Wingword Poetry Competition 2025

By Manaswi Susarla

Upon the terrace, he waits still
With all his emotions beneath

By Raju Manav
When Earth’s thirst meets the first rain, and the soil whispers thanks in scent
That is Petrichor, a memory that never fades

By Khushi Vasoya

ये एक तरफा इश्क की दुनिया भी कितनी अजीब होती है,
कि ये एक तरफ़ा इश्क़ की दुनिया भी कितनी अजीब होती है

By Pubali Roy

The chrysalis breaks apart, tiny eyes open wide,
her lashes flutter in puzzled glances at the enormous world;

By Chinmay Chahar

Evening by the window
Under a pink soothing sky

By Vaishavi Oza 

They say knowledge is free,
but they forget the locks on its doors,
the weight of numbers that crush a name,

By Dr. Ajay Janmejay
बूँदों के आगे हैं बूँदें, बूँदों के पीछे है बूँदें 
तारों पर सजी नन्ही रेल, सावन की सबसे प्यारी खेल

By Manoj Stanley Tito Stephens

Holy, holy, holy is He
Who died for the sins of humanity

By Perin Unwalla

In the beauty of a canopying tree
In its blossoms bursting free

By Akshay Suresh
To the angel I fall, a soul tainted in rain,
Free-falling through sky, in love, in loss, in search of a breath again

By Abhishek Yadav

आज दिल फिर कुछ कहना चाहता है,
पूछना था — सुनोगी क्या?

By Dr.S.R.Krishnamoorthy Ranganathan

Roses, my childhood dreams, in vision and in bloom,
Gardening, a fleeting pastime, yet it failed to loom,

By Anwesha Ray

আমার বাড়ির সামনে ডাকবাক্সে- 
একটা চিঠি পড়ে আছে সেই কবেকার!
দূরদেশী এক অপরিচিত ব্যক্তি 
নিজের নাম পরিচয় কিছুই না ব্যক্ত করে, 

By Sangeeta Joshi

Time is a big one
When we are born, love is in and surrounded everywhere

By Vilas Sawant

लाकडांवर लाकडे रचित होती
सरणावर
अविश्रांत, क्लांत ती...

By Vipul Pande

लफ्ज़ ना करते बयां,
एहसासों का सिलसिला।
रास्ता ना मंज़िल से जुदा,
काफ़िला आशाओं का मिला।

By Aishwarya Damaraju
May I go out a fighter, undeterred, untamed, and messy
A voice in the silence,a blaze against injustice, a name that meant resistance

By Kenisha Singh

An Intruder in My Garden
Hey you! What are you doing there?
Are you trying to pluck out the flowers
of my hard-earned friendships 

By Sanil Kumar

തളിരിടും നീയെന്റെ ആത്മാവിൻ നെറുകയിൽ
പടരുമോ ഹൃദയത്തിൻ മോഹമായി
നിറയുമോ നീയൊരു മൗനമായി 

By Dr Sumitra Bachani

An Obstretician’s life is inextricably linked
Pregnancy and Labour are time bound, the days are inked!

By Sreyas Sreejith 

Sleeping time when I closed my
eyes,a world with peace and love
came to my dream.
A rain of snowball fell on my head,

By Sameer Punyani

If everybody won,
Where would be the fun,
If everyone would fail,
Only gloom will prevail,

By Kanak Lata Rai
हर इंसान लड़ रहा है, अपने-अपने मोर्चे पर 
तो क्यों न हम थोड़ा और इंसान बनें, थोड़ा और इंसानियत दिखाएँ?

By Dhairyaa Chauhan

With her head hung low
And nowhere to go
She can't explain 
This mysterious pain
It comes on so fast

By Kritika Pandey

In a world where fathers call daughters “Princess,”
you called me your Baahubali—my strength, no less.

By Bhargavvi Atul Bajpai

It was a stormy rainy night 
With winds blowing across
Scattering everything which was built
The shades which were meant to protect were broken into pieces 

By Nilisha Maher

ये दुनिया तुमसे इंसान बनने की उम्मीद रखती है...
और इंसान बनने के लिए अच्छा बनना होता है...

By Vineetha Deepak

That day, 
a part of her died.
Her soul lost every hope.
Her dream lost its purpose
and life, its worth. 

By Anand Shrivastava
है मीठा ज़हर ये प्रेम नगर, रोज़ हरेंगे तेरे प्राण 
जहां फूल-फूल है कातिल, हर चाँदनी में छुपा तूफ़ान

Hiba Mansuri

“Nostalgia is a killer,”
 As some people say,