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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THE WINDOW OF AN EYE

 

Centuries of Mughal rule torture,

Colonial past gruesome overtures,

Unblemished million-year culture,

Buried and fled in time the vulture, (1)

 

The land with gold, diamond jewels,

Peace and prosperity memory fuel,

Millennia-old loot, arson, brutal life,

The night ends, darkness a strife, (2)

 

Down the Union Jack  lives muster,

Raised the tricolor valiantly flutter,

Still, stay the nightmarish partition,

Million lives left native place stern, (3)

 

Turmoil, travesty of poverty grips,

Illiteracy draught famine lives sip,

Lacked education communication,

Seven decades after life in motion, (4)

 

Highways, metro, and metropolis,

Freedom, liberty, and the Constitution,

Democracy marvels with all elections,

Astonishing a billion lives cherish, (5)

 

Mighty economy, security is visible,

Sovereign country, independent,

A rosy future, young lives treble,

Nation builder leaves a precedent, (6)

 

The fag end of life with emotion,

Disbelieve a land transformation,

A paradise bountiful crop affords,

Milk flood, females' lives accord, (7)

 

May the country be safe and secure,

From the window of an eye tear,

Floating cinematic reels inspire,

Plural society culture lives, shares. (viii)

 

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra

Date of writing: 15th August 2025

Themes: Independence Day (India)

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DISOBEYS THE HEART

A pebble dropped into the pool, calm,

Ripples spread in circles to the shore,

Wave crest and trough progress affirm,

Fade gradually, still water stays a mirror, (1)

 

The full moon attracts the ocean water,

Breach the beach waves, tides prevail,

High tide recedes quickly by the morn,

The light of the ocean acquires mournful, (2)

 

Spring visit, cuckoo sings well, blossom,

Moisture-laden morning mist motion,

The fragrance, thrills, and a gentle breeze,

A wave of mirth recedes, sadly ceases, (3)

 

Blue sky flock of birds flying shimmer,

Wind plays slowly, dry leaves murmur,

Blue stream of brook, white foam flows,

Rock strewn underneath, colors glow, (4)

 

The mural pertains to a human heart,

Crest-to-trough wave enhances impact,

The nature, season, moon, and ocean,

In silence observe the whispers listen, (5)

 

A mere touch sensation creates magic,

Waves of emotion disappeared, tragically.

Heart feels the passion high tide sweep,

Thirsty heart unquenchable feel weep, (6)

 

A full moon, light washes the ocean,

Etch in the heart waves quell, glisten,

Dream curtains wrap a mesmeric mind,

Loves the human life misses, yet finds (7)

 

A union and separation, surge throb,

Disobeys heart unruly, unrealistic rob,

Submerges in tidal waves of lust, sinks,

Morning glory, calm water, lotus wink. (viii)

 

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra

Date of writing: 14th August 2025

Themes: The heart seeks pleasure

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