A BOWL OF RICE

 

A BOWL OF RICE

Remember specters of draughts,

Parched land, dry grass thoughts,

Merciless, the Sun, blistering heat,

Hot winds, jobless life, find sweat, (1)

 

It was not the death knell, scare,

Cloudless blue sky human share,

Limited food life is tense, worry,

The landscape projects life, sorry, (2)

 

Hunger, the curse, steals life soon,

The fallacy, gold, silver, the boon,

Insatiable appetite wealth alludes,

A bag of paddy corn seed collude, (3)

 

Precious thing to live sweet plate,

Precious life survives, foods relate,

Rarely found fertile soil or water,

Surround coconut trees and cover (4)

 

Water streams and paddy straws,

Arranged and planted green rows,

Cranes, plenty of birds, life smiles,

Rainy season it pours scene defile, (5)

 

In contrast to summer and moist air,

Dispels the heat cultivation, inspires,

Successful harvest or bumper crop,

Granaries are full of human hope (6)

 

The guarantee to live and assures,

Rice water and vegetable capture,

Not the sweet home and property,

The food for a year and necessity, (7)

 

Critical factor for growth survival,

A bowl of rice shows phenomenal,

A pinch of salt, oil, a private field,

The only means of living is grain yield. (viii)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Date: 4 March 2026

Themes: Critical for life food

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SEVEN LIVES AND A TIE

 

SEVEN LIVES AND A TIE

Solitude kills peace, joy disappears,
Search for love, bemused discover,
Solace to the thirsty heart persist,
Surround pleasant happiness tryst, (1)

Source of colorful dream, chance,
Stream of imagination romance,
Strong the urge and bonds favor,
Subtle feeling expressions allure, (2)

Sweet conjugal lives, fight better,
Sour to appealing life encounter,
The service a hubby provides shows
Self-help, man and wife to know, (3)

Serenity wedlock round the fire,
Surreal cords unbreakable share,
Show glistening love life coexist,
Surrender, purpose of life, a list, (4)

Somehow, couples thrive, survive,
Surmount difficulty souls revive,
Sentinel abiding trust the belief,
Substantial reformation is a relief, (5)

Sensational thrills, hearts throb,
Surreptitious the emotions rob,
Security for love umbrella open,
Standing firm, to protect and listen, (6)

Stunning experience, marriages,
Stories of inspiration or courage,
Sequence of events, the aspect,
Solve troubles, heart introspect, (7)

Sound as whispers the touches,
Seven lives and a tie, preaches,
Survive to realize a beautiful life,
Sustain the belief in conjugal lives. (viii)

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Date: 3 March 2026
Themes: Love is deathless
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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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