MIRAGE OF TEMPTATION

 

MIRAGE OF TEMPTATION

 Chilling winds burning woods, hearth,

Thatched cottage, earthen floor worth,

Warmth of sweet home aroma magic,

Frosted leaves, absent flowers, tragic, (1)

 

Bumper harvest granaries full, dream,

Paddy crop and grains flow in streams,

Year-long effort output farmers earn,

Bullock and cartwheels, laugh mourn, (2)

 

Dense fog shiver limb winter bonfire,

Fairytale mysterious lives and desire,

Perpetual happiness pleasure grows,

Unrealistic, illusive world sadly shows, (3)

 

Fewer violent storms, harsher climates

Draught or flurry of floods confiscate,

Festivals, dance, and song confluence,

Humans disbelieve, realities influence (4)

 

A year later, a peasant sat in the field,

Wild grass spread quickly, a future shield,

Countless dreams, hazy sunlight shares,

May the New Year repeat love inspire, (5)

 

Fertilizer, seeds, and the utensil require

Planning to go with women yet inquire,

Wealth, property, and gold, boldly dare,

Empty pocket exorbitant cost despaired, (6)

 

Sweeping thought in the mid-field flow,

Heaving a long sigh, relieved, knowing,

Coconut tree fails to give mango, truth,

Fewer desires materialized, failed both (7)

 

Between the horns of a dilemma stood

Mirage of temptation trap understood,

Apparent vision, the heart yearns vanish,

He looked at the golden crop, cherries. (viii)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Date: 20 December 2025

Themes: A villager's dream fades

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SECOND LIFE AND WISHES

 SECOND LIFE AND WISHES

Emancipation only dreams, distress,

Hunger, poverty, roofless, life witness,

Illiteracy hunts, study the nightmare,

Lack of funds, cursed souls compare, (1)

 

Friendless or absent foes, ignominy,

Pain, miseries, sorrow are company,

Bondage chained to fate and horror,

Lack clothes shiver in winter armors, (2)

 

Frigid heart, fewer emotions, senses,

The pink health youth lost, pretence,

Turbulent thoughts unspoken words,

Silently beseech a life, looks forward, (3)

 

Dried tears forgotten years imprinted,

Rarely saw happiness, love, life tainted,

Distant from blind rages and remorse,

Submit, surrender, obey, of course, (4)

 

Neither Gold nor boldness humble-life,

Adhered to honesty, simplicity, or strife,

Failed to see the protests, face it gently,

His life was a caged bird and perfectly, (5)

 

The soul wished to fly freely in the sky,

Encounter troubles, solve desires defy,

The valley of happiness, peace, and love,

He built his sweet home, luxury above, (6)

 

Sunrise, an orange sky, a flock of birds,

His soul will sail with clouds forwards,

He listens to a beautiful song at night,

Full moon and nightingale ivory light, (7)

 

He will smile and laugh aloud, yet cry,

Second life and wishes dream or sigh,

Credence to rebirth incurable dream,

It was sunsets and flowing streams. (viii)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Date: 19 December 2025

Themes: Change of life renews hope

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DEFY THE DARKNESS

 

DEFY THE DARKNESS

 

Predator, fear in the mind stalks,

Stroll on the pavement or walk,

Opaque to searching eyes doubt,

Imaginary ghost troubles sprout, (1)

 

Weeping lamppost, fireflies buzz,

Killing the surreal silence, it causes

Not a sight of a human in a lonely place,

Hunting feeling, anxiety, disgrace, (2)

 

Unique experiences, identity lost,

Chilling bones fight, live at a cost,

Fewer matter gold property view,

Primal instinct to escape or a few (3)

 

The glowworms tree and branch,

Shimmers cold winds, dry leaves,

Bonfire, a few people's warm arms,

A passerby took a long relief, live, (4)

 

Enchroaches fog moistens the face,

Distant home reminds, its surface,

indistinct reach destination sadly,

Path of life in the darkness madly, (5)

 

Mission and destination of the haze,

Each step of life progresses a phase,

Proceeds human, relentless, hope,

Believe the sunrise finds the scope, (6)

 

Impermanent the darkness in fact,

The mind harbors blindness intact,

Horrors, a temporary phenomenon,

The night, dark, the path, motivation, (7)

 

Instinct warms the pitfall and saves,

Defy the darkness, protect life well,

Peace and tranquility, pacify, prevail,

The night, illusory, and life paves. (viii)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Date:18 December 2025

Themes: Dominate ignorance

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DEEDS CONTINUE TO LIVE

 

DEEDS CONTINUE TO LIVE

Impermanent human life is certain,
Impossible to think spirits return,
Epitaph if humans indicate name,
Disappears passion and the same, (1)

Vanishes tortured life and worry,
None exist dreams desires, ivory,
Like a line on water, fame vanishes,
No longer exists life to love, wish, (2)

Fade happiness and pleasure quickly,
Cremation pyre plays melancholy,
The story began and ended sadly, trail,
Memories of the person duly fail, (3)

A gust of wind untraced surprise,
A temporary phenomenon prize,
Matchless human life, the breath,
Ends the story, realization, wealth, (4)

Pour emotion thought deed etch,
Accolade, admiration, praise fetch,
Influence lighted a dark mind, say,
Sacrifice self-interest paves a way, (5)

Do or die, save others, motto heal,
Benign hearts implement, reveal,
Anniversary of birth, death, or idol,
Celebrate happily, obeys protocol, (6)

Headlines of golden deeds remind,
Immortal books, novels, library find,
Generations fewer forget, read well,
The concept and vision shine, dwell, (7)

Deeds continue to live, a monument,
School college plantations incident,
Cities and roads, services manifold,
Remember, a person's name is gold. (viii)

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Date: 17 December 2025
Themes: Immortal deeds
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CLOUDS OF HOPE

 CLOUDS OF HOPE

 

Gimmicks puzzle the heart allure,

Mimics, artificial happiness ensures,

Tricks of the mind trap well torture,

Brick by brick raises a wall encounter, (1)

 

Pyramid in the desert, illusion show,

Pirated health and wellness, it knows,

Pivot fates of life, fame, and fortune,

Pummel enormous vigor opportune, (2)

 

Fascinate verdant valley or enamor,

Fallacy dry river bed flurry of flood,

Fantasy paints hues, rainbows occur,

Fortunate life bemused and behold, (3)

 

Compare upheaval, downfall, pause,

Catalyst opportunity changes cause

Canopy of hindrance, troubles block,

Canvass of  escapade successes, sock, (4)

 

Narrate the mind story of life, in detail,

Narrow lane life crosses heart rebel,

Nurture courage, aspirations, desires,

Nectar of love tear, desperate, aspire, (5)

 

Fame of passion negates anger swell,

Forgiveness assuages wounds, dwells,

Forbidden to trespass on the boundary,

Fragrant flower, life resembles ivory, (6)

 

Surreptitious intention tempted life,

Surrender realized soul repels strife,

Sacrifice selfless construct paradises,

Serenity pacifies turbulence, surprises, (7)

 

Rarely, humans view horror solitude,

Rejuvenate clouds of hope, attitude,

Resurrect pale mood, the sun bright,

December, the azure sky, chills, sight. (viii)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Date. 16 December 2025

Themes: Obscure the future

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PROFESS THE DAWN

 

PROFESS THE DAWN

Chilling wind freezing night a fright,

Curled up limbs under a blanket fit,

Shiver at dropping mercury shaken,

A dawn breaks, fog invades, awaken, (1)

 

Enviable the Sun, hazy light a havoc,

Farmers walking to the field, a sock,

Bullock carts or men begin the day,

Life demands hard work in many ways, (2)

 

Frostbite of flowers dampens hearts,

Winter morning village picture arts,

Bemoan the spirit aspiration check,

Effulgence profusely visible breaks (3)

 

Uncanny sense of uncertainty stays,

Create doubts and suspicion, sway,

The smog inhibits enthuses deride,

Stays challenges of life well decide, (4)

 

The dawn heart mourns yet active,

Days, precious for work, life survives,

Trouble life struggles, an endeavor,

Success and achievements in vigor, (5)

 

A plethora of pleasant moments feel,

A myriad of fascinating dreams heal,

The past flurry of flood or summer,

The blistering heat death or rumor (6)

 

 

Clean and fresh, imbue confluence,

Fewer seen tiredness yet influence,

Disappear the humdrum of life tell,

Lonely boulevards, lamp posts yell, (7)

 

A lazy morning, lethargic limbs cry,

A bright day, fortunately, stays, defies,

Proved wrong profess the dawn sing,

Life resembles a bullock cart rolling (viii)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Date: 15 December 2025

Themes: Invisible, a bright day

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THE RIVER AND LIFE

 

THE RIVER AND LIFE

 

The ocean extends, horizon to horizon,

Bottomless depth, inhabit life motion,

Oyster rejects salt, drinks rainwater

Humans depend upon natural water (1)

 

The source of human life sustained well,

Fertile land, bumper harvest, and hail,

Food, water, cloth, and shelter to hire,

The civilization near the river inspires (2)

 

Centuries after customs, traditions stay,

Festivals and celebration love display,

Livelihood travel by boat carries goods,

Fishery desirable dishes enrich foods, (3)

 

Path of life, a sojourn in the river show,

Discovers the ocean, the path known,

Attracts waterfalls, rivulets join well,

Human life eventful thoughts dwell, (4)

 

The crystal clear water or white surf,

The colored pebbles paradise dwarf,

Life, picturesque personifies, dominates,

Like a river influence satisfies intimate, (5)

 

The verdant verdure mountain peak,

A river flows through a gorge, a creek

Infinite peace and happiness bewitch,

City lives, milling crowd noises switch, (6)

 

The flood and flurry of human anger,

Devastating lives witness the sufferer,

Critical factor for nourishing life well,

Dishearten a dry bed of a river quell, (7)

 

Arrival of rain, hope, revive, captivate,

The river and life coexist, confluence,

Timeless intimacy entwine influence,

Life resurrects, recognize her, intimate. (viii)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Date: 14 December 2025

Themes: Existence of life

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