Wingword Poetry Competition 2024

By Mannat Gupta

I’m no stranger to the dark
Life has knocked me down many times before
And every time i fell

By Soumee Bhaumik

I come from one world to another
And I hold its soil in my palm.
Does it feel like home?

By Nidhi Hemani

Mom tells me she is going to head out;
To grab some veggies and a packet of bread

By Hitesh Narula

Chhod aya woh sheher, jahan har peher samay dhaudta hai,
Wahan apnon ke beech bhi, kuch paraya sa lagta hai,

By Kshitij Kawatra

हर रोज़ की लड़ाई है, ख़ुद से
दलील है सुनवाई है, ख़ुद से

By Aamodini Nirmala

When one says yes,
The other says no;
The one who agreed gets annoyed

By Amit Gupta

ढूंढें मोती रेगिस्तान में।
प्यास तो दूर
साँसे भी शायद ही रहें इस जान में॥

By Neha Mediratta Chaudhuri

lingering fragrance of weathered skin on dishevelled pillows
the tang of medicine bottles on the side table

By Divya Naik

Ma,
I have so many questions for you.
How does it matter if I am a boy or a girl?

By Chaitra Hegde

I live in a country
With mice, cattle
Cinemas, movies

By Shambavi Balachandrasekar

hydrogen and oxygen make water,
night and day make time,
i keep thinking

By Hridya Ondan Gopinath

Is a mirror all that it is,
Leaving you simply to your dots and dashes?
Has she not the power, innate

By Shradha Jindal

Do you like the taste of freedom
Sweet, like honey
Tart like lime

By Zia Marshall

You can’t see or hear it!
On occasion you may feel it
as it sweeps over you softly.

By Aaditya Patni

जन्म है ये मृत्यु का, या जन्म की है मृत्यु आज
शुरुआत का है अंत, या है अंत की शुरुआत आज

By Satya Deo Pathak

क्या था समय?
पूछो ना हमसे।
जिंदगी थी, खुलके हंसी थी

By Eswari Indrani

As I sat to write this,
Beautiful words
Clouds !

By Riya Majumdar

Savage spirits,
frenzied, wild.
Dance a dance

By Sayantani Chakravarty

Lately, I have been happy

Which is an embarrassment

 By Chakola David Paul

5 letters 4 words
3 terms 2 years
1 heart Left broken

By Ghalib Sultan

It all started, no one really knows when.
Or hasn’t it been there all the time?

By Medha Matta

take me back to the night we met?
no
take me back to the nights i want to forget

By Shuvam Dewanjee

The night feels long and the square is quiet
Within the prison walls a dragon lurks,

By Vibhuti Mangal

Oh, my dear God
Look at her audacity
She is wearing it again

By Prerona Dutta

One fine summer's afternoon
As the feisty sun shone down
Upon a thirsting cityscape

By Ajay Ohri

Deep in thought
As life passes me by
Opportunities abound

By Tapan Kumar Pradhan

full bare breasts clasped
in a tight embrace, lips
glued to the jutting nipple

By Rita Bose

হে মানব;
শান্তি সাগরে অবগাহন
করতে চাও কী…?

By Deepti Priya

जब चार दीवारों में बंद थी
कहा “तू मेरी बेटी है“,
मैंने सहर्ष स्वीकार किया!