WINGS OF THE MIND

Fled the white crane spread its wings,
Dropped the furs, happiness swings,
Sobs, the daughter of the landlord,
Leaving parents, scarcely afford, (1)

The ear and nose ring golden chain,
Bangles, anklets, bracelets, the same,
Long black hair manicured in a veil,
Carbon paint eyebrows tears prevail, (2)

The slim finger jewel ring nail polish,
Red ink border of small feet, cherish,
The silk saree executive pattern says,
The palanquin with men, well, displays (3)

The bride went to her in-laws' home,
She has to cross a river, and a boat comes,
A myriad of apprehension and fear float
She was listening to the boatman, escort (4)

Welcomes her in-law family, husband,
For a while, she failed to withstand,
Missing her parents' home and village,
On the fourth night, she met craze (5)

She found a polite, gentle manner, well,
Sprouts budding love soft cord dwell,
Experience the unmatched trust stay,
She started to believe her belief play (6)

She got pregnant with her parents,
News of a baby, her love feels current,
The undercurrent pulled him quickly,
Found her hubby holding the baby, lovely, (7)

Discovered the conjugal married life,
Wings of mind in thoughts, fur, strife,
The white crane found its mate a nest,
A chick fledgling, matching the best. (viii)

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 31st July 2025
Themes: Thoughts of a young bride
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THE TRESPASSER

A sweet home, a happy family stay,
Love and care, attachments display,
Lovable parent and beautiful couple,
The house never faced any trouble (1)

She is feeding the kid, preparing food,
Her life attends to her hubby; she stood,
Infinite interest, attentive she always is,
A couple on the sofa, kids, well, play, (2)

The trust, obedience, and understanding,
Visible in the abode, firmly standing,
A heaven in the home belief is strong,
For years, they stay miraculously long (3)

The strong wall, failed interference,
Outside the world, happens, pretense,
Not affected them, their lives, they sing,
On occasion, the birds with their wings (4)

Fly far off to a lap of nature recluse,
A serenity, solitude attracts bemuse,
Busy with their performance, excellent.
The boundary wall is invisible, resilient, (5)

A creeper from an outside wall grows,
Crossing a wall, root fractures show,
Crumbles the stones, a boundary opens,
The family was unaware, less woken, (6)

Roomer enters their home, invisible,
Broke the mutual trust, creates trouble,
Suspicion separates quickly fragile life,
The house of quarrel, bitter fight, strife, (7)

Discover a couple much later, a creeper,
Uprooted doubts, the culprit is a trespasser.
Melted as morning mists, enmity faded,
Reinforced their mind, a wall in a tirade. (viii)

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 30th July 2025
Themes: Rumor intrudes unnoticed
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SAFE AT THE SHORE

Lifeboat got freedom, float merrily,
Gentle waves of thought kiss lively,
Cherish the wonderful Earth, ocean,
Whispers sultry wind the life listen, (1)

Knows the bottomless depth stays,
Emotion aspiration dream displays,
Link with family, friend, name, stand,
Alone a boat of life yet understand, (2)

Passionate for unexpected rain, wet,
Mesmerizes hilarious moment duet,
Poetic downpour of worries, tension,
Fears the boat to sink, fail all motion, (3)

Distant horizon fearsome disappears,
A boat loses direction, lost to cheer,
A safe harbor, courage supports life,
The rope with the pillar avoids strife, (4)

Wide ocean, long life challenge, stay,
Freedom of life far from shore play,
No one ploughs the field, soul rows,
Ropeless culprit mind sadly shows, (5)

Rebellious the heart, oars disobey,
Create an illusion, unrealistic life plays,
Unaware of rocks beneath life sink,
Resembles like a sinking boat, think, (6)

The pride ego blind mind fiery hell,
Deny the presence of the Lord dwell,
His invisible hand, a string rope tie,
Pillar of trust, belief, a human relies (7)

His infinite mercy shows direction,
A lifeboat moves, finds its destination,
Safe at the shore from deep water,
The abode of the Lord invites sheer. (viii)

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 29th July 2025
Themes: Trust the Lord
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BEYOND THE BORDER

She gave the flesh and blood in love,
Her milk and baby grow, cry resolves,
The shanty, unruly matted hairs pour,
Alone in the world, with a child here, (1)

Slim figure, probing eyes, hand extends,
Coins a morsel of food never pretend,
The pang of an empty belly, hunger pain,
Cries of the baby, in the arms, remain (2)

Another world parallel exists, surprises,
The darkness, no future, the night rises,
Inexpressible sorrows, misery, no hope,
Pavement, her world to survive a scope, (3)

The border between flourishing lives,
Invincible, the barrier, hardly believes,
The human is a blessed child of God,
The world is His creation stays absurd (4)

The other side of the wall, happiness, love,
Care, compassion, help, selfless, solve,
Visible luxury, leisure, gold, and a mansion,
She looks, her entry prohibited, awesome, (5)

Life is not a path of thorns to pierce,
Conjugal life is a bed of roses, no fears,
They have a dream, passion, aspiration,
To rise higher their goal, a fascination, (6)

She takes a breath, and darkness covers.
Impregnable the border hardly allures,
The two shores of the river can never meet,
They walk with boots, and she is barefoot. (7)

Dawn to dusk, the east and the west order,
Night opposite day, beyond the border,
Moon rose, dog barks, her baby asleep,
She cannot cross a border water is deep. (viii)

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 28th July 2025
Themes: Where prosperity eludes
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UNEXPECTED RAIN

Visible springtime floats white clouds,
Blossoms' fragrant honey bee shroud
Blue sky, bright sunshine radiates well,
Cool and gentle breeze flows like hail, (1)

Intoxicate unknown pleasures suture,
Happiness, peace, and bliss enamor,
Flock of birds flying in the sky, gaily,
Serenity adds greenery touches truly, (2)

Flow the river, flurry of flood vanish,
Calm waters fishermen a time wish,
Cherish travelers, the train whistles,
Mesmerize the magical time sizzles, (3)

Floated the scenes before the eyes,
Disbelieves the paradise is real, defies,
Remind a blistering summer, faced,
Heavy downpour of rain surfaced, (4)

Contemplated compared, life hazes,
Tormented soul that sought crazes,
Speechless fails to express all vividly,
A dark cloud gathers, spreads rapidly, (5)

Follows behind a dust storm, horrid,
Cover the sunshine raining worried,
Raindrops, a shower of hail strewn,
The drizzle sparks electric life hewn, (6)

A paper boat floats, found the path,
Human life mirrors the same worth,
Grass blocks a paper boat, then sinks,
Trouble visit and quit thought links, (7)

Life never gets drowned, survive well,
An unexpected rain drenches soul fail,
Stay, elixir of life, freshness, moist air,
Raindrops trickle, white noise share, (viii)

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 27th July 2025
Themes: Elicited life with rare rain
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SHUN THE LIMELIGHT

Life is a mission, misunderstood.
Prosperity and glamour are food,
Sadly, a soul yearns to be famous,
Knock at the door, unknown curios, (1)

Inevitable exploitation suffering,
A painted face of modernity sings,
Below the skin, it is immeasurable,
The pain and hunger mix is visible (2)

Floodlight, posters, and applause,
Melts very soon, all failure causes.
Public memory is short and fades,
No more favorite pictures tirade, (3)

A limousine and a mansion are old,
Time steals quickly, and gold is sold,
Age is not pink youth, it is shriveled,
A realization dawns that life unraveled, (4)

People who know avoid surprises,
Where has fame missed, realized?
Wasted years missed a family, kids,
Stays alone, aloofness hurts needs, (5)

She looks from the balcony, charms life,
Playful children's parents face strife,
Not a popular, scintillating presence,
Home is their world to live an essence (6)

Continued her thoughts, immersed,
What she achieved found remorse,
Rising every day, teenagers in a line,
Hungry to be rich, dreamed, shine, (7)

Lotus blooms, rose petals fragrant,
The next morning, another flower rant,
Settle calmness and quiet eyesight,
Happy at home, shuns the limelight. (viii)

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 26th July 2025
Themes: Temporary is glamorous
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STAY WITH ME

Light of aspiration, shade to separate,
The plight of a heart communicates,
Vogue emotions thought clueless hurt,
Stay silent, tearful, shy, fail all efforts, (1)

Not a near and dear one feeling exists,
Fail to muster courage, motivate spirit,
Stay aloof, lower the eyes, lips stitched,
Your attractive look links life bewitched, (2)

Could not dare to convey the deep love,
Difficult to express, attempt, and solve,
The same condition, conservative spirit,
Often, on occasion, dreams well excite, (3)

A college career is fascinating to watch,
Followed behind you, unable to search,
Found insecurity, nightmares, and fears,
Hide within the heart, preferred clear, (4)

The fragile nature, guise of a polite voice,
Will you pick my hand tightly, your choice?
Understanding conflict, we try our best.
Shed fear, tension, bold life to interest, (5)

Companionship, convenient, conveys
Forget loneliness, a trustworthy pose,
That need help promised, a life easier,
Angers, stops talking, forgets sooner (6)

Confides a safe hand, heart to believe,
Catch hold of my hand, pleasures thrive.
No conflict, ignominy, or a sad episode,
United we live together, a lifetime record (7)

Show not heaven a paradise, awesome,
Let you stay with me, build a sweet home,
Love is not a bed of roses, thorns prick,
Challenge married life, troubles to trick. (viii)

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 25th July 2025
Theme: Spirit of a husband
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THE LINGERING SHADOWS

How many dreams were touched?
In silence and darkness, searched,
Shores of the mind fade, magical,
Anchor the lovelorn heart, factual (1)

Aspiration desperation tirade well,
Hope and hopelessness sadly dwell,
Life runs in the quicksand, disappears,
Tears from the sky dewdrops wear, (2)

Cacti in the arid desert bloom well,
Persistent life exists, curiously dwells
Morning sunrise, the shadow lingers,
Evening sunset long shadow singer, (3)

A shadow of the floating cloud moves,
Impermanent and imprints it proves,
Silhouettes of the three birds indicate,
Memory the background intoxicates, (4)

Ravages of bitter fight scar still stay,
Cemetery annual tribute life display,
Unforgettable sacrifices, footprints,
Future generations learn lesson hints, (5)

A past holocaust devastation losses,
Catastrophic climate change curses,
Hunts the nightmare, lively remorse,
Miraculous survival story, of course, (6)

Deserted her love unnoticed quickly,
No reason or explanation, feel sickly,
He had gone for years, didn't return,
Her love knocks unknowingly, often, (7)

Thought all pictures of long shadow,
In the darkness, her eyes express all,
The lingering shadows, like a meadow,
Memories never die, alive, she recalls, (viii)

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 24th July 2025
Themes: Memories persist
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 LET ME BE IN HELL

The June-August period plays havoc,
Inundate the water, submerge, sock,
Crops under water live on the roof,
The nightmarish nature is poof, (1)

A sudden earthquake crushes lives,
Collapses building survivor lives,
The bridge road fractured, scarring.
Loss of life innumerable, worry, (2)

Earth caves in a mudslide, covers,
Over many homes, life discovers,
Block vehicles on steep slopes, say,
For days, passengers had no way (3)

Spread disease infects many lives,
Bedridden, segregated in strife,
Bitter fights with fever, a battle,
Test of the survivor's slow mettle, (4)

If the economy fails, disaster happens,
Poverty-driven life finds shaken,
No roof, food, or clothes visible,
The darkness remains feasible (5)

Drought, wildfires, and forests burn,
Burns sweet homes, living yearn,
Worn-out future plans, sorrows,
A loan is sinner than a curse shows, (6)

Hold a breath, firefighters save,
Lift the drowning lives, all waves,
Dowses' fire burning disease goes,
Miracle of time heals time show, (7)

Lit the oil lamp, chimes the bell,
Pray before the stone idol, indwell,
Admit self-sacrifice, let me be in hell,
Resurrect world suffer liberate well, (viii)

Written By: Mr. Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 23rd July 2025
Themes: Sacrifice may save lives
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Country: India

 NICK OF TIME

Mind is blind, misguiding, mischievous,
Life-threatening danger, stay curious,
Unaware of impending death, senses,
Game of life, encounter fear pretense, (1)

Hope and hopelessness, both shores,
Where the boat of life is heading, fears,
The darkness, depth unknown, rocks,
To sink a matter of time alerts socks, (2)

Hilarious life runs at breakneck speed,
An accident steals a precious life indeed,
Slow and steady, watchful alert saves,
Reaches destination safely, life waves, (3)

Opportunity visits rarely, never return.
Lazy attitude, careless attempt, curtain,
Misses gold, career, and praise totally,
Tension and depression collude fatally (4)

Missing near and dear ones to repent,
Harsh words, unkind hearts represent,
Pluck the blooming flower plant, dies.
Heartless act, unthinkable, sadly defies (5)

The bride collapses, Earth caves in, say,
Life halts, saved from death, find a way,
Life, a long path slips from the ground,
Less find under the feet, gloom found, (6)

A red rose, a pink letter, a proposal wish,
Time elapses, love forgets, and sees perish,
Receive a lovelorn heart wedding card,
His life, sorrowful, clueless to reward (7)

The dawn breaks, catch a bus, define,
Bus scantly reruns the truth nick of time,
All His mercy the Lord plays to shine,
Success and failure paradigm entwine (viii)

Written by: Mr Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 22nd July 2025
Themes: At a split second, life changes
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Country: India

 

SAY IT JUST ONCE

Sensitive Mimosa Pudica exhibits such,
Leaves instantly close, discover a touch,
The feminine instincts like the creeper,
A mere touch feels shy, silently appears, (1)

An ocean of dreams tidal waves elapse,
Suppressed in her heart, her love relapses,
Emotion, motion of thought turbulence,
Her silence, evading eyes, consequence, (2)

Sensations, throbs, and unspoken words,
Stays under the veil inexpressible hour,
Her vanity and modesty cannot afford,
Eyelids lowered glance her love shower, (3)

Untold pain, separation, she failed to say,
Her unknown fear to invite finds no way,
The tender heart, beautiful frame, slim,
A pink letter from her love reads gleam, (4)

Parents, not aware of her secret love,
Hardly confess or confide in life above,
Miss his presence for a long time, sad.
Wait patiently for his letter, day reward, (5)

Never could convey her undiluted love,
She suffered mental agony, failed to solve,
Looked at the starry night, full moon, wind,
The solitude, melancholic music rewind, (6)

A bright sunshine and dusk trigger cruelly,
Tortures lonely night dreams him awfully,
The depth of her attachment is less quoted,
She met several times yet scarcely wrote (7)

Smitten by the bug of love, pure existence,
The conservative family links a resistance,
Say it just once to dad and mother, admit,
Lighter, will be your heart, wedlock credit. (viii)

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 21st July 2025
Themes: Shyness of a young heart
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 FLURRY OF THE FLOOD

A cascade of stream from the hill,
Blue waters, white foams reveal,
Dense forest, steep slopes, rapids,
Human life imitates a picture, insipid, (1)

Contrasts a mural of fiery waters,
Flowing down the hill encounters,
Uprooting trees, moving boulders,
Humans meet challenges, shoulder (2)

Havoc plays the rain river swollen,
Break embankment misery shown,
Temptation, desire, and lust unite,
Fail self-discipline life in bitter fight, (3)

A mirror of anger, an angry river,
The epitome of power lives in shiver,
Submerges villages, cities, and fields,
Human life sinks in remorse yield, (4)

Washed away, homes, depleted crop,
Ill-fate steals peace, happiness, and hope,
The river broke a bridge, Soil caved in.
Mudslide from altitude in between (5)

Alacrity stare breaks a friendship,
The bridge of understanding says flip,
The accusation grudge covers life,
Resemble like Earth, floods strife, (6)

Under moving water, stay grass.
The farmer withstands the fight class.
The urban and rich suffer so often,
Flash flood into the city warns caution, (7)

Several examples of a human life,
A flurry of floods is classic into strife,
Destroys everything, vanishes quickly,
Accept human catastrophe meekly, (viii)

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 20th July 2025
Themes: Angry mind and the flood
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THE LOST HORIZON

A surreal feeling still waters the west,
The sun sank into orange hues at best,
Silhouette of the boat and boatman,
Anchoring after the day, a fisherman (1)

Lose sight of the horizon in darkness,
An unknown depth of the sea impresses,
Under the feet, water, sand, gravel, feel,
Mesmerizing a mural, sufferings heal, (2)

Unmoving cloud spectral beams, rays,
Unearthly, a picture intoxicates, arrays,
Silence engulfing slowly, stars winking,
A confluence of peace and love sings, (3)

Spreads loneliness stood and looked,
A day passed, surprised and hooked,
Lost endless thoughts but dream life,
Human pleasure fails to express thrive (4)

Feel uncomfortable expressing a pain,
Hidden inside the heart and tear rain,
Leaving me, the world sank, recovered,
In the darkness, search for you to discover, (5)

Lost the fragrance, soothing voice, love,
Your adorable presence soon dissolves,
Hope and hopelessness entwine sadly,
The boat of my life anchored radically, (6)

Wait the whole night for you, certain,
At dawn sun will rise, you shall return,
better to view the sea, the horizon, say,
Conflict, confiscate understanding play, (7)

His melodious and touching thoughts,
He lost his horizon, but morning brought,
Visible blue sky, a boatman left the shore,
Human life as a fisherman, net assured. (viii)

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 19th July 2025
Themes: The Love, hope was alive
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HER PROFILE LINGERS

Years ago, I saw her and her personality,
What attracted me was great modesty,
Honesty, humility, a soothing voice,
She led her honorable life choice (1)

Attractive, simple attire, gentle life,
Scarcely noticed, she faced a strife,
At a troubled time came a helping hand,
Looked ahead, survived again, stand (2)

Friends, family, and neighbors loved,
Unspoken pain and sorrows dissolved,
Long black hair, skirt, blouse, wear,
Tall and slim, her smile and figure (3)

Feminine charm to wedlock is linked,
Left the village for the city, her life blinked,
For a village girl, a paradigm change,
The in-law house is different, exchange, (4)

Lost all smiles, heard short answers,
Missing bonhomie search a cursor,
Fails to satisfy her love and family,
Unsatisfied men and women are senile (5)

Visit the weakness in domestic work daily,
Occasional sickness, bedridden life,
Late-night husband arrives like a silly,
Less share on conditions and strife, (6)

Without a baby, miseries increase,
A day her fate broke loose to cease,
She left her parents-in-law's house soon,
An uncertain future, a life in gloom, (7)

Dear husband, never return to seek,
A village life less enamored of pale cheeks,
Wrote a letter tear-smear to her love,
Her profile lingers in ink yet dissolves. (viii)

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 18th July 2025
Themes: Life of a village girl in the city
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A PAGE FROM HER LIFE

Adolescence touched, a magical feeling,
Captivates the rebellious heart willing,
Limitless imaginations and dreams prevail,
Once her soul, as a boat prepared to sail, (1)

Look for a handsome guy, materialize,
The conjugal love, passionate, realized,
Her days and nights, a dawn and dusk,
Sunrise to setting sun scintillate musk, (2)

Pleasant companionship is lively; it persists,
His proposal for marriage failed to resist,
The wedlock was a sock and separate,
She cried, a minor mistake, but desperate, (3)

He melted into thin air, left a child soon,
Her only asset, her child, grew up a boon,
Many a hope, hopelessness she witnessed,
The innocence of child mischief impresses (4)

He grew tall and took care of his mother,
Education, job, position, and his life prospered,
A chapter began, her son sought marriage,
She found a beautiful girl, her life amazed (5)

The moment has arrived, wedding song,
Immersed in her past thoughts so long,
A few unspent desires under the chest,
An auspicious occasion, her only interest, (6)

The guests invite smiles, cherish time,
Guests left after dinner, memories stay prime.
Her son and daughter-in-law are leaving,
The chicks built their nest, a future swing (7)

Lonely at the fag-end of life, she searches,
A page from her life, her son loves very much.
Accepted decision of the Lord happens,
Life is not a bed of roses; life awakens. (viii)

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 16th July 2025
Themes: Her son links with the past
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 THE TOUCHING MEMORIES

How time passed so soon, unaware,
Your protection adoration I share,
The roof above my head unshaken,
A hug embraces like a safe haven, (1)

Innumerable advice and guidance,
Helped me from trouble, a riddance,
Hard work, your dreams to feed us,
No more in the world, I feel curious, (2)

Who stole you, Dad, from us, a cruel,
Missing your presence is a heart fuel,
The path that never returns, a fact,
Living memory in our mind impacts (3)

We played together, traveled a lot,
You showed us the nature city as an effort,
Conveyed details we came to know,
Memories hunt at sites somehow, (4)

I suffered a high fever, and worried at night,
Sat near me, watchful in great fright,
Today I am happy and healthy, stay,
Lost you, dad, in good times, I dismay, (5)

Many a fun, humorous story you tell,
Floating in the mind is living; it prevails,
The college degree functions as a gown,
Hot tears and claps all dream crown, (6)

Married life with kids, I follow a path,
Learned from you discipline as worth,
The peace and blissful life we shifted,
Our old house was sold, life has drifted, (7)

We visit the cemetery and sit silently,
To the flower plant, pour a little water,
Pray for you, rest in peace, solemnly,
The touching memories offer flowers. (viii)

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 15th July 2025
Themes: In memory of the father
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 PRAISE THE LORD

Hawk and eagle eyes watch antelope,
Swoop down quickly, animal elopes,
Hides under the burrows, safely waits,
Blue sky, white cloud, nature is quiet, (1)

Behind a bush, tiger eyes the deer run,
Follow at breakneck speed, life mourns,
Escapes the deer from the mouth of death,
Dense forest protects length and breadth (2)

A snake grabbed a toad, its tongue long,
Caught a fly quickly, amazed, a mural hung,
Toad jumps away fly flies firstly escape,
Rain comes, flooded water, a landscape, (3)

A cat follows the mouse, paws attack.
Mouse slips to the hole, a sight intact,
A fly lured to the fire gets burned soon,
A light attracted flies, but a lotus bloom (4)

The human encounters many a horror,
Discover miraculously saved survivors,
The width of the edge of a blade, separate,
Life and death, inseparable and indicate (5)

The mind enslaves the heart and soul,
Desire, physical pleasure, to display a goal,
The thirst, unquenchable life, runs sadly,
An occasion escape from trouble madly, (6)

The lamp is steady and glowing within,
Discretion and courage collude to entwine,
Saving a human life tastes rare freedom,
Life is precious, a dark mind acts seldom, (7)

Hawk and antelope, snake and toad, fly,
The deer and tiger, cat and mouse defy,
A nightmare, hunts interpreted as absurd,
Who saves a dear life, praise the Lord. (viii)

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 14th July 2025
Themes: All His Mercy
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 ROPE IS HOPE

Pleasure and pain are both sides of a coin,
Happiness and sadness explicitly join,
When quiet, cries and laughs, life smiles,
Ropes all desires, dreams sadly fail, senile, (1)

Rainbows of youth, young heart rope,
Juvenile delinquency exploits, a scope,
Live and let live motto metamorphic,
Sinking in troubled times faces terrific (2)

Invisible rope encourages survival,
Drowning in a whirlpool of fear, thrive,
Caught hold of the rope tightly, moved,
Escaped out of danger clearly proved, (3)

The push and pull of a rope is not a game,
Opportunity slips out of hand, blame,
A chord of love, a soft bond, resembles,
A shawl and saree rope ensemble (4)

Seen rope way over the ridges to walk,
Village life carries merchandise remark,
Mountaineering rope ladder challenge,
From sea air-lifted sinking lives amaze, (5)

A flash flood, the flurry sweeps everything,
Uprooted trees, houses, roads, nothing,
Impossible to swim the rope is a savior,
Life is precious; no one treats it as inferior (6)

A Tower of Inferno, a rope can save many.
A rope ladder from a window is not funny,
The light of saving life and a blackened face,
Rope is hope, saving is a scope, surface (7)

Rope in humanity to brotherhood well,
The coils are unbreakable, trust swell.
The Lord has a long rope for misdeeds,
Little chance to escape devotion needs. (viii)

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 13th July 2025
Themes: Rope is a ray of light
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 A BIRD LOST ITS NEST

The mating season that a pair had chosen,
Swoop from the sky to a branch soon,
Thick foliage, strong trunk, stick loom
Weave miraculously their nest a boon, (1)

They fledged hatched, and chicks chirp,
Fulfilled the tiny lives happiness watch,
Mother bird watchful, and others collect,
A morsel of food to the beak, life direct, (2)

An unfortunate occasion, the sun sinks,
Beyond the horizon and west, sadly linked,
A canopy of darkness, mist, and storms,
The bird lost its track of human life norms (3)

Birds in the nest wait silently but fail,
Miss forever search everywhere, yelled,
No sign of the bird, the chicks fled quickly,
Food is the prime reason found meekly, (4)

The bird lost its nest to discover the tree,
Empty was the nest, an abode test free,
Lacked the energy to be paired for a season,
Spring has left winter in a life with no reason (5)

The fall, dry leaves no trace of flowers,
Fruits were taken away, hope showers,
A million birds, flying in flocks, invited,
Join with them, a ghost of the past, excited, (6)

The mural pertains to broken homes,
Agony of kids' desperation, gruesome,
They wait behind their sweet home,
Father lost his home and never came (7)

Amazing life, kids renew miraculously,
The Lord plays the game mysteriously,
The human mind loses track of a mission,
A bird lost its nest, not a rare omission. (viii)

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 12th July 2025
Themes: Humans lost track of a mission
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