Wingword Poetry Competition 2025

By Lee Krishnan

I am from books, clothes, loose change strewn about,
Worn jeans, scuffed shoes and schoolbags

By Shruti Ghosh

क्या वह रोए या, रखे अपना दिल सक्त,
जिस माटी में मिला है उसके चिराग का रक्त|

By Reneice Kaur

a silence louder
than any justice
ever spoken.

By Aravindan Maha vihedhan

The greatest beauty of self-love
is drowning into the pond of mind.

By Neelkanth Sharma

माना समय थाेडा़ मुश्किल है कठिन है
आपदा बड़ी और जटिल है .
पर समय ही...

By Ajeeti S

Everyone’s lips smile these days. Always.
But their eyes forget how to.
Many faces cross...

By Devanshi Agarwal

Sole spectator in my world’s auditorium,
One, two-now, twenty-one.
I dance, sing, jump and glide;

By Aparajita Rana

I am in the moment
Yet
I feel as if I'm in it from far...

By Jia Chokhawala

I wish I were pretty—
Not the perfect hair, perfect skin pretty,
Not the flawless...

By Karnika Verma

माँ है तू, सम्भाल लेगी।
हमारी गल्ती पर पर्दा डाल लेगी।
है ये परीक्षा सहनशीलता

By Sneha Mandal

So beautifully painted on skin;
With deep marks of grief and sorrow;
Tells the story...

By  Alisha Shukla

Soldiering on everyday,
With one goal in mind,
Walking side-by-side,

By Satya Priya

At the trice of equinox
There's a conjecture of paradox
The culture's juncture just like

By Shriya Loya

I always think of you,
But you don't have a single clue,
That I always do care for you,

By Akarshika Patro

She drank the moon
Trapped the clouds to cure her wounds, soon
Held the rainbow to tie her hair......

By Anisha Bhattacharya

Effervescent remains a term long gone,
As in its manor lives voracity instantaneous.
The cease of existence did not etwine...

By Seema Thakur

Fingers of my hands,
restless as desire...
wanting to paint and create,

By Mamta Mittal

बहुत समझ रखते थे हमारे पूर्वज
बहुत ही ज्ञानवान थे।

By Radha Dakshikar

True friends are a comfort for tears,
They calm our fears,

By Jaanya Jaggi

How am I identified?
By the number of times I’ve endured my pain,

By Archana Gupta

हृदय की विदारक व्यथा को,
वर्षों की कुण्ठित कथा को,

By Sangeeta Jangid

न कदापि खंडित

ऐसा नहीं है कि मैं
कभी टूटती नहीं,

By Vibhav Saxena

प्रेम वस्तुतः क्या है और कैसी है इसकी भाषा,

By Munazza Mirkar

Wilderness syncs with life,
The mind is full of strife.

By Deepak Goswami

तुम राघव जैसे श्वेत प्रिये
या कान्हा जैसे श्यामल हो,

By Rashmi Sahai

कृषक का बच्चा,
नासमझ, अक्ल का कच्चा,

By Patel Sera

Payal pehna de mujhe,
Har jhankar me jaise tu mere sath janke.

By Shivangi Gajwani Jain

Strong, strange wind from the west
Lifts the virgin dust scoring the road

By Vandna Tiwari

प्रसन्न हो ब्रह्मांड पर, ईश्वर ने स्त्री का सृजन किया,
समर्पण ग्रहणता गुण दे, अपने सबसे करीब लिया...

By Aurora Pri

You wanna sing high, sing high.
You wanna sing low, sing low...