DIMINISHING HOPE AND LIFE

 DIMINISHING HOPE AND LIFE

Rainbows create dreams, quickly fizzle,
Dramatic heart procreate love needle,
Figment of imagination, peacock's tail,
Combination of colors fade, pains nail, (1)

Nightingale sings in the night, melancholy,
The outcry of a suffering soul touchingly,
Flocks of birds chirping, wings spread,
Bottomless sorrows, horrors well fed, (2)

Bright dawn, raincloud shower heavily,
Absent the sun grinding to a halt, fiction,
Aspiration like morning fog melts lovely,
Resemble the flurry of floods, emotion, (3)

Mind painted an eye-catching mural lost,
It was the thought process crash, a lot,
The seed sprouts into a tall tree, uprooted,
Human life believes, achieves the fruit, (4)

Verdant valley, glorious sunshine exists,
The picture is a barren field yet resists,
Covers grassland meadows, life sleeps,
These are dreams or reality soul weep, (5)

Zigzag path, a jigsaw, from cavern, hill,
The cliff and chasm, mind bugles drill,
Spherical Earth, path is straight, bend,
Apparent portrayal betray life defend, (6)

Playing cards, illusion collapse, visible,
Discover scope, escape, and are capable,
The world eludes the game, disappears,
Life is distinct, path is clear, point near, (7)

The night, dummy light, lamppost says,
Diminishing life and hope wish to stay,
The beginning and end challenge test,
Hypnosis or paranoia fail, heart detect. (viii)

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Date: 4 February 2026
Themes: hope leads, unrealities trap
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DISCOLORED SKY

 

DISCOLORED SKY

Lost horizon, the azure sky, suffocates,

Piquant details puzzle the Sun radiates,

The mind plays a dirty trick, cloud cover,

Beautiful dream stolen laugh prouder, (1)

 

Pricks conscience fallacy non-existent,

Unreasonable, lament intent resistant,

Create hallucinations, sufferings, peril,

Humans at peace, cherish love reveal, (2)

 

The heart falters and frightens stricken,

Nightmare, a bad dream, life smitten,

Tasted the heart love, nectar search,

Flowers vanished quickly, hope, lurch, (3)

 

Someone whispers, story threatening,

Tremble with fear, a fiction listening,

Fiction is the dusty cloud, the Sun hides,

Action and efforts courage presides, (4)

 

Midnight nightingale song modulates,

Lost the melodious sound deliberately,

It was elusive, perceptions of music long,

Resounding, captivate beautiful song, (5)

 

No trace of a flock of birds or chirping,

Birds in the nest rest notice fledging,

Friend missing, leaving alone, perplexed,

A misnomer, magical world complex, (6)

 

Disappear clouds, dust settles precisely,

Human life, pristine, precious surprise,

Amazing nature, a paradise truly found,

Suspicions and doubts kidnap unkind, (7)

 

Orange, sunrise, crimson setting sun,

Discolored sky, only a misconception,

The mind creates depression, invalid,

Ecstasy and harmony, ground insipid! (viii)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Date: 3 February 2026

Themes: Confusion hijacks clarity

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THE WORLD APART

 

THE WORLD APART

Fear hunts, death prowls, and life runs,
Perpetual darkness, the Sun is clouded,
Steals the right path, crisscross, trouble,
Volatile courage challenges smuggle, (1)

Ferocious animal humans act as beasts,
Merciless heart massacre life find tryst,
Discrimination, violence, and loot rules,
Scary nights and terrible days continue. (2)

War follows, uprooted humans' plight,
Anarchy, autocracy control, feel delight,
Hunger sickness, miserable life protest,
The avenger not in insight and protect, (3)

Climate and the catastrophe destroy,
Vanishing green Earth rivers and annoy,
The chasm separates the golden world,
Peace and happiness pervade, no word, (4)

Perpetual love, trust, and coexistence,
The river of bond flow lacks resistance,
Peace and prosperity, the abode, song,
The symphony of life attracts, throng, (5)

Unknown in the land, pain and sorrow,
The pleasure, comfort, luxury borrow,
Noticeable, enticing smile, inviting posture,
Warm comradely embrace gesture, (6)

Eternal light, knowledge, literacy grow,
An enlightened soul visualizes and knows,
Acknowledge service to the need, seed,
Interpret acts, service to God, indeed, (7)

Impossible to cross, the world apart,
The cherished aspects heal, impact,
Jump over the gorge, a mirage, a wall,
From devastation to dreams, prevail. (viii)

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Date: 2 February 2026
Themes: Heaven and hell
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A BRIDGE TO THE FUTURE

 

A BRIDGE TO THE FUTURE

Glorious sunrise, calm water, beauty,
Insane humans fight, seek security,
Search desperately for peace, wishes,
To achieve prosperity or happiness, (1)

Badly, the unfortunate chance miss,
They compromise coexistence kiss,
Settle the growing war destruction,
Humans realized imminent oblivion, (2)

Water toxic, air polluted, parched field,
Humans want to live longer, shield,
Hunger, poverty, hunt blunt destiny,
Life at the crossroad facing mutiny, (3)

The rebellion, clarion voices sound,
Destroy nature, a future life hounds,
Illiteracy sickness, diseases rampant,
The picture developed Earth, instant. (4)

Childhood, pristine, innocence grows,
Pittance to hatred rivalry, and love shows,
The tender age rejects beasts', dream,
To annihilate discrimination, life wins, (5)

Child today, youth tomorrow, hero,
Manipulative seductive minds zero,
The song of victory savior proclaim,
To survive in the world, not a game, (6)

Building bridges painstakingly, rope,
Connect the communities, a scope,
Peace, happiness, and love unravel,
Youth, the next generation, prevail, (7)

A bridge to the future glorious wait,
Today's children know and protest,
Sunrise in mirror peace and quietude,
The bridge over the river, fortitude. (viii)

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Date: 1 February 2026
Themes: The bridge connects lives
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A LITTLE WHITE LIE

 

A LITTLE WHITE LIE

 

A tender bud touched and broke,

The soft heart bruised fears, sock,

Glistening eyes, teeth, and smile,

A mere harsh word turns a senile, (1)

 

The colorful flower is pale, fallen,

Life views bitter truths or hidden,

Under the amber ash, fumes top,

Come out of the secrecy, elope, (2)

 

Leaves the trace of fire, burning,

The motto firmly stands warning,

Fails the human to digest news,

Repentant of mistakes, or refuse (3)

 

A willful lie breeds faster, grows,

Revealed the deceptions, show,

Pickpocket shakes hand, talking,

Play innocent sings well walking, (4)

 

Death strikes suddenly, thwarts,

Happiness, love quickly departs,

Weak heart, a news suppressed,

Know kith and kin or depressed, (5)

 

Much later, it is informed softly,

Sank disbelief, a fact gradually,

Happened in the married life test,

Separation of loving heart rest, (6)

 

Fear to express openly, a fight,

Disclosing the truth and fright,

Kid commits a blunder, destroyed,

Parents hope for recovery, avoid (7)

 

The make-or-break world lies,

A white light polite decent sigh,

A ray fails to remove harsh facts,

Truth prevails; tolerate the heart. (viii)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Date: 31 January 2026

Themes: Open the event politely

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LOST AND FOUND

 

LOST AND FOUND

Mysterious life, the path is lost,

Search desperately at any cost,

Crossroads, horns of a dilemma

Illusive, golden dear or dogma, (1)

 

Yesteryear's youth faded views,

The strength of mind, not grown,

Romantic nights sensation tell,

Like morning mist disappeared, (2)

 

Yet, butterflies wrought dreams,

Tidal wave of thought or stream,

Soaked with emotion or passion,

Cruel time has stolen fascination, (3)

 

Upheaval and upliftment in sight,

Momentary delusion, glory flight,

Men came, greeted quickly, forgot,

The world is a stage drama escort, (4)

 

Painfully shares, happiness, a past,

Distant dream melted, fewer last,

Fame and fortune, opportune time,

Explicit history, life survives, prime, (5)

 

Sunrise footprint waves soon erase,

Lingers shadow behind life, gloom,

Brilliant sunrays yet float in memory,

Age is only a number, pleasure ivory, (6)

 

Life is a tiny grass leaf, dries brown,

Life resurrects the same way yearn,

Renews challenges, victory nearer,

Experience peace and bliss, enamor, (7)

 

Lifetime effort, results, fewer lost,

Rejuvenate satisfaction reminds,

Lost and found, a saga of life stays.

Forget and time remind, displays. (viii)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Date: 30 January 2026

Themes: Life discovers

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THE NADIR OF LIFE

 

THE NADIR OF LIFE

The gorge, water flows like a rapid,

The perpetual darkness, an insipid,

Silence rules, inescapable dungeon,

Absent the azure sky, miss pigeons, (1)

 

The greenery, mountains, and valleys,

Beyond the horizon, search, lovely,

Thrills of rain-soaked, dance, song,

The place surrounds a misery throng, (2)

 

Sunshine dazzle, dew-laden grass,

Gems, apparent, cast allure, a class,

White clouds sail, lazily, bird songs,

Flows the dark water sight wrong, (3)

 

Human life at the gorge looks up,

A yacht afloat with courage to hope.

Escape out of the tunnel, whisper,

Rays of challenge, fight, endeavor, (4)

 

Comparable to the downfall, a nadir,

Vaporize fame and fortune terrify,

Melts resounding applause, tense,

Surrounds loneliness, a soul sense, (5)

 

Trepidation uncertainty suppress,

Humiliation, rebuttal, or oppression,

No sympathy, consolation, a hand,

Rock bottom, fate, life understand, (6)

 

It is the beginning point to march,

Human touches the zenith, watch,

The deep gorge and peak of a hill,

Life path of human vertical reveal, (7)

 

A step to rise and rise to the top,

Glorious story of passage or hope,

The nadir of life fuels a dream, well,

Achieves the mission victory dwell. (viii)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Date: 29 January 2026

Themes: Life rises from the bottom

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