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Wingword Poetry Competition 2025

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जब तुम आती हो छट्टियों में

जब तुम आती हो छट्टियों में

By Shivram Krishnan

तुम आती हो, तो
तुम्हें बस स्टैंड से लाने की
व्याकुलता भी आनंदायक है।

The Bulldozer

The Bulldozer

By Ram Cobain

A woman lifts her fist
As she once raised her voice
A bulldozer raises its arm

Aye waqt

Aye waqt

By Sonal Ekka

Aye waqt zara tham to ja
Ha ha pata hai tu kahan kisi
K liye rukne wala

Your voice

Your voice

By Nitzia Magoo

i miss it
a lot
your voice
when you whispered my name in the middle of the night

QUEST

QUEST

By Harihara Mahadevarao Dhruvakumar

"Have you seen mercury?" said my daughter,
Sprinkling on a wide green leaf sparkling water.

Her Marathon

Her Marathon

By Vishnupriya Srivastava

Your girl deals with harasser every day,
Some might be dealing while you are reading this today.

ज़िंदगी

ज़िंदगी

By Suresh Kumar Arora

ज़िंदगी तू भी कितनी अजीब है,
कभी हँसाती है तो कभी रुलाती है ।
भर के हसीन आँचल में अपने,

Family Story

Family Story

By Priyanka Vijayaraghavan

On my knees, I crawl up to appa
Appa, pick me up! I motion and babble,
And he scoops me up in his arms,

మనిషి.. ఓ మరిచిపోయిన కథ

మనిషి.. ఓ మరిచిపోయిన కథ

By Shailaja Mamidala

ఓ మనిషీ..
కృత్రిమ మేధను సృష్టించి
తెలివి, ప్రతిభ అని విర్రవీగుతున్నావు

Last Goodbye

Last Goodbye

By Madhuvan Bajrangi

Just before the waning lamp runs out
And impenetrable darkness presides,
In those last, ethereal flickers,
May I get to see

Hope, There and Back Again

Hope, There and Back Again

By Partho Sen

Walking down memory lane,
Some twenty-odd years ago,
I recall it being the eve of solstice,
And back then, I was rather alone.

मौन पुकार

मौन पुकार

By Pankaj Kumar Gupta

मैं डूबता रहा
भीड़ के शोर में
जहां हर चेहरा मुस्कान की नक़ाब पहनकर...

Still there

Still there

By Shreya Shalini

I once bit my tongue off.
It was my own teeth that made the halt.

కమనీయ గీతం కాశ్మీరం

కమనీయ గీతం కాశ్మీరం

By Usha Sastry

రమ్య రమనీయ రంగుల రాగ రంజితం 
జాలువారు హిమపాత జలక్ జలక్ నాద జల మయం,

DO YOU MISS ME TOO?

DO YOU MISS ME TOO?

By Shakshi Ranjan

In trillions of stars in the sky
Every night I try to find you
In hope you'll see me too

World that Doesn't Fit

World that Doesn't Fit

By Shruthi Puthran

And then..
One blithe morning
thorn birds started singing again,
I stepped out of my home
and the world..

अर्धांगिनी

अर्धांगिनी

By Ravi Shankar Parashar

तुम मेरी खातिर ही बनी हो,
मै लोहा तुम पारसमणि हो।

Confession

Confession

By Ghulam Ali Abbas Husain

I practice every day and night
What I would say if she were here
And I wonder with all my might

कोरोना काल का दृश्य

कोरोना काल का दृश्य

By Ritesh Kumar

तुम
महफ़ूज हो
महलों के

It was my world.

It was my world.

By Anirban De

Nine months had passed, I was in the dark;
I was in the dark and I was in the lark.

Age calls

Age calls

By Dr. Pooja S.

The sky is cloudless,
Not at all windless.
Hiring an adamant yacht,

ईमानदारी

ईमानदारी

By Gaurav Bhatnagar

ईमानदारी कठघरे में है, सवाल पूछ रहे हैं लोग
ईमानदारी कठघरे में है, सवाल पूछ रहे हैं लोग

ज़्यादा मीठा नुक्सान देता है!

ज़्यादा मीठा नुक्सान देता है!

By Geetanjali Gupta

ज़्यादा मीठा नुक्सान देता है
चाहे सेहत हो या फिर रिश्ते
मात्रा सिमित ही रखना , वरना बीमारियों का सामान देता है..

 

Tree

Tree

By Rasagya Gurung

Do you hate me or
Do you hold a grudge?
What have I done?

മനസാം മന്ദിരം

മനസാം മന്ദിരം

By Gayathri PV മനസ്സൊരു മായാ മന്ദിരമോ മർത്യ മനസ്സൊരു മായാ മന്ദിരമോ ഇന്ദ്രിയങ്ങൾ പത്തു ദിക്കുകൾ കാക്കുന്ന ദ്വാരപാലൻമാരുമാകുന്നുവോമണ്ണിലെ മാറുന്ന ഭ...
Small Town Kid

Small Town Kid

By Vanisha Naraini

Yes, I'm a small town kid, And I'm a little timid, 
But at least i am not that rigid.

 

माँ उस दिन तेरी एक ना चली

माँ उस दिन तेरी एक ना चली

By Ashutosh Bohra

माँ उस दिन तेरी एक ना चली
चाहत तो तेरी बहुत रही होगी इस ज़िन्दगी को थोड़ा और जीने की, लेकिन वो दिन तेरा ना था माँ, इसिलिये तेरी एक ना चली

Chapter: My Baby Blue Universe

Chapter: My Baby Blue Universe

By Kirpa Manku

It’s my baby blue universe,
I’m creating it where I’ll keep my happiness first.

Sins in Sacred Skin

Sins in Sacred Skin

By Radhika Mishra

In the woods of Wayanad, where the jackals cry,
And the tendu trees blossom at the monsoon sky,
A township stood veiled in sacred fear-

Side eye

Side eye

By Neha Nair

Strip down, remove your clothes, go ahead - yeah, your underwear too.
Don't be shy, quickly now - your bra too.