DIGNITY

 DIGNITY

When the slavery of centuries ended,
Bonded laborers freed, attended,
Right to make salt, cloths banned,
Banned from spinning clothes, warned, (1)

Forced to pay the annual produce,
No cost, but mercy, hunger recall,
Malnourished skeletal frame fear,
Sickness, illiteracy, human wear, (2)

The darkness, the country is divided,
Split and rule, the key, one-sided,
Protest to live imprisoned, grew,
Fight for independence, life knew, (3)

Freedom and dignity or equality,
Daydream to aspire to lose security,
Eight decades nearer hunt a past,
World Human Rights Day, long last. (4)

Achieved democracy and celebrate,
Dignity of humans time calibrates,
War clouds savage, humans fight,
Massacre, a number the news delights, (5)

Shadow of holocaust, extinction,
Violent world and commotion,
There will be no peace, freedom, or love,
Burning cities, homes souls probe, (6)

Race, religion, and the wall fail to unify,
The world clamors for peace defy,
Dignity, modesty, humans forgotten,
Conflicts, continental fights, rotten, (7)

Withstood our land, a virus spread,
Aggression violating the rule or thread,
The sun will rise and rebuild a new nation,
The dignity of humans an emotion. (viii)

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Date: 19 March 2026
Themes: Dignity of humans
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POSTMAN

 

POSTMAN

The saga of human life fascinates me,
A decade passes, time modulates,
Fails imagination rustic alters,
Quiet village fields miss nature,
Teenage fantasy hook postman,
Never forgets wild run kids can,
Letter bundles in a khaki dress,
The occasion, the cycle moves,
Hot summer, rain, winter, spring,
Intoxicated village postman ring,
Far-off city elders live, work hard,
Village women seek fate's reward,
A letter, money order, telegram,
Never guess, telegram only warns,
Sick in city life, transfer or birth,
A remote village, a telegram worth
Lacks a telephone, travels long,
Postman n money order a song,
Mother looks eagerly at a few notes,
Holi is near, the festival crowd.
Desperate look for the postman to win,
Cry out loudly, family gather clean,
Nostalgic memory hunt in tears,
Tiny a letter brings joy and better,
College life village afar seek a post,
Joy and sorrow let the postman secure,
Young life, quit college, seeks a job,
Postman knocks run heartthrob,
Fountainhead of all dreams offers
Courier of good news entices pure,
In modern times, notice all the hair is gray,
Postman misses the telephone way.
Telephone vanish mobile bit hook,
Messages, money transfers, or books,
Book purchases house, vegetable,
Rustic life grew old, search simple,
Occasional sight postman delight,
A remote village, the news brings right,
Generation change urban life new,
Often visit the sweet village home view,
Electricity, motorcycle, bus, roads
Cement home, television, water fan,
Ecstatic look at a cycle calls postman,
Village bank savings, all, post office,
Home collection of savings practice,
Village bank at the doorstep with a loan,
Landlord perish no hand loan drown,
Enchants a khaki dress n cap smile,
A humble man serves people for miles,
Familiar face affection, grace timeless,
Reads open letters to the illiterate impress.
Life succeeds, self with name and fame,
The postman, whose name I never knew,
He has the age, people can call names,
A family job asset world can’t be the same.

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Themes: The loving sight in childhood
Shared: 18 March 2026
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WAR AND PEACE

 WAR AND PEACE

 

Weak is eliminated, might show,

Week, month, and year life know,

Work is ethics, sabotaged, sadly,

Wrong conception ruled madly, (1)

 

Agony endless, unsympathetic,

Abysmal dream leads to pathetic,

Antagonized neighbors, angry,

Alerted after fights, life hungry, (2)

 

Revenge the curse, humans die,

Remote to survive hopes defy,

Renegade, a selfish view, react,

Repentance fails to heal in fact, (3)

 

Absolute discipline, inviolable,

Abominable prisoners trouble,

Aplomb, tolerate compromise,

Astonish fire extinguished rise, (4)

 

Nostalgic destruction, the dust,

Normalizes world order, cost,

Nemesis conflicts doubts trap,

Nectar of potion love yet wrap, (5)

 

Demands territories, resources,

Destroys city, village remorse,

Declare peace accord in guise,

Demonic instinct rule, precise, (6)

 

Power to make or break used,

Ponder human acts bemused,

Peril humans' destiny, cruelty

Purity rinsed the heart faulty, (7)

 

Eagle's eye landscape serene,

Awakens soul war and peace,

Confusion diminished life win,

Enable happiness, harmony, bliss. (viii)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Date: 17 March 2026

Themes: Burning land prospers

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THE JOURNEY ENDS

 THE JOURNEY ENDS

It was a bright morning, sunshine,

Orange hues in the eastern sky appeal,

Lotus buds were blooming a lot,

Flock of the birds flying, chirping, (1)

 

The azure sky, white clouds float,

A dew sparkles as a gem fades,

Unknown thrills desires weaved,

The lethargy and laziness vanish, (2)

 

Rainbows the mind creates taunt,

Life, an opportunity, socks, blunt,

Destiny, Ignoramus seeks, in vain,

Commits blunders, repeats, (3)

 

Repentance chisel the mind guide,

Collect of experience from the beehive,

Wiser the human knocks out fears,

Proceeds further milestone near, (4)

 

And counts youth and adulthood,

The achievements, failures, life repent,

A sweet home built and sold, sadly,

Flood of money recedes, find madly, (5)

 

The fame and fortune prosperity,

Lost everything in time, security,

He hears applause, praise fading,

Behind him left his past remains, (6)

 

A muddy road, palm trees, the sun,

The twilight years evening mourn,

He pedals life cycle an abode near,

Symphony of life, melancholic heart, (7)

 

No one will be there except a soul,

Reminisce the journey ends a goal,

There will be night and long sleep,

The Lord knows the next dawn rise. (viii)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Date: 16 March 2026

Themes: Timeless journey

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HEAVEN TO EARTH

 

HEAVEN TO EARTH

Translucent bright space invites,
Tectonic plate absent sail excite,
Terrestrial features and beauty,
Terminated on Earth, assiduity, (1)

Fragrance and melody pervade,
Lack nature and the river forest,
Invisible the azure sky and could,
Missing bird, animal, marine life (2)

Nowhere the wind and storms,
The mountains and the oceans,
There is no temple of prayer,
Spirit with wings, freedom dare, (3)

True happiness and tranquility exist,
Absent name, identity, relations,
Sunrise or sunset missing, happy,
Heat of sunlight, the moonlight, (4)

Beyond the domains of death exhibit,
No birth, death, hunger, suffering,
No bitter fights, war, fire engulfs,
Little fear or horror, only pleasure, (5)

Gambling deception unheard of,
Timeless, the heavenly spirit dream
Different from the mortal world,
Pricks the perception, unknown, (6)

Dreams broken to reality, sadly,
All the aspects of the Earth, wide,
Opposite to the heaven, aspects hide,
Physical pleasure, love, and fear reside (7)

Heaven to Earth the path directs,
Heaven is in the mind, duly reflected,
Earth, the source of creation, view,
Heart wishes heavenly abode well, (viii)


Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Date: 15 March 2026
Themes: A dream of the soul
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THE FALLEN FLOWERS

 

THE FALLEN FLOWERS

Theater is the fireball burning anger,

Threat to the generation, younger,

Healing their wound cries failing,

Harmony forgotten horror prowling,

Enemy at the border, merciless, fear,

Endanger life, bomb, bullet, sulphur,

 

Fail humanity compassion kindness,

Fortitude to thrive beseech witness,

Aliens enter, savagery, deadly hearts,

The act of intimidation, deadly impact,

Love is a misnomer, for marauders' act,

Lesson for humans, beasts defy intact,

Lotus stolen, tender heart astonishes,

Lament, losing parents, hopes perish,

Engulf war of attrition, stolen future,

Entourage poverty, sickness, hunger,

Noble attempt crushed, kid, beseech,

Nemesis is checked, helping bewitch,

 

Flowers, beautiful creation, colorful,

Freshness, tiny kids, smile, wonderful,

Lost horizon, the scary past, sunrises,

Leaving happiness secured surprises,

Own up glorious future grow healthy,

Ocean of tears, dried humans, wealthy,

Winner, the rightful innocent defeat,

Waves of death surrender or retreat,

Enormous strength of crumpled life,

Enigma, fighting till death, thrive,

Rapport and amity the world shows,

Residue of agonies grave life knows,

Sagacious outlook builds the nation,

Sacred, the fallen flowers, emotions.

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Date: 14 March 2026

Themes: Suffering kids in wars

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RENOUNCE

 

RENOUNCE

Left baffled, perplexed, bemused,
World change paradigm mused,
Muddy roads, an unknown village,
Years megapolis million amaze,
The change is a sudden surprise,
Failing to get an answer stays precise,
Flow a river, serenity, I disbelieve,
Canyons cemented dam thrives,
Submerge a hundred villages, sad,
A beautiful lake is required,
Modern time-changing picture,
Village lives disappear from nature,
Education skill office factories,
Humans are robotics accessories,
Works rules denote training,
An old retired health warning,
Far complex time nearer warn,
Man and machine unite in harm,
Education, skill, a curse, pride,
Weapon humans show, chides,
Reality granaries are barren, rocky,
Books still predict, time tricky,
Now, humans look back again,
The past generation wiser, regained,
Control the population to save nature,
Renounce modern wastage fear,
Plastic in the ocean river garbage,
Filth mountain high stick rage,
Lifestyle, live-in, split families,
Family bond links similarities,
Fast-disappearing men travel,
Settle abroad, get married, hail,
The footprint of the villager city,
Globetrotting humans show,
Melting point migrant change,
Amazes the world to find revenge,
Class race color discrimination,
War, recent times show, notion,
Migration for food, clothes, work,
Forget millennia yet, tribal rock,
Time demands building a home,
Renounce misuse and wastage,
Renounce automation, human,
Renounce infinite gadget scan,

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Themes: Highlight the adverse effects
Written: 13 March 2026
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