GRANDEUR

 GRANDEUR

Silent sipping pleasure infinite,
Not gold jewel happiness delight,
Heavenly peace, heart tune well,
Searches beauty enchant dwell,
Run after wealth, fame, glamour,
Temporal illusive sad disappear,
Run after the beautiful female craze,
Fairy from heaven, exact mirage,
Unable to attract status assets,
To love a woman, captivate, test,
Wonderland grandeur desert lit,
Expands to the horizon and defeat,
Discover oasis, cold, clean water,
Shade of palm trees dream here,
Apparent illusive the world sure,
Lifelong searched, find grandeur,
Observed passion burnt, ridden,
Travels in life, sympathy hidden,
Serve and love elaborate efforts,
Deprived orphaned kid comforts,
Wipe tear feed enough embrace,
Oasis, finds child, enjoys solace,
Found, sick, elderly persons, sad,
No one to look at them, awkward,
Penance, saving income, serving, well,
Divine duty grandeur slow swell,
Not physical substance material,
Infinite joy, happiness is magical,
The heart experiences speechless lit,
Silent grandeur greenery, invite,
Next is the dimension of divine glory,
Unimaginable matchless story, (viii)
Nature, pristine beauty, enticing,
Waterfall fountain or hot spring,
Animal life, bird, plant, attractive,
Humans are native creatures,
Play, sing, and dance, roam wild,
Grandeur God-gifted lives yield,
Saying, thinking, committing a mistake,
Leave perpetual happiness wake,
Material glimmer skin attractive,
Name, fame, status, assets, lucrative,
Glamour is not grandeur ample,
Serve and love, nature mingle.

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Themes: Unparalleled beauty
Written: 23 May 2026
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SURREPTITIOUS GLANCES

SURREPTITIOUS GLANCES

Today got soul mates reminiscence,
Remind yesteryears, with innocence,
Love unspoken eyes met yet averted,
College days, fragile heart, a lot sighted,
Wrote a letter of undiluted admiration,
Kept inside a drawer, soaked in emotion,
Those were days with no mobile internet,
Behind followed failed to communicate,
Gentle, polite, and suave, a dignified picture,
Silently observed personified nature,
Felt small, feared to express openly,
You looked back, messaging slightly,
A moment was as if perpetually diminished,
The distant failed to cover yet wished,
Education job career pulled us apart,
The books at your bosom walk intact,
Letters to feeling in a diary written vainly,
Thought about you in the nights, insanely,
Where are you staying, if you remember?
Busy life, clueless, searched, reminder,
Love is immortal, unites hearts, sheer,
We met on a long flight, nearest dear,
Unspoken words, unanswered smiles,
Proposed that day dared no lifestyle,
Gathered the courage to show the diary,
She read the pages and had little enquiry.
Handed over the diary, looked straight,
Question, why failed years to intimate,
Then and there it finished, got united,
Marriage is only ceremonial; a lot is recited.
Closeness, understanding, it enhances,
Teases her with once surreptitious glances,

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Date: 22 May 2026
Themes: Friendship to marriage

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VERDANT VALLEY

 

VERDANT VALLEY

Forest covers the hill, all,
Meadows do enthrall,
Flora fauna imprint,
Brook animals glint,
Never forget fresh air,
Flower spring inspires,
Pool a lotus remember,
The heart loves pure,
Peace, happiness, keep fit,
Love care share golden kit,
Amidst nature, life is secure,
Waits forever, dear, I prefer,
I invited you to seek a reunion,
Wait a little for your letter to come,
Silent tears, morning dews,
Breeze your touches infuse,
Dawn, dusk, golden valley,
Mimic your aura feels folly,
Green-fields soft recline lot,
Err, your dress on lap alert,
Whispers weed tiny flower,
Feel you in a silent shower,
Love is a flower, lives short,
A valley witnesses your most,
Simple human life pure,
Nature-friendly, secure,
Mind deviates outward,
Dear, you got a reward,
Wait for you a remnant,
Hope the valley is verdant
Moonless, stars, a night,
My love, I seek to miss sight,
Silence in the hut is melancholic,
Let you feel happy, feel ecstatic
Asleep, in a dream I saw,
Morning sun beacons glow,
Knocks door, someone now,
Got awake to see dawn break,
Watch you in disbelief takes.

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Date: 20 April 2026
Themes: Life surprises
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PIQUANT LIFESTYLE

 

PIQUANT LIFESTYLE

Honest at the behest of a quest,
Inner moral hearts to request,
Indefinite paths in the forest look,
At a loss to proceed, fear hook (1)

Metaphor abhors the mind tell,
Illusory hallucination, wait, hell,
'Me', and mine minefield defeat,
'You're right, my might leads fight, (2)

Money is honey, beautiful face,
Gold ornaments, deer eyes trace,
They hunt but are blunt, merciless,
Possession subjugation scarcely, (3)

Envy the privy, jealous mind cries,
Anger the hunger harbors defy,
Guise surprise all pretence say,
At the crossroads, it affords a way (4)

The light within the eyes shines best,
Dissects thought infects the behest,
Disappear, gloomy and hazy fear,
Bright sunshine temporarily here, (5)

Wakefulness shakes laziness, vive,
Realize before the dusks survive,
The heart is full of love, a lotus bloom.
Pink lotus petals, fragrant soon, (6)

Kindness that impresses, expressive,
Service to the needy God is sensitive,
Addiction is dedication, not wine.
Intimacy is celibacy, soul to refine, (7)

Sweet, sour, chili hot spices, sugar,
Human life often imitates regular,
Nature alternates mood in the cycle,
Observant lotus piquant lifestyle, (viii)

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 19 May 2026
Themes: Mysterious lifestyle
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SEQUEL TO VERDURE

 

SEQUEL TO VERDURE

Harassed life astonishingly fails,
Misses drear ones, future trails,
Perpetual darkness, hunts fear,
Quality lifestyle a dream, sheer (1)

The world, make or break, exists,
Crumble aspiration not a demerit.
Built a sand castle, time sweeps,
A human gets emotional, weeps, (2)

How soon time passes, ponders,
Childhood, youth, and wonders,
Change of heart and mind, sure.
The adult life realizes, encounters, (3)

Withstand the vagary of time pretty,
Survival is the key frustration, pity.
Love precious life, accept trouble,
Terrify tomorrows and smuggle, (4)

The pollution, noise, and busy life,
Violence, arson, horror, or strife,
Disturbed today, lost a mission,
Free from bondage, the decision, (5)

Quit luxury comfort gold asset,
All are elusive traps, fail to protect,
The nightmare, a morass hunts,
Crossroads self-chosen in front, (6)

The metal roads highway walk
Or a narrow trek to forests. lack,
Hidden passions run to nature,
A verdant valley, hills, the river, (7)

Perpetual peace, tranquility, love,
Sequel to verdure doubt dissolve,
Fresh air, moist Earth, aromatic,
Discovers a new life and, ecstatic. (viii)

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Date: 18 May 2026
Themes: Life seeks solace
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PERSUIT IS INBORN

 

PERSUIT IS INBORN

The quest for human life detects, tests,
Thought-provoking ideas are the best,
Discovers the mind, stream flows,
Myriad, mysterious dream shows (1)

A miracle tentacle spider web is a net,
Achievement accidentally attenuates,
The hues carry a dew streak of rays,
Passionate heart search sway, (2)

Notices the rising sun, orange pink,
Who painted the sky and ocean link?
Revealing yet unwilling to accept it,
Underneath, underlined reveal a bit, (3)

Rain comes, dark clouds, rainbows,
Seven colors in the arch horizon show,
At first, aghast, abstract, well hidden,
His play, his game, colorfully smitten, (4)

Dust cloud, cowbell rings in the evening,
Chime the temple bell, prayers, and singing?
Has the Almighty forgiven or heard requests?
Bestows the folded hands or pretext (5)

Day and month to year, decades roll,
Changed appurtenance outlook troll,
No longer the same attitude, but pensive,
Molded the mind inward responsive, (6)

Observing the solitude to loneliness,
Who whispers within listens impressively,
Long lost most of life, unaware of
Hold the gold proudly, blindly scoff, (7)

Mistakes happen, blunders happen.
Lesson grooved into memory, learn,
Fallen in childhood youth yet reckon,
Experience protects, pursuit is inborn, (viii)

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 17 May 2026
Themes: Quest for life is automatic
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MELANCHOLI MELTS

 MELANCHOLY MELT

Unknown insipid wanderer pull,
Magnetic lullabies resound cool,
Asleep, the city, night cast a restful,
Dilapidated streets if sky tearful, (1)

Miss moonlit night, star-studded,
Cold wind, rain cloud, a bit wicked,
Obscure figure roams freely, attracts,
Infinite pains soak song, impact, (2)

Floats in a cold wind, shiver heart,
The boat seems ghostly in a raft,
Mysterious, the song, resounds,
Melt slowly, reappear, and pound (3)

Reverberates thin air road gloom,
Listen to a song, melancholic, loom,
Wonder my heart, if spirit a wreck,
Addresses a baby if missed, to break, (4)

Incomplete human dreams elope,
Crumple desires and crumble hope,
Baby doll face, smiles, giggle, vanish,
Churn my heart late-night tarnish, (5)

Divine grace, allot fortune, luck, wait,
World in night sleep dreamland let,
A multitude of luxury comforts spread,
Wild mind, human restless if dread, (6)

Aspiration and attachment, perverse,
Laugh heartily aloud alone remorse,
Very well, life sizzles realize beneath,
Mirth hides agony and underneath, (7)

Tears like morning dew glisten in hue,

Melancholy song melts, misses dew,
Beacon of hope, intoxicates, surprises,
A night, melancholy melt,  sunrises, (viii)

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Date: 16 May 2026
Themes: Lonely Walk, a song
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