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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COLORS OF LIFE

 

COLORS OF LIFE

Sprout life, a flower blooms,
An immanence, beauty loom,
Inches from the ground grow,
A tall tree flower fruits show (1)

Many spectral hues on leaves,
The character of humans believes,
Love, happiness, and kindness,
Sweet fruit fragrance impresses, (2)

A seed germinates, propagates,
A deed, noble, heal, captivate,
Sweet voice whispers laughter,
Attractive to humans after (3)

Rain-soaked winter frost bites
Pale and wet memory despite
Summer dries life thirsty well,
Mango bud or aromatic smell (4)

The playful girl smiles or dances,
Her picture, memory it enhances,
She is a young, discovers a future,
The wife, sister, lastly mother, (5)

A burden of life, forehead lines,
Silent, hidden tear home shines,
Her children, her replicas grow,
The cycle of life, colorful shows, (6)

Love and romance a past touch,
Auburn hair, satisfaction much,
An invaluable thrill, pain, and misery,
Life overcomes troubles, worry, (7)

The solitude, tranquility, heaven,
Colors of life continue unshaken,
Love life, the Lord, others, selfless,
A twin leaves for a tall tree witness. (viii)

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Date: 30 April 2026
Themes: Life in colors
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GROWS AMBIVALENCE

 

GROWS AMBIVALENCE

Inexhaustible energy fountain,
Green forest rapids, mountain,
Treasure trove's hideous invite,
Tired bones fatigue mind excite,
Nature’s gift human greed class,
Ambivalence looks through glass,
Human recluse n sheds tension,
Resurrect from ruins if mentioned,
Fresh air, clean water, intimate,
Romantic mood dusks dictate,
Effusion of sensations counter,
Devastation project an answer,
Morning mist, lose myself, lame,
Sunshine in brilliance to tame,
Lovelorn walk abandon I move,
Charred trees, fire smoke wove,
Rain in forest rivulets enamor,
Waterfall river swell wind lure,
Tore wounds in my heart heal,
Barren field dirt, mud me kills,
Flees life to summer resort cool,
Cold wind, cool shade, wonderful,
Greenery fresh afternoon excites,
The lake vanishing, saddens light,
Boathouse hideout life unwinds,
Misery, sorrow, agony erase kind,
Pelican flamingos migrate in delight,
Seasons arrive late, I miss a sight,
Spring brings intense pleasure,
Pink, crimson, yellow, and blue colors,
Red, white flower fragrant steal,
Heart misses a late fall reveal kill
Ink canvas of my pattern of life,
Wish nature I recover face strife,
Spreads epidemic lessons worth
Vanishes verdure, barren earth,
Listen to the waves crash loudly,
Blue ocean watch a silent cloud,
Cloud mind bottom ambivalent,
Plastic poison lacks benevolence
Time disappoints me, find cocoon,
Sleep long, wait, Rarth heals soon,
Metamorphose my life, a butterfly,
The pain of caterpillar memory lies,
Moonlit might jasmine blossom,
Butterfly me amuses awesome,
My nature ephemeral pretense,
Nature best grows ambivalence,

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Date: 29 April 2026

Themes: Bewitching nature

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LONG LIFE

 

LONG LIFE

A hundred years to live, eyesight,
Humans aspire to dream and delight,
The newborn is crying and inhaling first,
Air comes within cycles, the last (1)

Millions of cycles breathing tell,
The longest life lived mesmerizes well,
Still, a longer name exists, astonishing.
Physical remains, shorter, perish (2)

Child to youth, adult, old age line,
Long life, human wish fit and fine,
The shadow becomes longer and taller,
Mysterious human life yet smaller, (3)

Watching a river flowing, the path is long,
Rain in the mountain, listen to songs,
Finds the flowing water like seas,
Lose its identity merges destinies, (4)

Cycles of the river centuries flow,
Human breathing air merges slowly,
Lose its identity, long life path, well,
Long life of river or human prevail, (5)

Observes mountain peaks lasting,
A thousand years stood forecasting,
Long life has ended, fragmented,
Pours water and cracked, dented (6)

Standing on the beach, golden sand,
Who knows the rocky peaks seen land?
Long life of the mountain to human fit,
Game of the Almighty smile delete, (7)

Two leaves today, a hundred feet tall,
Raised from the ground with soil recall,
Live for a century and confide in humans,
Long life is a belief that vanishes one, (viii)

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 28 April 2026
Themes: Nothing escapes a lifetime
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UNDER AEGIS OF NATURE

 

UNDER AEGIS OF NATURE

Human life amazes, deviates,
Concrete jungle complicated,
A stubborn mind seeks comfort,
The luxury cost of a nature escort,
Amazonia forest breathes life,
Human hunger, woods hike
Read books, newspapers mostly.
Furniture house if trees are lost,
Greenhouse covers the Earth, hot,
Forest fire feed inferno roast,
Wildlife suffers vanish often,
Mankind cries, sad lives moan,
Dry bed rivers, lakes shrink,
And females walk a mile, drink.
Rural areas lack clean water,
Deplete forest livelihood bid,
Soil vomit poison insect lot,
Entire harvest devastated,
Rest, human spoils careless,
The human lung pays the price,
Ever underestimates a mortal,
Cry, human race, to extinction,
Time recall-wise examination,
Need animal land, air, water,
Deprive resource crime mere,
Respect an intellect-wise thinker,
Ever caution rest yet discover,
Regeneration restoration soon,
Under the aegis of nature boon,
Serene verdure invites again,
Soul remorse revives, regains,
Fertile soil, pure water, air, nit,
Fascinated with daydreaming,
Fag of life, love my generation,
Witness a change estimation,
A century-long cycle manifests,
Under the Aegis of Nature resurrect,
Incredible human future bright,
Protecting nature for support.

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Date: 27 April 2026
Themes: Nature
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DILEMMA

 

DILEMMA

The holiday travel experience is thrilling,
Green Hills Tea Garden, fresh feeling,
Gentle slopes narrow the path in the maze,
The silence, quietude, visibly amazes,
Far below a blue stream, a river flows,
Scenic place, Lord's paradise owes,
Proceed on narrow routes, enjoying,
Caught sight of a person yet moving,
Matted hair, auburn, torn clothes, tall,
Heavy baggage behind bearded all,
Refused to talk to us and looked away,
He was silent until evening came forward,
He was smoking at an old monastery,
We overtook him and reached a mystery,
Looked a million stars dark night wish,
Profound peace, silence, tea cup relish,
Nothing is visible far below darkness,
Perception of my existence impresses me,
No more the world exists, I survived,
The nomad I saw earlier, if perceived,
Mischievous thought looked at stars,
Thousands of missiles falling on cities,
Astonished to see a comet-lighted path,
Compared to missile devastate wrath,
In complete darkness, people are dying,
Dilemma, human mind unholy defying,
Death everywhere, why does it happen?
Hatred rules the human heart, tightens,
Felt perspiration, fear, thinking of war near,
Sad human life history fiery massacre,
Cried that night in the hotel room, sadly,
Opened the window, a cold breeze, chilly,
Dawn breaks, bright sunshine, glorious.
Packed my luggage mood, humorous,
The forgotten feeling of the past night looks,
Dilemma trapped not me more crop up,
Down below the airport landscape view,
Intact metropolis, busy life renews,
Dilemma captures at a lonely place probe,
May life solve war and resolve the time.

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Themes: Conflict of the mind in fear
Written: 26 April 2024
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CURSE

 

CURSE

Suffering from diseases, life met a curse,
Human heart and mind tell worse,
Caste, creed, religion, or region hit,
Cursed a land, people, self-defeat, (1)

Democracy is the rule; the roads decide.
The court, the supreme conflict presides,
Where is the society deprived of its tell?
Cursing their fate, violence prevails, (2)

Unity in diversity is a bigger strength,
Different cultures and faiths exist at length,
Cursed the destiny of the nation to fall,
Crushed the wall of unity times call, (3)

Seven decades, no roof, no road, no food,
Why curse their fate, blinded mood,
Burn hunger in the belly if famished,
Cursed a country's imaginary vanished, (4)

The leader cursed animals, power sought,
Anarchy among the illiterate, evil brought,
Played havoc and venomous speech,
Dilemma, between two horns to reach, (5)

Uprooted coexistence, brotherhood,
A nation is not cursed, misunderstood,
The cursed mind waylaid blindly stays,
Trouble times united people dismay, (6)

Barren lands, dry rivers, parched fields,
Green forest flowing water, corn yield,
The ghost of the curse vanished, peaceful,
Prosper, the people's life is wonderful, (7)

Cursed sickness wounds lives, facing,
Healing is certain in time, well, smiling,
Lord in the heart, less discriminate all,
Cursed human forgets the God recall, (viii)

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 25 April 2026
Themes: Result of human action
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OUR HOME

 OUR HOME

Unique our blue planet with life,

Rarest of the rare terrain in strife,

Hot gas mass, molten lava, ice cover,

Less air, high gravity planets rover, (1)

Bright the sun at a center light visit,

Grows life happily, blue sky greets,

The breeze, a gentle cold wind, blows,

Come rain, thunder, lightning shows, (2)

Perennial rain, hailstorm, ice balls,

Relieving thirsty lips, showers call,

Drenched, soaked, full, playful time,

Evening dusk, cloud, cow bell chime, (3)

Temples' festivals, colorful dancing,

Sowing season harvesting is amazing.

Bullock cart mud walls are red in color.

Defeat time, beautiful life honored, (4)

The mountain peaks the forest valley,

Rivers, granaries, bewitchingly tally,

The nature, manifold of cultures lit,

Costume languages, eatery delight, (5)

Stupefied, speechless, Earth is home,

Nameless village to cities is awesome,

The flights, train journey, and highways,

Traveler today human well dismays, (6)

The Arctic Ocean poles mesmerize,

Human deeds pollute well-surprises,

Forest cover to desert rivers dried up,

No rainfall parched land weed fried, (7)

A divisive world vanishes brotherhood,

Life extinctions blue planet brood,

Aware and awake for our home,

Oblivion not distant, less welcome, (viii)

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra

Date of writing: 23 April 2026

Themes: Earth Day, our planet

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PERENNIAL RAIN

 

PERENNIAL RAIN

Gathering clouds cover the dark,
Horizon invisible fearfully mark,
Parched land parched lips thirst,
Eyes gaze, heart praise life, worst, (1)

Rain, drizzle, or heat diminishes light,
Heart puzzles mind muzzles quit,
Hailstorm, strong wind showers,
Pedestrian on pavement cowers, (2)

Drains are flooded roads because,
Water pools pitfalls, lives reclose,
Broken trees, shaken souls, sights,
Perennial rain in hot summer hits, (3)

Think village women walk a mile,
Keep their pots full to the brim, smile,
Children are busy collecting ice balls,
Forget a heat wave, the rain calls, (4)

Rain is months away, joyful farmer,
It's a busy time to plow the fields sheer,
The dream is only a dream, shows,
Perennial rain in winter is sorrow, (5)

Dashed the hope elopes no grains,
Looking at the fields flooded with rain,
Gone is the annual food hunger hell,
Ice ball hail storm occasion prevail, (6)

How similar to human life, blue sky,
Black clouds perennial, hunt to defy,
Solace to parched lips, thirsty heart,
Loot everything in a few days' impact (7)

Human life opportunity visit saves,
Bumper crops harvested, life waves,
Perennial rain, love, and sadness hit,
Mere human life waits eagerly to greet. (viii)

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 22 April 2026
Themes: Quench the thirst
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BEATITUDE

 

BEATITUDE

Rise of the reason
Past the tree of mind grow
Spreads branches of thoughts
Bearing actions share in draught
That fills life from birth to death
And bearing flowers and fruits
A blossom spreads a fragrance or foul smell
And generate further actions to infect
Osmosis rises to many more branches
A surge in leaves of memories
Fall in time deep into deep depth
Of the ocean of the subconscious mind
Reason with immense light dispels
All thoughts to see the dualities,
Illusions and pretensions of Maya
Focus reason on eternal truth,
Imperishable, deathless, and non-dual
Ever shining overhead
With the brilliance of thousands of suns
And all-pervading within the spirit
Nothing in the external world is permanent
As a reality, it dies with time,
The inner quest to a universe,
Traverse between the branches of thoughts
To a state where there is silence
Infinite thoughts subdued
Intellect and intuition surrendered,
The soul bathed in the rays of truth
Overhead and all its conceptions,
Faith, belief, and attachment melt
To the awakening in beatitude
Feels it's time to depart to that world,
His abode waits as always.
Mother with infinite love and compassion,
You have so much love and care...
The Lord is in me,
And the Lord is in your reflection,
Breaths are feeble
The frame is still like a rock
The silence is music in my heart,
Solitude serene in mind,
Thought clouds beyond the horizon,
Stars are shining dazzle
The turmoil of life falls silent,
All the pain and suffering erase
Listen to the unstuck bells
Love radiant plunge into the beatitude
Rains pour down without water
Rivers are streams of light
How could I ever express
How speechless I feel
To revel in such vast ecstasy
Of the land, of quietude
The landscape of peace and bliss
This is the music
Of soul and the Supreme meeting,
Of all grief fades dissolved
This is the music
That transcends all oscillations
The beatitude permeates the state of mind.

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Themes: Infinite bliss within
Shared: 21 April 2026
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OMPASSIONED

 IMPASSIONED

 

Look at your demeanor, sparkles,

Know your eyes are friendly miracles,

Speak soothingly to pacify agitated,

Helping hand healing touch fated, (1)

 

Serves who need service selflessly,

Being a human dedicated impresses,

Building cities and communities.

Complex human relations, in fact, (2)

 

Family relations, friends, neighbors,

Society, region, and religion allure

The happiness, fun, festivals, links,

Bewitched, such a moment blinked, (3)

 

Written in memory, good times lit,

Entwines human bond in discreet,

Roamed Malls lighted fascination,

Countless goodies live in emotion, (4)

 

Everything wants the heart eagerly,

Status position money, favorably,

Look elsewhere, travelers roam,

A backpack search of places, a home (5)

 

Stay for a few days, move lives,

Watch the world enjoy yet believe,

Diametrically opposite human life,

Life in a gutter slum, children thrive, (6)

 

No one to look after, dirt-covered,

Got sick, no medicine, recovered,

Luck, death has not snatched life,

Daily laborers work hard to thrive (7)

 

Just a little money for food today,

Fallen sick or struck, treat Mayday,

The same human existence differs,

Impassioned, they live as a sufferer, (viii)

 

The divide is similar to a lamp,

A glowing oil lamp lit the map,

Just under the lamp, darkness stays,

Human life in slums differs, dismay, (9)

 

Why do we create classes, divisions,

Animals, plants, birds, creations,

Impassioned feelings God created,

Humans are born to be divided (10)

 

Few influencers impassioned teach,

Lives of humans from the gutters switch,

Human life, like fragrant wildflowers,

Impassioned notice thorn nullifier. (11)

 

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Themes: Wish to erase the divide

Written: 20 April 2024

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BAIT

 

BAIT

Eon hunger of mind insatiable dwells,
Living beings fly, run, swim, and trail,
The pull of life instincts survives.
Food is not only hunger, desire, but truly,
Desire infinite in mind prowls to quench,
Prevention through bait entrapment to fetch,
Plants, animals, and creatures found in a trap,
Birds and aquatic life get caught, bait caps,
Carrion smells a mile away, bait tricks quick,
Mind is alert, rare is inquisitive,
Elephants fall into pits, the tigers in cages roar,
Bird for grain in a net, bait a hook, fish to shore,
Flower, leaf with a sweet smell, liquid bait,
Insects trapped by plants, deception trek,
Life baits and deceiving minds, captures, quick,
In cages or death, living beings end tragically,
Humans do face bait that entices, a trick.
A concession for good hides a risk,
Saving money assets are growing more.
People seek advice to invest bait to allure,
Promises and data are deceptions, bait to loot,
Broken home, life shattered, lust is the root,
Clarion on the job, overseas life, travel in Hoot,
Bait fails alert mind notice cheats lurk,
Overnight, young life loses all its future sunk,
Ruler lays bait, people elect in plain trust,
Commodities free gift bait future is lost,
Promotion in career bait, surrender reason,
Rejection of compromise is tagged as treason,
Spies hunt secrets, bait blackmail, cleavage,
Bait is a female lure that rules the mind,
Wine, riches, assets, bait, compromise,
A corrupt mind breeds bait to uncover ruin,
Anarchy spread the pretension and plenty,
Essence of humanity, the righteous path,
Gait is a quicksand in temptation,
Life is a test for a walk with thorns,
Corrupt escapes with booty taunt a lorn,
Bait is an evil act for the spirit with a goal.
Emancipation, a penance, guides a soul,
Society gets cleansed, progress manifests,
Character ensures peace awareness crest,
Where bait promotes violence and arson,
A corrupt mind willfully ignores reason,
Character-of-evil digs a grave, bait waits,
Credence to culture civilizes life in traits.
The human instrument is intelligent, wisest,
Modern times bait survives nicely infest,
War is neither with people nor with nations,
War is with a mind, clean life, and corruption

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Themes: Ingenuity of mind to trap
Shared: 19 April 2026
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GOLDEN SKY AND GREEN EARTH

 

GOLDEN SKY AND GREEN EARTH

The night was in flames and lighted,
A few digging graves, kids expired,
Fright well imprinted on their faces,
Sunset wrote extinction it disgraces, (1)

Havoc ruled landscapes devastated,
Humans pray, and frights, instigated,
The loud cries, soulful sobbing beg,
A peaceful people love, stolen legs, (2)

Ruins and devastation covered life,
Crumbled houses, roads, and strife,
Hopeless, bitter Ramadan or Easter,
Bomb and missiles, lives lack shelter, (3)

Feel humans fight, forget harmony,
Sadly, humans lose life's symphony,
Animosity accrued, violent actions,
Humans tuned beast lose emotion, (4)

The darkness impermanent sunrise,
Sinners watch a burning hell realize,
Fear of death or beseech to forgive,
Cruel humans pretend well, survive, (5)

Shout for peace, the devil in guises,
Time cleanses timeless; it surprises,
Stolen the evil, mighty, ruthless life,
Earth turns glorious, removes strife, (6)

Peace, happiness, and love, a dream,
Tears of the past and scar, a stream,
Sunrise orange hues or green fields,
The peasant to cultivate, wants, yields, (7)

Endless sad stories, climax changes,
There is a bright future, it messages,
Golden sky and green Earth synergy,
Hope and strength, life toils, energy. (viii)

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Date: 18 April 2026
Themes: There is a future
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SABOTEUR

 SABOTEUR

Profound peace and happiness stay,
Life found comfort short dismay,
Cyclic human life struggle faced,
Earth seasons change life traced, (1)

Miraculous weather inspires often,
Blistering heat, freezing cold torn,
Blossoms helluva spring ushers,
Conflicts mind rebellious pusher, (2)

Fail to understand the estimate, clue,
Infinite desires chain spirit glue,
Exist dream imaginary illusions,
Hope human effort, due to collisions, (3)

Calm and quiet mind, tranquility,
Experiences life peace, joy, pretty,
No more calm, turbulent state hit,
Disaster loss balance discreet, (4)

This phenomenon sadly presents,
Urban youth are jealous, not decent,
By hook or crook, achieve success,
Saboteur, the mind lives, expresses, (5)

Stay aloof, speak less painful life,
Baseless own creation rest grief,
Nature invites such humans, sadly,
Saboteur's life feels hungry madly, (6)

Blinded conscience decency acts,
Amidst nature, human love reacts,
Forget hunger, thirst, material all,
The beauty of nature silently calls, (7)

Come, humans, forget asset gadgets,
The valley green carpet life target,
Sleep looks up, evening thickens,
Stars moon irk saboteur weakens, (viii)

Realizes rebellious youth retreat,
Discovers peace and joy in the discreet,
Death of saboteur humans learn,
How many lives were lost, nature scorn, (9)

Saboteur intrudes stealthily, is cruel
Captivate mind or heart in dwell,
The fight for human surrender is sad,
The urge is hunger, thirst, defeat, mad (10)

Detection rejection human winner,
The demise of the saboteur survives wear,
Discrimination of physical pleasure,
Saboteur poisons rejections wiser. (11)

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Themes: Desire, hunger, and thirst
Written: 17 April 2026
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