hushmeet Singh

(The layman whispers—
As the bard sings his melodies,
The bard makes up words
That violate sciences.

By Anchal Chand

कही सुना था;
सबसे कठिन है सरल होना!
आसान है क्या, पानी में तरल होना?

By Hrigvi Singh Banafar
It is the only world, where I can spread my wings
Fly to wherever I want, not caring for a thing

By Palak Kukreja

What once was play now feels like a cell
A life admired, but not lived well.
Behind the gold and worldly gain

By Meenali Gulati

As a little girl, I watched birds,
Wondered what world they see.
How do they feel while flying?
Do they fear the earth or sea?

By Plabita Bhaskar

Fill your life with happy tears
And joys from tiny things
A ring of light above thy head,
Glows as you flap your wings.

By Manish Rathore

सीधी सच्ची सी राह है।
किसी की भी ना आह है।
अगर रोशनी का न साथ है।

By Ayush Pharasi 

IT'S A FEELING WHICH IS DIFFICULT TO BE EXPRESSED
WHAT YOU MEAN TO ME, CAN NEVER BE PROPERLY ADDRESSED

By Himanshi Kapoor

At the top of the building’s height,
The city looks very bright.
The dazzling roads, the crowded malls,

By Divya Gautam

Shrapnel is a word I admire
Cuts through you, brings you to attention
In this devastating doldrum of distractions

By Nandini Kanwar

I killed an artist
But it's not a crime.
For I received no sentence
And served no jailtime.

By Smuti Sangita

Eyes closed,
Fully clothed,
Hands rubbing my tummy,
Lying 5 centimetres from me.

By Deepali Prakash Sheoran

Be a woman of your own thoughts and dreams.
Be a woman who has faith upon herself

By Subi Sheikh 

I want my country to be like this,
I want my country to live in bliss.

By Namya Ganta

I saw you by the bay that day.
An old soul resting against the orange sky,

By Simran Mehrotra

(2025 की घटनाओं पर आधारित)
डर लगता है अब इस दुनिया में रहने से,

By Bavinika Sivakumar

Lukewarm water, weary eyes,
One fourteen a.m., Gemini moon night.

By Aditi Patalia

Caged by our own inner soul,
We are imprisoned with insecurities, fears of our own.

By Kanishka Bhandari

Heedful of the heating pot,
Suspended over the fuming flames.
Crackles of a wailing thought,
Luring you to spill your pains.

By Natarajan A.M.S

இளந்தளிர் கண்டேன்
இனிமை தரும் துளிர் கண்டேன்  
நந்தவனம் குலுங்கக் கண்டேன் நடுநடுவே பூக்களைக் கண்டேன்.  
பெண் இனத்தின் பெருமை கண்டேன்  
பெண்மையில் அவள் மலரக் கண்டேன்

By Jyoti Pabby 

काश ! तुम इतने अच्छे ना होते 
तो बात कुछ और होती।
न ही नयन तुम्हारे भीगते 
न ही मैं रो रही होती।

By Raadhika Jharia

I am just a cloud of dandelions,
Floating among a thousand dreams.
I am a whisper in the ear,

By Harish Pandey

देखो, तुम जो अभी नए-नए पुराने हुए हो,
लोगों की नज़रों में नए-नए सयाने हुए हो।
वो जांचेंगे, परखेंगे, आजमाएंगे

By Arunav Das

The winds as it rushes, crumbling my fate.
The moon if only it shines a little brighter

By Sumit Birwal

Sapno ka makaan bhi tha, ek gaj samaan vichaar bhi tha
Duaa maangne gaya bhi mai jaha mazaar nahi tha.

By Prasenjit Ray

Off the beaten track strolling.
If I blend in the pines and mist,
amid the lush green thicket,

By Reannshi Kakkar

I find myself framed in a clock,
standing on the hour hand,
it walks me to the end.
I amble in the valley of death,