AUTUMN PHENOMENON

Heartrending sconces, a flurry of flood,
Swept away villages, cities, and roads,
Inundate granaries, forest, landslide,
Angry rivers fearful, salvages beside, (1)

Havoc of rain impermanent assures,
The river flows quietly, time enamor,
Rebuild human, life hopeful, efforts,
Harvesting season grain field escort, (2)

Mating season, birds chirp and nest,
Bridal dress of nature, alluring, best,
Azure skies, white clouds, impress,
Colorful, flock of birds fly, timeless, (3)

Festivals here near the Puja dwell,
The pandals and vive, vibrant hails,
Bumper harvest or new year grain,
Agrarian festival offered rice again, (4)

Ten hands of the Mother provide,
Peace, prosperity, gracefully reside,
Kindness, compassion, or courage,
Love, sympathy, and wisdom craze, (5)

A couple of hands, the human asks,
Fail to receive Mother's gift, bask,
A third eye in the forehead fright,
Teaches discrimination, life fights, (6)

Riverbanks welcome the Mother,
Tall weed white fur, wave allure,
A gentle breeze, cold wind flows,
The hell changed, paradise show, (7)

The blossoms, spectrum, pattern,
Enchanting moment, love motion,
Enamors, autumn, phenomenon,
Etch memory, magnetic emotion. (viii)

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 31st September 2025
Themes: Enchants the Autumn
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SHADES OF HAPPINESS

Innocence, childhood, and blossoms,
Water, air, and sunlight sprout a seed,
Leaf seeks, sunray, grows fast indeed,
Deprived kids want education frown, (1)

Ignorance, ill health, and shattered life,
The book is a daydream, school attracts.
Bondage of child labor food distract,
Broken hopes, tearful smiles at strife, (2)

Play in the cornfields, fear the flood,
Illiteracy, unfit for a job, city life scares,
Possible to be lost, concrete absurd,
Lap of the nature village folks share, (3)

Unknown, a teacher teaches, and nicely,
Preaches under a tree, a blackboard,
Chalk, duster, he explains, note lovely,
Pen and pencil he provides yet affords, (4)

Selfless motive to motivate children,
Let them learn to read and write well,
Books are the windows, eyes smitten,
Candlelit heart self-aware, to prevail, (5)

Under the shade of a tree life grows,
Shining bright life knowledge shows,
Fit for college, university, and career,
The teacher continues his job, a peer, (6)

Sunshine, education, inspirational,
Peace and prosperity, phenomenal,
Rustic kids today respect citizens,
Responsibility, duty, result shaken, (7)

A tree, a temporary class, and slates,
Question, answers verbal, debates,
Enchant lives, shades of happiness,
Sunrays of wisdom filter impressively. (viii)

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 30th September 2025
Themes: Education changes life
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THOSE MEMORABLE YEARS

Looking back, the lost years alive,

Resourceful life, changing, believe,

Curly, black hair, bald and white,

Path of life, lifetime lesson fight, (1)

 

Challenge, obstacle, and struggle,

Hope and dreams time smuggle,

Traverse from schooldays, show,

Books and knowledge, life glows, (2)

 

Remind alma mater and golden,

Happiest year, studies, smitten,

Oscillated the results, anxieties,

Ensure success, life in securities, (3)

 

Human lives sought and boiled,

Job, prosperity, and assets, soiled,

Money and gold, impermanent,

Name, fame, and fortune lament, (4)

 

Sensation of budding youth love,

Wedding, family, and kids above,

Disappeared, sailed white clouds,

Lone wolf, a confined life shroud, (5)

 

Flows emotional moments, pain,

Decent life complacency, insane,

Rainbow of the heart, spectrum,

Roll tear, next smile momentum, (6)

 

Beseech and bewitched wonder,

Feel happiness tensions plunder,

Health and peace of mind, jewel,

Love divine path devotions fuel, (7)

 

From dragonfly and kite, books,

Mysterious the beginning looks,

The end of the lifetime, horizon,

Those memorable years, frozen. (viii)

 

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra

Date of writing: 29th September 2025

Themes: A birthday reminded

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THE ASPIRATIONS OF A SEED

 

Embryos of the universe exist as atoms,

Expanse of planets, stars, and galaxies,

Living beings, existence, life, awesome,

Seed of the future to unravel a proxy,(1)

 

Humans' minds carry the seed, invisible,

Fructify into actions, due course able,

Dream, aspiration is a confluence, a flow,

Today thinks imprinted reality show, (2)

 

A lotus seed waits to unravel, signify,

Magnificence and fragrance all defy,

Hidden, in slumber, discover futures,

In sequence, opened up time allures, (3)

 

One foot walk extends to the earth,

A step on a mountain reaches the top,

Linked with hope, courageous worth,

Fulfills the human life, a scope, (4)

 

A microbe germinates and spreads fast,

Minuscule life elements stay hideous,

Rewind, uncoil a thread, hides the past,

Secret of creation genetic furious, (5)

 

Embryos in the mother's womb stay,

Grow gradually, born and birth play,

Development of animals, humans,

Birds, fish, insects, and storms warn (6)

 

The turbulence in the air, a cyclone,

Nature shows cloudburst life mourn,

Sunrise thought provokes in stream,

After dusk, the night weaves dreams (7)

 

A simple, friendly gesture helps bind,

Human relationships with God find,

The aspirations of a seed enchant,

Dreams, a seed to foliage eggplants. (viii)

 

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra

Date of writing: 28th August 2025

Themes: The seed of creation

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SECURE THE FUTURE

Harsh reality and scary past, hunt,
Flooded city villages, forest burnt,
Fast diminishing species indicate,
Pummeling smog pollution threat, (1)

Raise war clouds, charred homes,
Death prowls at invisible corners,
Silent cemetery, stand mourners,
Lost family friends, life, less comes, (2)

Fallen the red rose to soil essays,
Pink petals dried moisture poses,
Men may come, men may go, say,
River flows under the bridge way, (3)

Barren field bald mountain peak,
Dry river bed parched soil fright,
Bumper harvest, picture delight,
Dream the human life love seek, (4)

Reconciliation dismantles enmity,
Fragile trust reinforced, security,
And let children play Halloween,
All horns of dilemma in between (5)

Scintillate sunshine and flowers,
Colorful rows fragrant pervade,
Mirth, happiness, lovely shower,
Hope and aspiration feel, invade, (6)

One Earth conserves soil, protects.
Precious forest animal life grows,
Rebuilt glaciers clean river flow,
Miraculous effort life cycle wait, (7)

Moist air, fertile soil, and sunlight,
Germinate a seed, sprout leaves,
Secure the future so nature thrives,
Life searches for a green Earth, fight. (viii)

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 27th August 2025
Themes: Protect nature
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BONE OF CONTENTION

 

The tender heart, rebellious escape,

Invite the alluring, lovely landscape,

Where yellow wild flowers blossom,

Green meadows dewdrop moisten, (1)

 

Phenomenal, gentle breeze, whisper,

In a lap of nature, dreams encounter,

Fail to measure the depth, surprise,

A solitude, silence, blue sky precise, (2)

 

Free from mundane life and worry,

Far from tension and fear territory,

A flock of birds, distant trees, facts,

Cattle graze lazily, a mural impact, (3)

 

She assembles subtle songs, plays,

Her guitar of life symbolizes always,

Won over family attachment, kids,

The rainbows in her mind preside, (4)

 

A path of life torturous and thorny,

She discovered bright roses yearn,

Quarrel, conflict, and argument live,

She rejected the vain ego to perceive, (5)

 

Where is the boundary of happiness?

The abode of love notably impresses,

Left her sweet home, parents, love,

A quantum of solace, pain dissolves, (6)

 

Wandering through the forest, avenue,

Melodious and touching songs view,

Amazes sequence of strings, vibrate,

The guitar is the companion, indicates (7)

 

Her attire, lifestyle, and inhibition,

Separated from society, seclusion,

Bone of contention to a legacy stay,

Conservative life frowns, mainstay. (viii)

 

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra

Date of writing: 25th August 2025

Themes: Life of a wanderer

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 INNER CONFLICT STAYS

Adoration, adulation, and admiration,

Life accepts overwhelm, a fascination,

Surprise revises impressions shaken,

Pretensions where exist mask taken, (1)

 

Bud falls in fog, and a hailstorm rocks,

Ripening paddies wither dries socks,

Bright morning sunshine, blue skies,

At dawn, it is pouring, the rain defies (2)

 

Lotus waits for the sun, the moon,

Eternal, it's waiting to touch, light soon,

Search a place of love, heart deny,

Subtle feeling lives in the soul defy, (3)

 

Like, next dislike and compromise,

Crisscross paths of trust, surprise,

Belief and doubt play mischief, sway,

Her mind evoked thoughts, display (4)

 

Her love showed passion and care,

Nightlong, they sat, gossiped, fair,

Canvassing pain miseries consoled,

Wait in the full moon, and resolved, (5)

 

The thread of love tied, life seeks,

Snatches a bond, and fear creeps,

Stood alone, lonely solitude grabs,

Warmth of companionship, traps, (6)

 

Leaves murmur, whisper, confirm,

His arrival for her, a faith affirms,

Moist the lips, tears dried, aspire,

Moon dust silvery lights conspire, (7)

 

Elate your tender heart, slim life,

Inner conflict stays, erases strife,

Life is a rainbow of colors, conflict,

Overjoyed, rain-soaked life inflicts. (viii)

 

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra

Date of writing: 24 August 2025

Themes: Love fades and lives,

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RUSTIC GLORIES

 

Far from towering skyline smokes,

Distant milling crowd noise socks,

Concrete world and glass mansion,

Metal road flyover busy awesome, (1)

 

Schools, colleges, offices, and buses,

Metro, train, stadium, and parks,

Streets, lampposts, footpath rush,

Picture of a city megapolis is stark, (2)

 

Dreams differ, malls and restaurants,

Evening time, relaxation is pleasant,

Build houses, acquire gold, jewelry,

Fantasy lives here, stays life ivory, (3)

 

Plenty of food goods, commodities,

At the side, a drain, a line of shanties,

Lack of food, dressing sick, illiterate play,

Menial work wages a sad life, says (4)

 

A parallel world can never converge,

A village in the lap of nature merges,

Splurge livelihood absent serenity,

Simple rustic folk cultivate a duty (5)

 

The bullocks' grassland grain field,

Golden color crops in waves yield,

The pond where lotus blooms says,

Swimming swans, happily, and play (6)

 

Thatched cottage, mud wall paints,

Village women with a pitcher collect,

Dust-free clean air, green restraint,

Soiled path, narrow cartwheel state, (7)

 

Enchanting, silent, itouches evening,

Wings of darkness at night life sing,

Rustic glories, unique; city life differs.

Flood and thunderstorm life suffers, (viii)

 

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra

Date of writing: 23rd August 2025

Themes: Marvel village life

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A KITE LOST ITS THREAD

There is no wind absent the pull,

Hovering in the still air, sky full,

Fly at high altitude, stay freely,

Swoop down suddenly, quickly, (1)

 

Rises again sharply circling,

A thread tied yet mind-bugling,

The wooden roller loses thread,

Rewind at times cut to spread, (2)

 

Colorful kite, a stick is strong,

The tail controls flight, a song,

The blue sky, white cloud sail,

Mingle the happiness, prevail, (3)

 

Symbol of freedom links love,

Rejoices and cherishes above,

Face no hindrance, a message,

The human life mirrors poses (4)

 

The freedom of heart deserves,

The mind soars in the sky, love,

Unsung dreams extend leads,

Thought controls, as a thread, (5)

 

The spirit soars to the sky high,

Lose esteems, unknown, sighs,

Rise and fall, a circular motion,

Exhibit the human life emotion (6)

 

It happens suddenly, direction,

Lost objectives of life, mission,

The thread of a hope snatched,

Heartbroken on soil, detached, (7)

 

A fallen soul and a kite chance,

Hooked with the tree, branch,

A kite lost its thread of life, trace,

Human life is similar, face. (viii)

 

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra

Date of writing: 22nd August 2025

Themes: Human life is like a kite

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A SIMPLE GESTURE

A bridge is not of brick and mortar,
Inexpressible attachment drop scar,
Binds the two hearts' invisible bond,
A bridge of understanding, life fond, (1)

Heart matches with a heart intensely,
Mind touches other minds frequently,
Soul search for a soul desperately,
Life joins with a life Conveys finally, (2)

A pair of birds fly in the sky like a dream,
Many a hope, aspiration, a stream,
Confluence of life and time provides,
Happiness, pleasure, and trust reside (3)

Ample of food in the beak stay love,
Build their nest on a branch to solve,
A mural of closeness, belief displays,
smile gesture of the eyes silently says, (4)

Unspoken words, a face communicates.
Silent eyes, lips, speechless indicate,
A touch electric sensation and feeling,
This is how love unites smile, revealing, (5)

Sorrows cloud the mind, a life drowns,
Life, a caring finger recovery shown,
Sadness, failure, and frustration fail,
Whisper into the ears, courage prevails, (6)

Broken home, not a morsel of food,
Sympathy and empathy, understood,
Sinking lives stay afloat, well survive,
Human for human life for life thrives, (7)

Assimilate pain and misery, speak less.
A simple gesture revives a life witness
A letter of compromise, a soul watch,
Flowers and honey pull bees, match. (viii)

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 20th August 2025
Themes: Indication is sensational
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UNDER A BRIDGE

An inaccessible heart is separated,
Prefers the reclusion, situated,
Lies plenty of pleasure and comfort.
A soul is happy in love, no rapport, (1)

Solitude grace, loneliness cover,
Pristine nature, a cottage secure,
Safe from predators, humans live,
Scarcely sweet promise believe, (2)

No poster girls, glamorous faces,
The island of peace only surfaces,
The blue sky, birds, forest animals,
Inmate in his life away from pals, (3)

Jealousy, hatred, and animosity,
Untouched by evil, assiduity,
Knows how to love the flower,
Under a bridge flows the river, (4)

A clean stream of water attracts,
Look, the shore is a bridge, distracts,
A herd of goat and a cow enter,
Destroys the green forest allure, (5)


Hunters of animals steal wood,
Intruders have settled for food,
Cutting the forest land, plowing,
Grain fiend stand crop showing (6)

The island changed to the town,
The bridge connects field brown,
Road light dust pummeled hurt,
He left his home, stay cut short, (7)

The crystal clear water is polluted,
Not the river and a drain are situated,
Under a bridge water flow stinks,
No more lotus bloom time winks. (viii)

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing 19th August 2025
Themes: Pollution of a river
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HIS PRESENCE

 

Wake up at early dawn to the sunrise,

Another day of life granted a surprise,

Freshness in the morning, a breath,

Gift of life to breathe, realize wealth, (1)

 

Tired, restless sleep, yet recovers,

Sleep soon helps the sick in fivers.

The human sees dreams, manifest,

Moves in another world, God's test, (2)

 

Ears, eyes, nose, and mouth are active,

The flow of energy achieves life restive,

Ability to see, hear, smell, and feed,

His invisible love provides indeed, (3)

 

A thirsty life to drink, feels desperate,

A cool and clean liquid drink satiates,

The ocean unfit, the Lord provides,

Still, water a mirror picture resides, (4)

 

The roof is the sky, meadows a bed,

Stars and the moon at night, raid,

The sun elixir of life season rotates,

The human survives the Lord's dictate (5)

 

The mountains, rivers, and forests,

His creation, a living being, resurrected,

The orange hues in the morning dusk,

Numerous birds chirp and fly, socks, (6)

  

Vibrant greenery of verdure divine,

Blue ocean and the sky with a ravine,

Dark cloud of rain, golden crop field,

The Lord paints beautifully its shield, (7)

 

Endless desires, hope, and aspiration,

Human prays with belief and passion,

Fulfills the wishes of the Lord invisible,

His presence, life probes accessible. (viii)

 

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra

Date of writing: 18th August 2025

Themes: The Lord's presence

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VOID IN THE HEART

The emptiness of this heart allure,
Probes the mind a deception sure,
Resounds reverberates, if it is you,
Spectral colors magnetic with hue, (1)

Fail to cross the boundary of the mind,
Inaccessible, the heart cannot find,
Several attempts, alluring charms,
Invitation tender proposal confirm, (2)

But the disenchanted soul worries,
Never could be seen, life is sorry,
Searched in the hills, forest, lakes,
Sat near the rives without a break, (3)

Spring near a nightingale sings sweet,
Wait patiently, brokenhearted sit,
Certain never-to-be-meet, memories,
Reminiscence, painful, left miseries, (4)

A hurt is alive, still rebellious, and stays.
Searching eyes evade sadly plays,
Display expanding waves in circles,
Throws a stone into a pond, ripples, (5)

Promise firmly, but a line on water,
Vanishes soon, lingering mind, later,
A hope against hope, hopelessness,
Between the horns of a dilemma, sense (6)

A sunrise and setting sun, a red sky,
Rising moon, starry nights, time defy,
A gentle breeze murmurs dry leaves,
Whisper to the ears a heart believes, (7)

Got to know, your arrival, very soon,
Void in the heart melts love moon,
Whirlpool of joy, thrill, erase sorrow,
Emptiness of heart no longer enamors. (viii)

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 17th August 2025
Themes: A disappointed heart in love
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A MIRROR OF THE PAST MILIEU

 

The ancient human changed widely,

Phenomenal transformations occur,

Transposition of settlements, wildly,

Transitions of the age luxury succor, (1)

 

Look back at dense forests and greens,

Primal nature, primeval beauty link,

The river and waterfall are the screens,

Blue sky, a thousand species in brink, (2)

 

Grasslands wildflowers, cavern mix,

Animals graze in meadows, life jinxed,

Ran among golden crops, airy, wavy,

Sensational harvest time soul privy, (3)

 

Remember, mango buds are infectious,

The scents of green mangoes, sour,

Summer ripens a fruit, juicy, famous,

Aroma of thatched cottage, enamor, (4)

 

Rice, molasses, cashew nut, coconut,

Salt, ghee, and spices, added to milk,

Hundreds of items of cakes in an effort,

The smell triggers appetite, dress silk, (5)

 

The hearth and home, cooking places,

Burns wood to cook on an earthen surface,

Cow dung plastered walls and floors,

Single room to sleep and dine, (6)

 

The teenage years of auburn hair pass,

A different world, a mind's dream class,

Disappeared yesteryear lifestyle, say,

Lost the peace and bliss, pain display, (7)

 

Wiped paradise, an attractive village,

A mirror of the past milieu it amazes,

Food, taste of tongue, menu exhibit,

A different world generation inherits. (viii)

 

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra

Date of writing: 16th August 2025

Themes: Changing times

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