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Wingword Poetry Competition 2025

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On the Ground

On the Ground

By A. E. Palthaser Reuben

Oh no! why are you lying down with the dust? 
What's the world coming to?

Sweet Words

Sweet Words

By Anannya Tribhuwam

Sweet words is were i melt and forget all the pain.
Thinking that my life is not in vain.

Lilith

Lilith

By Maria Azeem

Does the pomegranate bleed crimson from her lips,
or has Mimosa perished, her petals withered at the tips

Attachment

Attachment

By Ahon Biswas

If there are infinite stars
with infinite moons

If My Room Could Wonder

If My Room Could Wonder

By Sakshi Bhadani

Would it ask why the dark feels so familiar? 
That daylight haunts me more

Wanderer

Wanderer

By Tarun Sundhar Arumugam

Dear Me,
If they tell your Life awaits you, and ask you to open your eyes

Sakhi bhi banungi

Sakhi bhi banungi

By Radhika Kehalkar

Sathi bhi banungi
Zindagi ke raste mein

Recycle Bin

Recycle Bin

By Supriya Vasishta

Thinking If only I could access lost time
Like deleted content

मुझे पंख दो

मुझे पंख दो

By Rupak Yadav

मुझे जीना है, मुझे उड़ना है,
मुझे बुराइयों से लड़ना है....

Affinities and Identities

Affinities and Identities

By Preethika Ranganathan

I thought I had affinity with a rock on the road,
And so it adorns my palm......

Devki

Devki

By Akanksha Shankar

मैया एक बात बताना, जगदीश को जो यूं जन्म दिया,
उस नन्हे शिशु को जन्म से ही स्वयं से कैसे दूर किया?..

Hindi Bhasha

Hindi Bhasha

By Aishvarya Verma

दशकों तक समझ ना आया, ऐसा एक भेद था,
हिंदुस्तान में जन्म लिया पर हिंदी बोलने पर खेद था।....

Chaos

Chaos

By Anushka Verma

Chaos, that’s what I think of you sometimes.
And how can I not? 
I can’t breathe when you are around...

आत्मविश्वास

आत्मविश्वास

By Goma Thapa

आत्मविश्वास .. से हर बार की कोशिश
नाकाम से कामयाबी की कोशिश

The Dream Day

The Dream Day

By Soumya Devasia

One Day, I Wore The Crown,
Adorned With Sweet Words, Respectful Bows

सन्नाटा

सन्नाटा

By Smriti Ganvir

मै सन्नाटा। 
सदियों से, 
खामोश रहा

Only if I could...

Only if I could...

By Ramandeep Kaur

Only if I could shape my poetry well,
Only if I could count those stars for the same poetry as well

The Supreme Nurturer

The Supreme Nurturer

By Asha Singh Gaur

A little away from the concrete jungles
A little closer to the open fields

Hunger

Hunger

By Nabajit Das

We are cognizant of you, Hunger!
Had you not pointed your tongue

I"ll still rise

I"ll still rise

By Anita Kumari

The dusk is darker, and the nights are blind.
The thunder shakes my heart

Under The Dark

Under The Dark

By Viva Patel

Under the dark
Watchin' over the gloomy clouds in my sky

A Candle Light March

A Candle Light March

By Nandini Gupta

A candle light march
is that all she deserved?

The War Within and Unity Beyond

The War Within and Unity Beyond

By B S Anagha

Emotions, feelings, attachments

ফাগুন

ফাগুন

By Dr. Swapnali Borah

ফাগুন আহিলেই 
উদাসী শুকুলা ডাৱৰৰ দৰেই....

Dreams and Desires

Dreams and Desires

By Rashmee Anand

What if I could be
Everything that I can touch or see,
Or make up with my clearest mind...

Quantum Canvas

Quantum Canvas

By Divyanjali Verma

Thinking of the universe and the atoms
and the electrons and protons
and all the other subatomic...

Food

Food

By Manickavalli Arumugam

The most delicious part of life,
Its very thought lifts our spirits high,
A Mothers way of showering love...

The Toast!

The Toast!

By Malaya Baishya

I wonder how it began,
I surely don't want to repent

वक़्त बिताना नहीं है काफी

वक़्त बिताना नहीं है काफी

By Mohit Badyal

वक़्त बिताना नहीं है काफी,
कुछ तो हो ज़िंदगी में हासिल

From Behind the Lens

From Behind the Lens

By Ayushi Dubey

From behind the lens,
a mosaic of colours