Wingword Poetry Competition 2025

By Minakshi Dwivedy

ଏକ ଅର୍ଥପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ବ୍ୟକ୍ତ ବାଣୀ ଆମ ଭାଷା
ପରମ୍ପରା, ସଂସ୍କୃତିର ବାର୍ତ୍ତା ବହ ଏହି ଭାଷା

By Adhipa Ravindranath 

I write till words find a pause. I write about you—but you don’t know there is love stationed in my head,
waiting for a heart to rest in.

By Shivani Murugesan

Once a desert became a rainforest by your glance, creating a Disney world. Our thoughts synced, our hearts strummed like a pick against strings.

By Maisha Khondekar

The subtle breeze blows over the palette of different hues—
The blooming current of swaying roses, the ones she grew.

By Akshada Vanjeeswaran

Sambaar still dripping from his hand,
The nurses rushed my dad out, as per demand.
I finished my meal, my gaze fixed at my shoes,

By Ananya Singh 

Beyond the Pir Panjal lies the land of passes, traversed since the ancient by disparate masses.

By Sameeksha Rathod

You are born alone,
then being a clone,
you gather everyone around

By Sunil Deshpande

Turn of life at sixty is best.
Start new life with a new quest.

By Divya Kumar

Even in blazing heat or storm,
Even where danger is the norm,
Through fire or flood she walks with grace—

By Anuj Sahu 

Mind is like a wind. When calm you will feel comfortable and warm like you use to feel when you were a child

By Shweta Chaudhary

When evening treads
On sky’s bed,
The setting sun then weds

By Hema Mehra

If I fall asleep, do not hasten to shake me awake,
There's a reason for that slumber…

By Vedatroyee Ghosh 

I try not to think a lot in love. When we think, we get lost. I wanted it to be slow and mellow this time,
Like that's what my heart's been yearning for,

By Aneez Kutty

Mashoor kuch
naya likha nahi hai
Ye dunya wahi puraney

By SANSKRITI DUBEY

Me and my mother,
share eternal bond together.
She is not only my mother,
She has different facets altogether.

By Rajashree A N

Lost in the lyrical life,
I ceased to sing my song.
Aimlessly I wandered seeking,

By Ritika Rajput

दास्तान फड़फडाते हुए मेरे उन पन्नों की,
जिस पर तराशा था मैंने उसे अपनी इस कलम से।
वो मुस्कुराहट उन आँखों की,
जिसे ओढ़ लिया था मैंने अपने लबों पर।

By Vasudha Murthy

Unmindful of the dust
Filling their abode by the way-side
Sat the womenfolk of the gypsies

By Nisha K P

Wean you will,
Slow and steady,
From the clasp of that motherly hook,
And the warmth of your home.

By Talat Siddiqui

कई बार सोचा
कह दूँ तुमसे
कि मैंने छिपा रखा है
तुम्हारे प्यार की धूमिल स्मृति को अपने अंतस में

By Pabitra Kumar Gayen

Kurukshetra weeps, the war-drums hushed,  
Crimson rivers flow where the sun is crushed.  

By Gautam Raman

I pick up the pen.
In front, the blank canvas beckons
Mockingly, knowingly.
How long has it been now? How long 

By Aarti Nayak
Each grain a beautiful symphony, gentle in grace and harmony.
As the hourglass turns, we stand still...

By Anusree P V

When I mouthed a word for the first time,
I borrowed the warmth in my mother's lips.

By Dr Ashita Singh

अपनी बेटी की हल्की सी खरोंच पे जो तुम्हे रोना आया है 
तुम्ह अंदाज़ा भी नहीं है उस बाप के दर्द का जिस्की बेटी को जिंदा जलाया है 

By Prachi Patil

सुनाई दे तो उस झील का झरना...
ढूँढे तो खुशियाँ!!
कहे तो चाँद...

By Rohit Tulsiyan
जीवन समुद्र के मंथन से जो निकला वो विष पीने वाला मैं शंकर हूं,
मुझे मिलेगा केवल विष —मेरा पारश्रमिक।

By Siddharth Singh

अम्बर में सितारे और भी हैं
रातें अभी बाक़ी और भी हैं

By Kiara Durve 

Who will give her cute nicknames to annoy her?
Who will tickle her until she screams and kicks her legs

By Shivendra Sharma

लाल रंग न समझो इसको,
जीवन का गठबंधन है l
संस्कृति है ये भारत की,