A CANOPY OF COTTON CLOUDS

 

A CANOPY OF COTTON CLOUDS

A thousand feet high, a mountain,

Edge of the cliff, the human looks,

Blue sky extends to the horizon,

Sunrise, the eastern sky is orange, (1)

 

The bush whispers secretly, swing,

Dense fog covered the Earth totally,

Invisible landscape houses trees,

Nature wears a veil of white cover, (2)

 

Opaque, a scenic sight, the river,

A white curtain blocks activities,

Humans, ferocious animals prowl,

Hideous green eyes, nails sharp, (3)

 

Dies the heart passionate loves,

Physical pleasures, the objective,

A glass of wine dances a motive,

Insatiable thirst to drink blindly, (4)

 

Unmindful or lost responsibility,

Unaware, life is short, capability,

Cacti bloom in the desert show,

Murky waters lotus bloom glow, (5)

 

A heart is stolen, trust betrayed,

Build a bridge of faith, love stayed,

Plenty of happiness or sympathy,

Such benevolence exists and helps. (6)

 

Raised war cloud, death stealing,

Savagery and ravaged life crying,

Peace and harmony exist, silent,

The world, a melodrama shocking, (7)

 

A person on the cliff perturbed,

A canopy of cotton clouds white,

The quietude, the bare elusive world,

Astonished, the place is different. (viii)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Date: 2 March 2026

Themes: Clouds blanket blocks

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LIFE IN THE FOREST

 LIFE IN THE FOREST

Bewitched the soul name or fame,

Bestowed prosperity, life is the same,

Benign heart wears love and a smile,

Beautiful, the heart and mind drive, (1)

 

Bottom of the heart desires thrive,

Beacon of knowledge, life survives,

Begin the life path, serpentine way,

Bend quite often confusion, display, (2)

 

Below the mind, a myriad of thoughts,

Birth and death, mysterious, caught.

Bed of roses, path of thorns coexist,

Belief of humans walk worry resist, (3)

 

Bitter past the jungle life lost path,

Better days, sunrises, hopes worth,

Believe firmly to escape and settle,

Beseech the stability, a fate sparkle, (4)

 

Blind eye to honesty, truthfulness,

Bolt from the blue strikes distress,

Blood and salt, food and deed stay,

Batter mistake, repentance display, (5)

 

Blunders, commits human, in forests,

Besides perceptions rectify, corrects,

Bonhomie, a distant dream, solitary,

Branch out the treks or involuntary (6)

 

Begs for the mercy of the Lord to save,

Blissful feeling, a path, trees waving,

Bewilderment vanished, a mission,

Befriend challenges, determination, (7)

 

Beware of dark pit ferocious prowl,

Belittle fear precedes life, fox howls,

Between the horns of a dilemma run,

Bereft, life in the forest, victory won. (viii)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Date: 1 March 2026

Themes: Lost the path, life rediscovers

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STEP TO RISE

 

STEPS TO RISE

Tender age innocence budding,
Tenacious the spirit truths sing,
Troubles dauntless task burden,
Tremendous urges youth, laden, (1)

Terror violence anarchy counter,
Tomorrows, youth hold mantles,
Technology knowledge, wisdom,
Travels youth, World, at random, (2)

Tussles of fear weary animosity,
Tears away evil, ushers security,
Tear scarcely seen, fight valiantly,
Testimony to the victory, gallantly, (3)

Tries hard promotes peace, love,
The young heart aspiring, solves,
Tired, fatigue grips develop well,
Trap doubt suspicion clarion yell, (4)

Torrential rains, summer, winter,
Tremendous activity helps assure,
Themes: youth, the future of land,
Thus, steps to rise, boldly stand. (5)

Married youth prefer to settle,
Magnify bonds friendship trickle,
Myriads of dreams and rainbows,
Minuscule of romantic chord owes (6)

Metaphor couples whisper exist,
Magnet and life separated resist,
Mentor and the guide each other,
Marvel's conjugal life, bright factor, (7)

Meticulous effort and sweet home,
Magnificent step to rise, awesome,
Masquerade pain, sadness, silence,
Masterpiece of love, resilient show (viii)

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Date: 28 February 2026
Topic: Youth
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WATER AND LIFE

 

WATER AND LIFE

 

Thirsty heart, desert sands remind,

A droplet saves life, search to find,

The ocean touches the horizon haze,

Bottomless water, life never craze, (1)

 

Drink a soul salty water suffocates,

The sea is useless, humans indicate.

The river, pool, and well, cold water,

Quench thirst, sustains life, enamor, (2)

 

Verdant green paddy fields, winds,

Thrills, gentle touch, time reminds,

Submerged fields, level decreases,

Long straws ripe paddy increases, (3)

 

Waves of cornfield mustard seed

Peasants' dreamland, real indeed,

Sunflowers smile, streak sunlight,

The bountiful harvest fuels delight, (4)

 

Surrounded by coconut trees sway,

Bread and water, and fiber stay,

The sun rises among trees bright,

A paradise on Earth, great sight, (5)

 

Contrast the specter of draught,

Fail rainy season dry field caught,

Screens changed, hunger prowls,

Dried pond absent lotus or owls, (6)

 

Lifeless Earth parched waits long,

Dark clouds drizzle a white song,

Sprout green leaves promulgate,

The pool and the river are full, wait, (7)

 

The symphony of life, creations,

Water and life, interconnection,

Flower to fruit and seed connect,

Life relies on food and water. Reflect. (viii)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Date: 27 February 2026

Themes: Water and food for life

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LIFE AND REVELATION

 

LIFE AND REVELATION

The seed wears every feature well,

Unfolds the secrecy, gradually trails,

Leaves, branches, and twigs grow,

Fruit and flower life explode, show, (1)

 

The pupa butterfly, moth, insect

Metamorphose in time life detect,

The larva tadpole mature miracle,

Animal life and bird the spectacle, (2)

 

Seed, blown by wind, germinates,

Frostbite, floods, heat, terminate,

The pool, the base of life sustains,

Water, critical for existence, rain (3)

 

Tranquility, placid water, sunrises,

Pool turns to gold, spirit surprises,

Perpetual peace, souls and swans,

Mind swims gently, thoughts calm, (4)

 

Ice fields, pine trees, sunlight filter,

Frozen water of the pool appears,

Underneath, memories or events,

Hidden pain, miseries, soul lament, (5)

 

And melting ice swans swim freely,

Whispers of a pleasant heart, lovely,

From the womb, embryos develop,

Swan the heart, life a pond scope, (6)

 

A myriad of comparison murals exist,

Magnificent manifestation persists,

Melodies of peace and happiness,

The creation, and a pond impresses, (7)

 

At the dark bottom floor, the seed,

Life and revelation unfold indeed,

The world, living beings generate,

The pond freezes, communicate. (viii)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Date: 25 February 2026

Themes: Life is secret and unfolds

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REKINDLE POESY

 

REKINDLE POESY

A million emotions and imagination,
A heartburn prosperity or fate eons,
A soul loves inhibited or soft chords,
A bond binds an unknown spirit afford, (1)

Remove darkness, lightning thought,
Revive hope, aspiration life wrought,
Renounce evil, distrust, or animosity,
Reclaim peaceful life, purity, beauty, (2)

Proclaim a bright future, repel division,
Paranoia, fratricidal war, and elusion,
Pyramid of happiness, pleasure, love,
Progress, trust, amity, belief, resolve, (3)

Negates human sufferings, tortures,
Nascent vitality vigor rouses cultures,
Nectar of kindness sympathy joined,
Nemesis of life hate, erased, coined, (4)

Surface of calmness, tranquility wave,
Surrender the spirit, save Earth, pave,
Supplement agony, miseries, and fear,
Surround courage or will it disappear, (5)

Cacophony, symphony contrast lives,
Christmas carol pavement life thrives,
Candlelit pleasantry, freezing nights,
Compare human life enjoys or fights, (6)

Enumerate melodious romantic lives,
Encounter sensations thrilling strives,
Elope attachment writes devastation,
Elaborates emancipation or depiction (7)

Myriads of fantasy, or fallacy, mirages,
Mirrors, rekindle poesy, the passages,
Magnetic literature languages united,
Motivate a passionate heart, fascinated. (viii)

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Date: 25 February 2026
Themes: Romance and nature, poetic
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UNITED FOREVER

 

UNITED FOREVER

Unbroken bond unshakable belief,
Universal truth sacred thread defy,
Unbelievable souls exist together,
Unanimous belief birth encounter, (1)

Umbilical cord, a baby, and gender,
Unequivocal couples meet gesture,
Uncertain split seconds, the choice,
Utter surprise, instinct love rejoice, (2)

Umbrella, the hubby dedicates his life,
Unstoppable heart love yet thrive,
Uncommon misconception, a fact,
Union in different lives truly a past, (3)

Underestimate humans, the cord,
Understand much later life affords,
Unambiguous conjugal love face,
Untraceable suspicions the grace, (4)

Unparallel love thrust and belief,
Universal truth and life after life,
Utopia fusion family life ecstatic,
Usher harmony, peace, hypnotic, (5)

Unique relation and bond thrive,
Unstable states, troubles survive,
Unconsciously, the heart searches
Ultimately, souls in love touch (6)

Unanimous opinion: love persists,
Uncertain doubt suspicion exists,
United forever, the couple wishes,
Undying affection is nicely cherished. (7)

Unshakable the tie strongest last,
Unbreakable family life moves fast,
Unilateral obsession gift romantic,
Untiring effort pairs lives electric. (viii)

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Date: 24 February 2026
Themes: A couple and the lasting love
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