Wingword Poetry Competition 2025

By Annie Ekka

Are they here or somewhere that no one has been to?
The lines that can be imagined and yet unimaginable.

By Raka Chakrabarty 

I followed the footsteps, one by one,
Counting the fluorescent waves,
With a uniform rhythmic movement.

By Sahil Pathan

I. A Dance in the Dark Furnace

Life is a nightmare,
Offers more scars, yet they're rare.

By Darshita Salian 

“She opens her mouth with wisdom,
And the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.”

By Himangshi Dangle

They always said
Respect your elders!

By Sumitha P

A Wounded Butterfly
She is just a girl who lives in her own world, with her own thoughts.

By Manjusha Tiwari

नए दौर की परीक्षा
जहां हर पथ पर, मिलती है हमे शिक्षा
इस दौर में, जहां सब भाग रहे हैं

By Anju Sharma 

Amber shades of dusk have started to engulf my being
The end of the bridge connecting golden dawn of youth to

By Kavita Kalra

Mystic lofts reverberating with temple chimes,
Chants and accolades for the form divine,

By Ahana Choudhury

Sense of touch is often hard, 
Bening, stateless yet full of matter,

By Karmanbir Chauhab

Lucifer Morningstar, the Devil, they call
from the grace of God, did he fall

By Shalini Kashyap

वो दिन भी कितना सुन्दर था,
जब मुझको ये जीवन था मिला l

By Sapna Chouhan

I seek to be alone in the purple mountains
Where the peaks are covered with snow
Where the valley is filled with flowers

By Sonali Goyari

I fell off
Not suddenly
But intentionally
I got embroiled

By Prabhnoor Kaur

हाँ, बात तो सही है कि मैं सिर्फ दोस्त हूँ उसकी,
पर प्यार का दूसरा नाम ही तो दोस्ती है...

By Diana Melhet

A friend in need, would reach out to me
For I am that friend that he leans on

By Shreya Hooda

In my wings 
I take pride.
In the blue
When i see them spread

By Neeharika Mishra

What extract of humans shall you take?
What acre of crematorium shall you take?

By Roshan Sapam

In my shady backyard garden
Where I hardly need any fan
I laid peg table with iced beer

By Denzil Vonlintzgy

It has been some time
since I last slept.

By Menka Sushant

In your lap I touched heaven,
when anguish stalked me,
You promptly stash me in mantle,

By Astha Bajpayee

Waiting for the last leaf to fall
To redeem my downfall

By Adrija Chatterjee 

If I am allowed to, in the next life
May you be reminded of places

By Gargi Chatterjee

Out of the sun, into the shadow;
Time quavers in its blazing flame,
Folding withering hands to adieu

By Rishabh Jain

There’s something gentle about the evenings. The wind blew through my hair and face, taking away yesterday's pain and leaving me with the answers I once thought were in 

By Bashobi Roy gupta

How have I understood the meaning of being helpless ,
When I couldn’t reach to you while
you were fighting with the pain endless.

By Abhishek Mukhopadhyay

On a quiet corner behind the shaded building,
Stands a large and sturdy middle-aged oak tree,

By Ghayathri Murugaboopathyraju

Every morning is a longing morning
To hear your voice saying "Good morning"
I miss everything

By Ajith P M

Here lies her body asleep
Within my heart - curved, arched and bleached

By Annette Philipose K

I am a woman
Made of Earth and Fire
Born with an immeasurable soul
Abandoned to name my own destiny