LIVE AND LET LIVE

 

LIVE AND LET LIVE

A million breaths a life needs,

A billion hopes sympathy feed,

A thousand dreams life shows,

A hundred toil grass grows, (1)

 

A trillion proclamation, peace,

A few realized to survive, wish,

A century of subjugation scar,

A freedom harbor spectacular, (2)

 

Benign the heart loves to serve,

Beseech kindness lives deserve,

Bequeath material to a needy soul,

But life is short, search for the goal, (3)

 

Bewildered humans take life a lot,

Bitter fight war bomb siren alert,

Belittle the carnage alibi louder,

Besmirch as tyrant kills prouder, (4)

 

Complex world, cruel minds,

Crush lives unhesitant or unkind,

Convey for world peace, murder,

Carry out offensive acts shoulder (5)

 

Catastrophe lives face stubborn,

Counter dying hour to live yearn,

Consistent motivation to survive,

Constant efforts, selfless, thrive, (6)

 

Care for others' suffering heal,

Come forward, humans reveal,

Compassion, the virtue rectifies,

Coexistence principle life defy, (7)

 

Love humans' short life utilized,

Leave animosity, jealousy prized,

Lost anger, cruelty, the new life,

Live and let live, a motto, thrive. (viii)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Date: 9 March 2026

Themes: Humans' life

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NECKLACE

 

NECKLACE

Gracefully, the Lord builds wonder,
Female charm unearthly, ponder,
Necklace garlands, idol decorated,
Fragrant flower divine permeated,
Symbol of womanhood, flower stays,
Gift of the Lord to human dismay,
unparalleled tenderness existence,
The glue to unite lives, love intense,
Soft touch heals wound alarm,
Why does society ignore, yet harm,
Fabrics imprinted manicured life,
Family circulate mother in strife,
Another world, her home confined,
The world at large is yet undefined,
This was practice generation back,
Today, emancipation no longer lacks
Frontier guard fighter mariner fit,
Educated teacher scientists delight,
Farm sector village industry spine,
National strength, a woman defines,
Shy at veil child marriages death,
Childbirth, a fatal time of lack of breath,
Blind prejudices, women sufferers,
Generation realized girls are superior,
Equality, liberty, education, or skill,
Agonies of women end lives uphill,
Three cheers for my country's descent,
A female tribal leader is the president
Land pays respect to womanhood,
For centuries, molested, withstood,
Dawn, come, necklace wear,
Bangles vermilion Hindu wife dear,
Women are the necklace for the land,
The spine of the nation is a magic wand,
Mother Earth, nature, ocean, river,
Season bridal blossoms life secure,
Sings Lord's glory gift to humans,
Feminine aspects of women's charms,
Hindus worship as the Goddess bows,
Fertile land, corn bountiful shows.
She is a creeper necklace on the tree,
Rises to the top, fragrant flower, see,
Her hands around your neck, man,
The Lord waits for garlands, a fan!

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Themes: Essence of being a woman
Written: 8 February 2026
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THE MAGIC WHITE CARPET

 

THE MAGIC WHITE CARPET

Stupefied the human heart's desire,
To escape from the boundary pair,
Burning issues and scars of the past,
Bitter fights, wrangles, spats, anger, (1)

Encountered a beast, ferocious eyes,
Fangs, cruel smiles follow fearfully,
A human runs at breakneck speed,
Climbs to the mountain cliff, finds (2)

No quarrels, animosity, and hatred,
Peaceful place, the wind blows, a relief,
Found the safest place, look below,
Disappeared a bad dream sunrises, (3)

Bright blue sky instilling hope, a lot,
Miraculously sensed nature appeal,
The flying carpet, noticed, amazed,
Contemplate a far-off place, travel, (4)

Believing that paradise exists, invite,
Peace and harmony, love captivate,
Polite, gentle humans, helpful, roam,
Beautiful orchard and sweet home, (5)

Pervading fragrance hazy and petal,
Reverberate songs, music, melodies,
Stolen the identity or mortal feeling,
Forgotten gold and silver, symphony, (6)

Where death fails to touch astonish,
The mirror carries no image puzzles,
Absent thunderstorm flood draught,
No sunset or night, light translucent, (7)

A person got tired, sat mesmerized,
The magic white carpet, the dream,
Jump from the cliff, and death waits,
He returned to the world reluctantly. (viii)

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Date: 7 March 2026
Themes: Bewitched the Paradise
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AN UNKNOWN TERRITORY

 

AN UNKNOWN TERRITORY

The labyrinth of thoughts formative,

Spiraling emotions, desires, relatives,

A list is long, for benefits and losses,

Possessed valuable collected tosses (1)

 

Love is immortal, a mortal evaluates,

Cruelty live, sympathy considerate,

Humans choose to lose and rejoice,

Life wins or vanquishes link choice, (2)

 

How much to gain or forfeit stand,

Dreams and delusions understand,

Now the spirit quarrels and fights,

Forgotten rivalry, both are laughing, (3)

 

A lost character, pervert, careless,

Repent, correct mistakes, impress,

Life passed, amassed gold or silver,

Silence and solitude, serenity cure, (4)

 

Aversion, arrogance, and ego rule,

Transformation of a saintly life mule,

Permanent glory, fame, or fortune,

Culprit mind trap fate misfortune, (5)

 

Dedicate the heart to kith and kin,

Their betrayal realizes human wins,

Crowds, applause, and claps, noisy,

Fade quickly, a mirage, a life busy, (6)

 

Float a thousand thoughts opposite,

The human misses the path light,

Tall trees, dense forest, dark road,

The periphery the Sun rises, trod, (7)

 

An unknown territory, bold name,

An address and identity, the same,

Escape out of the forest, it erased,

Know freedom, light hands raised. (viii)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Date: 6 February 2026

Themes: The world is elusive

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SAGA OF THE LAST MAN

 SAGA OF THE LAST MAN

 

The end of the world, and so quickly,

Destruction, self-chosen, pathetic,

Fireworks of human limbs scatter,

Sweet home turned to dust horror, (1)

 

Silence rules, eerie, piercingly visible,

Diminished greenery and the rivers,

The fertile land, granaries, the past,

Cities and villages ruined or ghostly, (2)

 

Inaudible music songs symphonies,

Sky without birds or forest animals,

Busy highway sky scraper crumbles,

Hope and desires, eliminated sadly, (3)

 

Earth is a dead planet and lonely,

The desert dune wind blows slowly,

Waterless land borderless surprise,

Subsided war clouds receded lives, (4)

 

An unknown world, meaning void,

No happiness, pleasure, and love,

No cruelty, bloodshed, savagery,

A romantic night throb imaginary, (5)

 

The only survivor of a holocaust, run,

Tired on the sand, stumbling often,

Parched lips and dry throat gasp,

Burning eyes, the last energy hope, (6)

 

The human race went to oblivion,

He escaped from death, walks on,

No one admits he still lives, pity.

His shadow assured his life a belief, (7)

 

Hallucinate, a mirage and an oasis,

Palm groves, dry fruit, and water,

Saga of the last man shade allure,

It was a bad dream result, laughed. (viii)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Date: 5 March 2026

Themes: Fear of the destroyed world

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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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