Wingword Poetry Competition 2025

By Kavya Tandon

Like a citizen without rights,
Hiding through shifty nights, juggling odd jobs.

By Anushka Verma

sisters, us two-headed calf, dying under the sun,
raking broken fingers through the rot left behind

By Avani Shrivastava

पहाड़
तुम बढ़ रहे हो
मेरी घटती बढ़ती परेशानियों के साथ
तुम बढ़ रहे हो...

By Dr. Sameeksha Mishra

रात की वो ठंडी हवाएँ,
और सितारों की बारात चाहिए।
सच कह रही हूँ मैं —
मुझे चाँद चाहिए।

By Archit Shah

“मत जाओ, वहाँ अँधेरा हैं!”
बचपन से सिखाया गया हमें
यह फरक समंदर सा गहरा हैं|
कहा था लोगो ने,

By Soumya Ramani

The silence.
The battleground gory and devastated
The hum of daily chores,
Amidst all the destruction

By Chandrakala Yalamarty

నాడు కవులకు అక్షర లక్షలతో రాజుల పోషణ నేడు 
 అక్షరజ్ఞానమే రాజాలా లక్షల సంపాదననిస్తున్నాయి

By Srijani Chakraborty

Deep down you know,
You are searching for a soul,
To understand you.

By Karan Bardia

तू अपनी ख़ूबियां धूंढ,
कमियां निकालने के लिए लोग हैना
अगर रखना है कदम तो आगे रख,
पीछे खींचने के लिए लोग हैना,

By Soumya Arya

We never think
We never thank
The love we receive
In every day life

By Tanya Kaur

“Yahaan sab kuch hai maa phir bhi lage bin tere mujhko akela”
Over time I figured
loneliness hardly ever creeps..

By Poonam Mulchandani 

I was then a young romantic who had just quit the city,
To pursue a life in nature’s proximity.

By Prapthi Jain

I've spent my life with you guys
Since I was three and then some
I've been through tears and laughter
anger and fear and more with you all

By Moni Kutum

মোৰ পিতাই সময়ৰ কৃষক
সময়ত বীজ সিঁচি লালন-পালন কৰে
পিতাই পথাৰত হাড়ভঙা পৰিশ্ৰম কৰে

By Mijamsa Ch Marak

Time did stop at 4 am
The tragedy in rapid dictation
Soft morning breeze coupled
With heavenly mediation.

By Siddhangana Kumari

I wait at home,
Or wherever it is I stand.
My real home is in rubbles.
And under the big blue roof,

By Rida Aafreen

As I travel in the metro on a busy Monday morning, I stand there, watching the girl holding her books..

By Akanksha Patil

शब्द दिला कोणाला तर वचन दिले
शब्दांनी सांत्वना दिली आधार बनले
शब्दांना शब्द वाढले तर वाढ झाले

By Jiya Gor

It's midnight, I'm laying in my bed,
stars peeking through my window pane,
A gentle breeze, whispers my name.
The moon is full..

By Stuti Pancholi

Confused in the words of literary, yet thoughtless I laid.
Rusted pages moved, shouting for their attention I no longer paid.

By Preeti Chauhan

मेरे केसों में में तहज़ीब, मेरे कंधों में तहज़ीब, मेरे पेट में तहज़ीब, मेरे पैरों में तहज़ीब

By Pratya Singh

हर इश्क़ की अपनी रिवायतें हैं
कुछ मजबूरियाँ
कुछ बेबसी
कुछ क़तरे हुए पंख
हर इश्क़ की अपनी सिलवटें हैं

By Loveleena Kalyani

It’s so easy to say it’ll all be okay,
Is it, though?
Walking in the rain,
I taste the pain.

By Shaheen Khan

कोई तो उन चिट्ठियों का दौर लौटा दो,
अपनापन, सादगी और बचपन का शोर लौटा दो ।
वो चाय की चुस्की से..

By Anjali Mallur

For the first time in my life, I wore a saari—
its threads were aged, its story long told

By Gargee Chatterjee

Whistling cackle of a little lump,
Bursting innocence...
Knows not the mysteries of life...
The loopholes of existence....

By Sanidha S

Love yourself—
the way you’ve always wished
someone else would.
Gift your soul with kindness,
shower your heart with care.

By Rahul Chaudhary

"मियां मिर्ज़ू "**
नवाब ऑफ़ मलिहाबाद
फ़लक पे आफ़ताब...
और ज़मीं पे थे नवाब...
मियाँ मिर्ज़ू..।
था रश्क ओ रुबाब..

By Tasneem Khan

Come visit us for a day
come with your temper and your troubles
your gruffness and your gloom intact, I don’t mind

By Nicola Neeladri

“Say! Where are you going?”
“Nowhere.
Well, don’t just stare!