Wingword Poetry Competition 2025 – Page 81 – Delhi Poetry Slam

Wingword Poetry Competition 2025

Welcome to the community blog of DelSlam. Here you can read about the work we do and the poets we support. Share your thoughts in the comments section.

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

By Arthit Kumar Dutta

War had come,
and war had left,

Solitude

Solitude

By Shwetha Harsha

Disjoint, independent but contradicted,
Solitude is not what I seeked.

Go, My Darling

Go, My Darling

By Chehak Tokas

Go, my Darling, where eternal peace lay,
Be one with the wind, dance and sway.

आज फिर से मन "काशी" सा है

आज फिर से मन "काशी" सा है

By Shweta Khare

आज फिर से मन काशी सा है

मैं कौन हूँ?

मैं कौन हूँ?

By Ashish Changavalli

मैं कौन हूँ? एक सवाल, या एक मिसाल हूँ?

Empowerment/ spiritual warrior

Empowerment/ spiritual warrior

By Pournami Dheeshjith

This war has been waging for so long,
desperate poverty of the mind and soul,

We Read India Backward

We Read India Backward

By Dayana Vaddi

The world, behold the light came,
Brought so opaque an object flame;

Fragrance in the night

Fragrance in the night

By Kadambari Gupta 

In the night when sun falls asleep and stars are awake as they had rest in the day

Nostalgia

Nostalgia

By Vishal Talreja

In a disturbed early morning slumber
A brewing desire
Then it came

The Reporter

The Reporter

By Amala Durga Muthirulappan

Happily munching the snack 
Sipping the hot tea back to back;
Scanning for a peppy

Growing up in Denims

Growing up in Denims

By Priyanka Bhandarkar

No one wants to be a child anymore,
Those salient features don't cross my mind...

Manifesting Death of Life

Manifesting Death of Life

By Sagar Rautela

Manifesting death over life
Isn't the thing for which you should strive.
The death not 

Letters To My Grave

Letters To My Grave

By Arnab Bhowmick

When I donned the soldier's vest, your joy did light the skies,
To friends,I spun your tales with fondness...

Kuldeepak

Kuldeepak

By Shreya Agrawal

रात के तीन बजे आइ यह खबर ,
“मुबारक हो मुबारक हो” बेटी हुई है आपके...

Present Times

Present Times

By V Santhanagopalan

Human history has always been
Split into ages, to be better seen
Through drivers of...

Wrestling Wisdom in a Grown Soul

Wrestling Wisdom in a Grown Soul

By Vidhi Ghandhi

Life was easier when I was careless,
No weight to bear no thoughts to process...

Primal

Primal

By Chinmayi Pandey

I cannot teach you how to love me.
I do not want to harbor the thought, 

नहीं! नहीं! नहीं

नहीं! नहीं! नहीं

By Subhash Sharma

खो देना सब कुछ
उम्मीद को नहीं

Escape

Escape

By DR. Swagata Chowdhury

The wild fragrance lures the soul to adore
The distant unknown once more.

 

Karma is Kind

Karma is Kind

By Sumagna Banerjee

I asked the tired, penniless whore
What fed her hunger?

Aspiration to Liberation

Aspiration to Liberation

By Ayush Nishad

Hey liberty, how are you?
Will you come in today?

Ars Non Rogandi

Ars Non Rogandi

By Sumitra Mishra

I have never been good at asking—
not for help, not for love,

जीवन की सच्चाई

जीवन की सच्चाई

By Deepesh Khorana

यह कैसी ज़मीन, यह कैसा जहां ,
कोई नहीं है अपना यहाँ।

Worth it?

Worth it?

By Jiya Gupta

Life's like the most twisted game.
So risky, that no one makes it out alive.

A Bit of Everything

A Bit of Everything

By Trisha Bhatnagar

Our story began quite early,
Happens to be a playground actually,
Unknowingly so, it became...

Rights

Rights

By Jairaj Bodake

I used to dream of things they've always had
Was dreaming that bad?
Got a few, didn't get a...

षट्कोणीय तीन पैसे का सिक्का

षट्कोणीय तीन पैसे का सिक्का

By Sunit Bala

तुमसे मेरे बाबस्ता होने की
जाने क्या वजह मान बैठी हो तुम
तभी 'परित्याग ' किया

The Ugly Duckling Diaries

The Ugly Duckling Diaries

By Saeyeon

Equinox epoch blooms an aria to turn the talk of town
Agnatic adversaries wrote you off..

यादों के खंडर

यादों के खंडर

By Sorav Yadav

रहा मेरा प्यार मुसीबत के गर्दिशों में,
ना रह सका तेरे आँचल के पनाहों में

मैं कौन हूँ ?

मैं कौन हूँ ?

By Janvi Shetty

मुझ में जो मैं हूँ, 
क्या सच में, मैं हूँ
या है ये कोई आईना,