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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SUNSET SYMPHONY

 

SUNSET SYMPHONY

Hottest summer, merciless Sun,
Parched fields, sowing season,
Cow herds yet graze dry grass,
Peasants with a turban, the class (1)

Worship the field spraying corn,
Unexpected rain farmers yearn,
And a dark cloud blocked the sun,
Wet wind, soaked soil hope earn, (2)

A thousand dreams and desires,
The aspiration, hope to despairs,
Dawn breaks sunlight and seed,
The crop is growing gold indeed, (3)

Feed the nation hungry bellies,
The peasant and bullock allies,
Day ends, finish afternoon job,
The dusk cloud wringing throb, (4)

Song and prayer, lories, legacy,
The rural scene lives in ecstasy,
Silence, the beautiful melody,
The folk songs, dance, parody, (5)

Overwhelm the sight, peaceful,
Quiet atmosphere, wonderful,
The chimes in the temple pray,
Oil lamp lit myriad wishes sway, (6)

The heavenly paradise aroma,
The moon is rising, a panorama,
Perfect picture condemns war,
Unknown fright bitter fight scar, (7)

Imprinted in the heart memory,
Sunset symphony erased worry,
Reminiscence is alive, I search,
Love streams of happiness much. (viii)

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Date: 15 May 2026
Themes: Mesmerizing village scene
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LIFE BEWILDERED

 

LIFE BEWILDERED

Watch the hues on dews, sunrays,
Winter mornings picture yet dismays,
No more vanishes the jewel, look,
For moments glorifying time hook (1)

Dark is the night, jasmine fragrant,
At dawn on the ground, a remnant,
The perfume of short life, a legacy,
Memory hunt young life in ecstasy, (2)

Today is a close friend yet an enemy,
Time changes the heart, shows uncanny,
Love turns to bitter fight, fade well,
No more in the world how to quell, (3)

The fight and fright are quite a sight,
Supersede weaker defeat the might,
Turtle wins the race, deer is surprised.
Scolded benevolence cheat is prized, (4)

A tall tree stood for a century uprooted,
Grass still survives the wind, exhibited,
No chance tree grows, automatically,
Rain turns dry grass alive phenomenally, (5)

A hen in the morning announces, Lovely,
Nightingale cuckoo sings in melancholy,
Rainbow's seven colors, an arch painted,
Thirsty heart lost passion, mind wanted, (6)

Newborn welcome youth now a thorn,
Old parents worshipped God, mourned,
Humans are puzzled, hope is confused
Look at the stars, full moon let bemuse, (7)

Mind is blind, emotion is an illusion trail.
Temple bell ringing and peace prevail,
Temporary is a lifetime insight preferred.
Gold molds mind, cons life bewildered, (viii)

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 14 May 2026
Themes: Mind plays in disbelief
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THE DUTY OF A SISTER

 

THE DUTY OF A SISTER

She has opted for service, saves a life,
Trouble, sickness, and face strife,
Unfailingly attend duty watchful,
Patient's condition, helping cool (1)

White petticoat, white cap, glove,
A mask on her face, staying, solve,
An oxygen pipe and a saline bottle.
Her eyes on the drip adjust nobly, (2)

A life eyes closed breathing calm,
She adjusts the room, not warm,
Notices fluctuating cardio graph,
She measures stands never laugh, (3)

Adjust, saline drips oxygen, alert,
Measure blood pressure as an effort,
Read body temperature or inject,
The dose of medicine it protects, (4)

The night was quiet and silent, ticking
A watch on the wall she was watching,
Unknown to her, she is praying,
If a patient sees the dawn, lying, (5)

An unearthly love care, tenderness,
Her healing touch, a feeling of caress,
Alert, watchful, and active she sits,
Cleans urine, injects blood bottle, (6)

Her readings, doctor's visit, a hope,
A sick person will see light, a scope,
Improving health recovers slowly,
Smiles of the sister show lovely, (7)

The dawn breaks, bright sunlight,
Life conquered sickness in delight,
A sick recovered released quitting,
The duty of a sister is happy, weeping. (viii)

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Date: 12 May 2026
Themes: Nurse's Day
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LONG ROAD

 

LONG ROAD

Witnessed famous life stories,
Staggering performances series,
Unimaginable, daunting task fit.
Courage aspiration belief quite,
Stay anonymous, grassroots, life,
Book of life, a long road, in strife,
Enormous self endeavor, victory,
Not one countless brave history,
A ticket collector in a railway play,
A famous cricket player displays,
Success showers money and assets,
Unknown face to known attests,
A man at the petrol pump he serves,
In a few years, his name will deserve to be,
A wealthy industrialist rises steeply,
Miracle, an unknown face, rises fully,
A tea seller, childhood, less dream,
Fate honest working hard stream,
Over a billion people believe,
For a decade, he has ruled a country striving,
No one knew him, an unknown face,
Billion plus the nation love trace,
A child was selling newspapers,
He was the son of a poor fisherman
Studied merit scholarship at a higher level,
A famous scientist of land security,
Actor, professor, leader, writer, list
A long road, human life, and tryst,
Sequel to progress each step sad,
The thorn under the foot bleeds mad,
Alone, lonely life, humans know,
Bitterest fight hostile events rows,
The firm conviction rational steal,
Tomorrow is unbelievable, reveal,
The long road has pits, crevasses,
Challenge of life lost, not fantasy,
Look at tall trees fighting for light, try,
A tiny plant loses sunlight to die,
The long road span of life equals,
Not a deer but a tortoise wins, visually,
Long-road procrastination indicates,
Superstars shine on a phenomenal date,
The long road life finds its objective,
Short or long road human relative.

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Themes: The objective of life is to succeed
Written: 12 May 2026
@ Copyright (India)

CAPTIVATES A NIGHT

 

CAPTIVATES A NIGHT

Alone on the rooftop sat at night,
Full moon, millions of stars delight,
Bathed in silvery light, clouds hide,
Twinkling stars all messages reside, (1)

Uncanny solitude, silence, musical,
For an hour sat listening to the primeval,
Distant universe life raises doubts,
Unknown world a paradise scouts, (2)

Gentle breeze whispers undecided,
Moisture on hair cools decoded,
Far from the distance, the cuckoo is singing,
Resounding a temple bell ringing, (3)

Overwhelmed musical night seems,
Nameless existence to moon beam,
Learned minute presence illumines,
Silvery light washed sadness shines, (4)

The black spot on the moon is beautiful,
Human misdeeds correction spot dutiful,
Bright the human heart, radiant lightly,
Eyes matched with the moon slightly, (5)

Lonely roads below pavement wail,
Lamp post in gloom, melancholy tells,
Casually barks a dog shadow moving,
Drowsy, heavy eyelids, valley dreaming (6)

Slept, saw blue fairies' paradise allure,
A dream comes as a night of peaceful failure,
Weep the night with dew, dawn soon,
Vanishes the sweet dreams in a cocoon, (7)

Slept on the bed, a warm sheet cover,
Continued the heavenly feeling pure,
Prayed, Almighty, may awaken sight,
Loneliness and silence captivate a night, (viii)

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 11 May 2026
Themes: A night and the moon intoxicate
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LIPS SIP TEARS

 

LIPS SIP TEARS

Infinite the attraction she prays,
A lap holds a child, the heart says,
Blissful, her life eyes lovingly well,
Dressed bosom sleeps a baby tell, (1)

How soon learned to crawl, walk,
Mother's hand helped fear lack,
Growth time shows taller height,
School-going kid studies yet revels, (2)

Excels in result, black gown, a hat,
Overwhelmed, a mother, but sat
Her hungry eyes sipping the sight,
Wait eternally behind a window, write, (3)

Reminding her of her immense prayers,
Her child is becoming stable, dares,
Dreaming sweeps her mind, a day,
Name and fame bestowed, a way, (4)

Recalled her past days, a sick child,
Shivering with fever, crying wild,
Kneeling down before the picture, yell,
Heal my baby, O Almighty, to quell (5)

Recovered to pink health, playful,
She looked at happiness, tearful,
Grown-up cub no more is seeking,
Prosperous career status wishing, (6)

Fate gave time wave, save money,
Long flight overseas, sought honey,
Mother didn't receive a letter, quiet.
Stand behind a door, eager to wait, (7)

A fledgling bird hatched far off a land,
Her mother scarcely had any demands,
Harbors worries, tensions, and her fears,
Burns the wick, oil lamp, lips in tears, (viii)

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 10 May 2025
Themes: Divine Motherhood
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RAG PICKERS

 

RAG PICKERS

Civilization, present-generation era,
Concrete jungle lost fauna and flora,
Consumes water at phenomenal rates,
Polluted, toxic water, pathetic terrain,
Curse for humans, plastic distresses,
Land, river, ocean, polythene ingress,
Every day, the city generates waste.
Pollute air, water, soil, growing reward,
Prosperity, luxury, comfort, pseudo lit,
Staggering context, stinking filth exists,
Uncontrollable, burns, smoke, chokes,
Rag pickers run; urbanization mocks,
Kids of tender age pick plastic bottles,
Dirty and torn clothes, the kid struggles,
A few rupees per day from the plastic bag gain,
Hungry parents wait for money in vain
The future of the country's kids is growing,
Health parameters, sick, weak, showing,
Have seen skyscrapers, highways lit,
Metros, airport, railway station, light
Rag pickers pick bottles thrown away,
Exchange plastic bottles for lunch,
Pick foods thrown away, a happy smile,
Generation, tomorrow's youth style,
Barbaric, violent, illiterate, unsociable,
The country is responsible for critical,
Several decades ago, lives were ordinary,
Invention of modern age imaginary,
Population less plastic not in use,
Cotton bags, glass bottles, life reuse,
Use and throw life learned started,
Television, cars, and gadgets are outdated
Throw away, buy a new one, and a plastic one.
Human life nature ruined, pathetic,
The bag picker is the symbol of a new era,
Kids seven decades ago displayed an aura
Healthy, dirty dress, smile sparkled,
Heaven and hell differ in angle,
Those who are educated commit crimes,
Rag pickers are suffering greed prime,
Help them educate the country's senses,
The conscience of the nation is immense,
Ban polythene-managed waste,
Clean life, happy children message,

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Themes: Bites the conscience of the nation
Written: 9 May 2026
@ Copyright (India)

CROSSROADS

 CROSSROAD

 

Faced thunderstorms shuddered,

Came spring blossoms, wondered,

Shivered in sickness, fever rising,

Recover to pink health, surprisingly,(1)

 

 Emotion killed sadness, overpowering.

Losing dear ones forever, life cowers,

The intimate life entwined happily,

Time removes closed relatives sadly, (2)

 

 Undone, clueless to meet problems,

Prejudice to practice help emblem,

Never could prove faith established,

Troubling times pray to tear unleash, (3)

 

 Life probes the future, fate, destiny,

Change situations suddenly recall,

Stands at points of time transfixed,

Where to move left and right, mixed, (4)

 

 Human life is a virtue to move forward,

Crossroad encounters valor reward,

Trouble comes with the direction poses,

Solving the experience life imposes, (5)

 

 Countless stories, a square visible,

Lamp post under a human single,

Thinking on the first step, puzzled,

Crossroad four directions sizzled, (6)

 

Across all ages, gender decides,

Progress of life crossroads presides,

Laborers' Day Prosperity Day stay,

Work is the route, a prosperous way, (7)

 

 Choose path deception, mischievous,

Back to the crossroad, hell suspicious,

Crossroad symbolizes noble deeds,

A route to the den of the devil indeed. (viii)

 

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Themes: A path chosen for prosperity

Written: 1 May 2026 ( Laborers' Day )

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CONJURE UP THE SONNET

 

CONJURE UP THE SONNET

Precious life fades prematurely,
Knowledge, skill, and age recapture,
Recapture past troubles tame,
Recapture life takes root in fame,
Recount endless agonies end,
Remember, courage, belief lends,
Reconstruct life in ruins treat,
Resolve discipline hopes greet,
Reconnect past valor fight tough,
Revive glorious present in a huff,
Rotate cycles of sorrow, peace,
Reunite spirits, supreme bliss,
Revise evil nature, anger, greed,
Retains love, compassion to heed, (1)

Relentless humiliation, heart hurt,
Relentless to forgive, forget lust,
Recover crumpled ego humble,
Resound victory of life trample,
Repeat ruthless, cruel crumble,
Redress pride, desires rumble,
Restart, sprinkle calmness swell,
Redraw tranquil mind cares a nail,
Remit past sin suffer and awaken,
Revisit paradise on earth, detain.
Return to abode, conquer hornet,
Rewrite life conjure up a sonnet,
Reinstate the indomitable spirit call,
Rejoice in a secure life, inspires the soul, (2)

Replay the sonata of progress power,
Replicate divine grace, trust pure,
Readmit hidden treasure within,
Recollect conscience intellect win,
Research realm of illusion remold
Rediscover truth eternally, and behold,
Realign orderly life truth to pervade,
Resurrect soul realizes light invades,
Recoil, deeds are stored in memory.
Rekindle light within the memory roll,
Remind a sojourn birth-death toll,
Revisit world satiate hunger recall,
Realize hunger fire desire, fuel mix,
Retreat from evil nature wisdom fix, (3)

Ravages my life, savage instinct,
Rotates bitter battle wins distinct,
Revert moral character succeeds,
Reassess ignorance slowly recedes,
Reenter the opulence of virtue strong,
Rebound, detach prejudice, wrong
Redirect messages sufferers heal,
Rejuvenate human believers kneel,
Remorse pain illness scares amiss,
Reveal a new period, my dream wish,
Conjure up the sonnet, life in tears melt (4)

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Themes: Life resurrects in due course
Date: 7 May 2026
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REPENTANCE

 

REPENTANCE

The mind, wild, shields calmness, wins,
Between the horns of a dilemma means,
Bitterest a thirsty heart, worst action,
Envy rules overpower the result reaction, (1)

An outspoken loose tongue hurts a friend,
Self-ego, arrogance, enter lies defend,
Laugh at them running away, surprised,
Haughty life, jealous mind often prized, (2)

Never could he remember, all humiliated,
Saw their tears yet silently assimilated,
Green eyes grin the face of a vicious soul,
A belief, suppressing others, his life, a goal (3)

Cactus with attractive flowers and thorns,
Fragrant red rose and thorn lives mourn,
Pretensions in the guise of venomous thought,
Existence is the truth act wrought effort, (4)

Falling sick of such life escapades derails,
Relatives, friends, enemies, fail to quell,
Palash tree, orange flames, flowerings tell,
Fruitless the tree signifies reasons dwell, (5)

No contribution to any lack of compassion,
A life standing alone proudly, an impression,
Forgotten from the world, discarded hell,
Look away and despise a life devilish well, (6)

Perennial force is time stealing the strength,
Shriveled the skin's shrunken eyes, breath,
Breathlessness awakens the soul to solve,
Time had passed a lifetime, action resolved, (7)

Life is segregated, separated, and condemned,
Solitude, a melancholic state, time threatened,
Last hour sweeps realization begs penance,
No relevance, a candlelight lost repentance. (viii)

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 6 May 2026
Themes: A precious life wasted
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ETERNAL ABODE

 

ETERNAL ABODE

In age, see the beacon of thought,
Who am I, in one time what I sought,
Wherefrom I came and if I had a home,
The home is where I built it as my own, (1)


Loved here in life and saw dreams,
Beautiful looks the home I enjoy,
I spent and built block by block,
All I bought here felt like all my luck, (2)


I witnessed one house and a decent,
He worked, the kids for study, he sent,
He lives in the home, all alone, well,
He left for good. I saw a point, felt (3)


My life passed as the home I built,
Where he has gone, and he quit,
Day in and day out, I start thinking,
Why at all did I come here like him? (4)


My love, ego, joy, and vanished,
Family all love care no more wished,
The bondage unshackled, to leave,
I shall return as a dream home, believe (5)


Darkness and sight merge in total,
Whisper, I heard, you are not mortal,
You stay, and the body is the temple,
Illusive this world and a fact so simple, (6)

Dual, the birth, and the death do come,
The home you built, no more, you own,
Came with empty hands, return empty,
The home of your eternal non-dual beauty, (7)


No name, no shape, you are unknown,
I was thinking in my mind, a world to disown,
You are consciousness and rest absurd,
Perplexed in the pursuit of eternal abode? (viii)


Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Date: 5 May 2026
Themes: In pursuit of eternal abode
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SURRENDER

 

SURRENDER

Swarm the bees with similar thoughts,
Penetrate into mind, fail all effort,
Stay and churn buzz wakeful time,
Fragile strength capitulated a line, (1)

Impenetrable conscience saddened,
Impregnable mind breed is laden,
Bee is the greed that breeds as a seed,
Enslaves mind and heart, indeed, (2)

No escape from torture tension,
Worries vary, scary nights, vision,
Anger, the hunger, burns a furnace,
Envy, jealousy, and life are a disgrace (3)

Look at the tall tree, its trunk is trunk.
Centuries passed by, worms sank,
Solid wood is now porous, which fails.
Worms made a honeycomb trail (4)

The human mind is affected by a worm,
Sick and feverish, limbs get deformed,
An illusory phenomenon is attractive,
Ignorance, a blind mind is selective, (5)

Bee collects honey and sits on flowers,
Flies carry darts, a disease that empowers,
The worm is a fast-breeding species,
Encrypted into thought intricacies, (6)

Purity, intuitive, and instinctive tell,
Shielding the thoughts, the mind swells,
Quell buzzing, and the noises disappear.
Peace and a blissful life are visible here. (7)

The Lord resides in his abode in the heart,
Silently guides, listens, a positive impact.
Happiness, pleasure, calmly plunder,
No worm, no bee if a mind surrenders, (viii)

Written: Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 4 May 2026
Themes: Mind suffers, bee buzz
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WHY SHOULD YOU CRY

 

WHY SHOULD YOU CRY

Summer visits mango buds, fragrant,
Ripen in time, streak of color instant,
Sweet, saucy, and brightly yellowish,
Rain arrives, leaves wet fruits vanish, (1)

How similar human destiny matures,
Inner awakening, purit,y fate, suture,
Season changes, reason changes fail,
Noble deed forgotten repudiate wail, (2)

Winter time leaves dried, tearful fall,
A desperate heart seeks material recall,
Shriveled, physically fruitless to exist,
Consolidate and complete job resists (3)

A hundred years of a tree with fruit to bud,
Uprooted by winds, storm life accord,
Human miseries, agony unspoken, hit,
Conscience discipline ushers delight, (4)

Happens cloudburst floods and havoc.
The ravages of nature behold the sock,
Nothing is permanent, cloud worrisome,
Blue sky, white cloud picture welcome, (5)

Cuckoo sings in the night, mesmerizing,
Spring is the past in winter, all missing,
Oh, human, today you sing youth in wing,
Sorrows at sicknesses despicably bring, (6)

Wait, patiently wait, wet earth aroma,
Twin leaves sprout from the soil, lo dogma,
Preserve for happy days, smiles return,
Impatience, anger, cursing oneself to burn, (7)

Observe morning glisten dew yet short,
Sunlight streaks in its diamond-shaped lot,
Seconds after vanishes the dew if defy,
Move cycle a life, why should you cry? (viii)

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 3 May 2026
Themes: Patience highlighted
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ADMIRABLE THE BUILDER

 

ADMIRABLE THE BUILDER

The dawn breaks cruel summer,
Blistering heat, the Sun's torture,
Empty roads, life confined well,
The brick kiln, mortar, pain nail, (1)

A turban, bare feet, and chest, life,
Facing countless obstacles, strife,
A loaf of bread, rice water, fries,
Onion and salt under a tree tries, (2)

Satiated the hunger with petty income,
Mud cottage, thatched roof, home,
A straw mat, windowless, no fans,
Wooden kitchen, earthen pot one, (3)

Cities, the picture changed, shanty,
Dirt road, shabby dress, kid plenty,
The boundary of hunger diseases,
The dawn breaks, happiness misses, (4)

The high-rise tower highway bridge,
The laborer's hard toil urban tease,
They boast park hospitals, pleasure,
They know a trip to nature, leisure, (5)

Health, wealth, and romantic life grow,
Some humans serve, not show,
The wall partition raises a question,
For whom freedom, liberty, treason, (6)

Salute to the builder of the nation,
Salute to peasants, a lot of emotion,
They feed, a bountiful harvest, usher,
Spine of our land strengths assure, (7)

No honor, award, gold, or jewelry,
Love you, the builder laborer, silvery,
Love men and women and be selfless,
Love the farmers, granary impresses. (viii)

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Date: 2 May 2026
Themes: Remind Laborer Day
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THE LIGHT ON LIFE

 

THE LIGHT ON LIFE

Sunrise. orange hues spread, glow,
Life on Earth, energetic, vigor, show
Chirpings of chicks, birds are noisy,
Wake up from deep slumber, cozy, (1)

Sprouting rosy desires and dreams,
Hope and aspiration flow, a stream,
Pouring happiness, pleasant feeling,
An azure sky cloud worth watching, (2)

A rabbit on a green grass field jumps,
Deer run like light, fright prompts,
Swarm of fish in the river, boatman,
Who plays a flute? invisible human, (3)

The mirth, colorful butterfly, bees,
Hovers around a flower in the series,
Children play in the park or giggle,
Parents greet each other, mingle, (4)

It is office time, a bus horn leaves,
The busiest life a human believes,
Myriad of passions, assets, a home,
Manifold wishes the future come, (5)

Love humans to travel and nature,
Relieved from the burdens, allure,
The hill stations, tea gardens, slope,
Solitude tiny cottage prefer scope, (6)

Turn the beautiful page to all war,
Drained life source and death scar,
Ruined livelihood lost life specters,
Imposes a bleak future encounters (7)

Sunset, spread the darkness quietly,
The night covers thought disquiet,
The light on life, twin-leaves, a tree,
Peace and prosperity, love, decree. (viii)

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Date: 1 May 2026
Themes: Light sustains life
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