Wingword Poetry Competition 2025

By Divya Devarajan

Right amidst the lush green patch near the park
is one vacant house, closed and sealed

By Tripti Shrivastava

Ruke naa tu Jhuke naa tu
Tu Aandhiyon Sa vaar kar

By Surbhi Islam

Death, a peaceful vacuum
Where souls hover like a kite

By Pooja Wankar

माटी से जन्मा इंसान, फिर माटी में मिल जाता है,
त्याग देह को आतम फिर, एक नया देह चुन लेता है।

By Gunjan Pandya

It’s simple, it’s clear and in stark contrast
Oft repeated, brushed in, then pulled apart

By Divya Pathak

अंधेरी सी जिंदगी में
सूरज सी रोशनी हो जाएगी

By Subbulakshmi Sundaram

அன்னை இடையில்
அழகாய் அமர்ந்து

By Aiyana Kashyap

Silence echoes the hallways
Empty and quiet with a pale, yellow light

By Sweta Singh

मुझमें शहर ज़्यादा, गाँव थोड़ा कम है
मेरा जन्म हुआ शहर में,

By Gurpreet Kaur Pannu

I feel a sharp pang of sorrow
as I write this down,

By Fatima Ahmad

One day I found a key lying around
Mysteriously, it lay on the ground

By Priyamvada Bagadi

You receive a silent invitation
Something evokes

By Sheena Joseph

Would you stand up in a room full of men,
Hold your ground, speak up again?

By Shailraj Shukla

You are my Apricity, you are my Siesta.
You are my Gala, you mark my Fiesta.

By Piyush Rai

What is this age?
Why it feels like an ironical rage?!

By Hrithika M

The fault, dear friend, lies not in stars,
Nor in the hands of kin, but in the dark

By Pradnya Mate

वेळ केव्हा थांबते ,थांबतात तर माणसं
कधी तरीच निघून गेलेल्या छोट्याशा क्षणात

By Sabhyata Gautam 

When some days just become too unbearable and I find it hard to love myself,
I am reminded

By Niharika Yadav

When morning pours gold on the groaning earth,
And night's gentle fingers soothe the troubled seas

By Hem Kumari Sharma

She is neither fragile nor robust, but a Survivor,
Caught in an internal conflict with herself at dusk

By Srirama Chandran V

“My” conscious state is Energetic! Eternal! Enthusiastic!
The “eccentric” nature of the human brain

By Priyank Sharma

एस कदर खोया था अपने ख्यालों में,
देख रहा था किसी को चांद या सितारों में

By Lopamudra Dubey

Life is beautiful with love in mind
Love is so divine that it makes us blind

By Bushra Khatri

Growing up seemed difficult
Infuriating, insulting and instant

By Tarun Durga

Metaphor happens when it happens,
Why bother when you are nine years old

By Jaspriya Kaur

And just like that,
we held each other tight

By Mamta Paliwal

नवरात्रि की आस्था, दिवाली की चमक
होली की खुशियाँ और आंगन की रौनक हूं

By Anika Vashishtha

Leaves crunch under her light frame,
Another autumn invites winter untamed.

By Ishika Mehra

For a fleeting moment, love returned,
Like the sweet echoes, of the distant days

By Arpit Kumar Jain

वह झूठी वाली मुस्काने जो,चहरे पर छा जाती है।
कुछ अश्क छुपाकर लाती है, कुछ दर्द बयां कर जाती है।।