THE LAST VESTIGE OF HOPE

 

THE LAST VESTIGE OF HOPE

 

From grassroots lever budding life,

Fought hunger, poverty, insult strife,

Stubborn hide tears pretend smile,

Studious, capricious, and errand style, (1)

 

Determined to be successful, wish,

Crimson glories of sunrise cherish,

Pour boundless energy and vigor,

Established a day arrived ensured, (2)

 

Read fame and fortune or destiny,

Rebellious heart fights the mutiny,

Hammered ethos in the mind defy,

Perform or perish, result, do or die, (3)

 

Greeted prosperity, health, a name,

Astonished, the soul stays the same,

Lack of animosity, friendship, or love,

Often, think about the past probe (4)

 

Life has started flickering at the end,

The property gold failed to defend,

Sadly, the misconnection persists,

Temptation inhibits rejection life resist (5)

 

For whom to leave properties, gold,

Extinguished the life houses sold,

Leave no virtue, principle, emotion,

Remnants of the past love seldom, (6)

 

Decency, politeness, diligence, a life,

Wine, women, unrepentant thrive,

Smoke out cherished life squander,

Lifelong effort, the dreams plunder, (7)

 

Accept the consequence, a future,

The last vestige of hope, a horror,

Life begins and ends spectacularly,

Death cleanses very well past scars. (viii)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Date: 13 February 2026

Themes: Futile human life

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TIME AND TIME AGAIN

 

TIME AND TIME AGAIN

Involuntary steps lead to surprising,

The pool of peace hearts tingling,

Whispers, slow breeze, pine trees,

Spiritual value the lustier, greens, (1)

 

Rising Sun, dazzle, effulgence well,

Paint the sky of mind, love prevails,

Harmless divinity purity or swans,

Swimming in the heart, life calms, (2)

 

An icy trek, a narrow valley, an obstacle,

Reach destinations, view spectacles,

Heavenly abode, a paradise exists,

Mortal frame tempted angry resist, (3)

 

Desperate, seek physical pleasure,

Aplomb, discovers ways at leisure,

Comfort and luxury canine breed,

Touch passionately melting indeed, (4)

 

Misnomer, the meaning of love, tag,

Misguides the heart, sorrows drag,

Peacock's colorful tail, dream trap,

Rainbow seven colors, music wrap, (5)

 

The wine, drunken heart is restless,

Life, far from peace and happiness,

Tread the troublesome path move,

Arrive at the poolside effort prove, (6)

 

Instantly heal the sufferings, pains,

Shower orange hues, quietude rain,

The lonely life, silence distracts sadly,

The human runs for his love madly, (7)

 

The story begins, ends, and restarts,

Time and time again, scenes impact

The swans of calm water soul swim,

Humans blunder repent in between. (viii)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Date: 12 February 2026

Themes: Repeated search for peace

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COLORED DREAMS

 COLORED DREAMS

Humans search for comfort a lot.

Seek luxurious life realities alert,

Limitless hunger for prosperity,

Borderless land asks for security, (1)

 

Astonishes human appetite fire,

Love the Earth, humans acquire,

Claim the ocean and the sea fail,

Occupy the mountains, the river well, (2)

 

Amasses gold, silver, and jewelry,

Dig mines for diamond life, ivory,

Green eyes, animal life in danger,

Hunt and poach, inherit anger, (3)

 

Depleted forest, or diminishing,

Bald mountain peaks, surprising,

Verdant valley now barren field,

Humans' lust thoughtless shield, (4)

 

Lost fresh air, blue stream, hurt,

Stolen perpetual silence is alert,

Sickness diseases crop up sadly,

Life fights to survive, act madly, (5)

 

Tenet altered adulterated drift,

Torments the heart realize a gift,

Repentance, a healing process,

Humans succeed, efforts impress, (6)

 

Green Earth and conservation,

Peace and happiness relations,

Douses smoldering anger calmly,

Transformed is humanity balm, (7)

 

Finds the essence of short life true,

Smiles colored dreams life view,

Sunrise, inviting branches glory,

A forgotten past erased worries. (viii)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Date: 11 February 2026

Themes: Sunrise colored dreams

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RIDDLE SURFACE

 

RIDDLE SURFACE

Life is mysterious, hallucination, option,

The difference between fact and fiction,

The seed dream carries a fruit flower,

Branches and leaves unfold, shower, (1)

 

For whom are humans sad? rebellious,

They torment the lives, capricious,

Proclaims a protagonist plays villain,

Clarion for peace, war human slain, (2)

 

Trumpet for nature, health, foster,

Drink poison, inhale pollution fear,

Muster courage, relentless in a fight,

Modern life, garbage waste, sight (3)

 

Mourns the death, garland ornate,

Throws bay, newborn to connect,

Plentitude of food, lavish lifestyle,

A hand begs for a morsel of food, (4)

 

Eyes glisten, shabby, torn clothes,

Yet they smile, play, and are worth

Life, the metaphor of survival, ends.

Extinguishes apparently, defends, (5)

 

Growing cattle trees, spectacular,

Slaughter for selfish life, particularly,

Humans drink cow's milk detect,

His choice of dish, beef in quest. (6)

 

Not talent, merit, sanctimonious,

Color, birth, or religion, omnibus,

Promise to break a quick drama,

Drink O heart, dance a panorama, (7)

 

Unspoken words circulate precisely,

Riddle surface the fact is a surprise,

Kith and kin love and hug wealth,

A lone life all evaded long length. (viii)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Date: 10 February 2026

Themes: Beyond comprehension

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DREAM AND THE STREAM

 DREAM AND THE STREAM

 

Surreptitiously, the heart wishes a story,

Failure and frustration confluence history,

Desires devastate the heart, occasionally,

Flower blossoms, honey bee phenomenal, (1)

 

The upheaval and downfall continue well,

Accommodations and acceptance prevail,

Failure and fallacy starkly contrast witness,

Hues of dew bright sunshine yet impress, (2)

 

Friend turns into a foe, changes the mind,

Soothing words, healing touch fail to find,

Years after wounds heal, embraces dwell,

Diminish the animosity, anger hurts, quell, (3)

 

Sadness and sorrows revisit quite often,

Happiness and love accompany life,

Bitterness and a better life, a dilemma,

Dream and reality, possibilities, know. (4)

 

Dream flows the stream is placid, quiet,

Net effortlessly desires a sunrise duet,

Dazzling streak of light, enumerate vividly,

Change the fate destiny bends actually, (5)

 

Coconut, tall, bread, and water signify,

The human toils, the fruitful day notifies,

A stream, water canal whispers,

Materializes dream face reality lovely, (6)

 

Nature and nurture, human life to prosper,

Early morning to evening, he discovers,

Class of fact and fiction fallacy perish,

Life is the struggle vanquish cherish, (7)

 

Slumber commit blunder or plunder,

Dream and reality influence wonder,

The stream and dream flow induce,

Proactive life procrastination reduces (viii)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Date: 9 February 2026

Themes: Dream and reality

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TROUBLED HEART

 

TROUBLED HEART

Immaculately dressed, smiling guise,

Sorrows and sadness grow precise,

A tormented soul wishes to express,

And eyes speak volumes of distress, (1)

 

Silent, sober, polite swallows poison,

Humans face obstacles, fail reasons,

Infinite strength to meet challenges,

Cruel is the fate to smuggle a revenge, (2)

 

Hope is the boat to escape the river,

Sink without a cause, life drowns here,

No cries, a wish for immediate help,

The harsh future unfolds sadly, shape, (3)

 

Unspoken words, churning thoughts,

Blank eyes speak nothing; no results.

Harmony is a fiction, happiness fluid,

The morning dew dazzles love shield, (4)

 

Broken dreams pale in color remind,

Life moves through a cavern to find,

Lost the path at a loss, contemplate,

The sojourn of life, an example, fate, (5)

 

Impermanent are fame and fortune,

Believes human destiny opportune,

As water bubbles burst, fact defies,

Wild mind turns senile, mess belies, (6)

 

The test of life, a lesson, an experience

Humans grow mature tackle sense,

The cloud, shrouded mind, dissipates,

Cleanse the suspicions, doubts, wait, (7)

 

Patience is the key to survive, impact,

Pacify troubled heart, stability first,

Discover the treasures, love golden,

Forget tumults, a bright life molten. (viii)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Date: 8 February 2026

Themes: Patience wins

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NIGHT ENDS AND WHISPERS

 NIGHT ENDS AND WHISPERS

The sun sank in the western sky, hues,

Tired limbs, humans rest, hearts accuse,

Fabulous future unfolded and imprint,

Events of the scintillating day, instinct, (1)

 

Met fame and fortune or admirations,

Life is pivotal, crucial, a denomination,

Profited a lot, lost, totally the paradox,

Temptation capitulate mind the influx, (2)

 

Linger remnants of smiles, happiness,

Encounter agony, tortures, distresses,

Miracle, the bruised heart healed well,

Peaceful slumber steals quickly prevail, (3)

 

Freezing night, chilling wind, full moon,

Silence rules, shimmer leaves the boon,

Warm blanket, fire in the hearth glow,

Delightful dinner, inert body yet show, (4)

 

Lost the consciousness breathing light,

Unfolds dreams lead to kingdom white,

A hundred thousand lotus bloom, love,

An imaginary paradise, utopian it drove, (5)

 

Perpetual happiness or pleasure thrives,

Infinitesimal anticipations hope to revive,

Missing hurt spirit, bruised heart sings,

Views the azure sky, life watches its wings, (6)

 

Far off from fear, burden, responsibility,

Pass the spirit through clouds, beauty,

Endless hope, limitless dream touches,

Night curtain is down, a soul searches, (7)

 

A streak of light yet sunrise announces,

Get up, O human, be alert and trounce,

Night ends and whispers, another day,

Dreams fade like morning mist dismay. (viii)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Date: 7 February 2026

Themes: Dream unfold till the dawn

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