HER PROFILE LINGERS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

COMMENSURATE

 

Alone, tearful, searching the past,

Why windless sky less bird cast,

Waves roaring, crashing at the beach,

Repentance endless sadly breach, (1)

 

End of the road lost direction life,

Confuse why suffering, faces strife,

Got praise applause profusely lit,

Melted the morning mist a defeat, (2)

 

Avoided kept aloof opposed a lot,

Honesty, integrity, less pay hurt,

Has not committed crimes, insult,

Etched the life services to efforts, (3)

 

Marginalized corrupt the guises,

Adored public deeds, no excuses,

Solitary life today, un-apologetic,

Missed friends, family, pathetic, (4)

 

Friends angry, abused, opposed,

The family hardly liked, supposed,

Branded as a fool exhibitionist,

Adamant, arrogant, spends list, (5)

 

Similar to the wave from zenith,

Crashing at shore retract drift,

The same thing happened, sock,

Fallen senseless at shore broke, (6)

 

Crowds gathering found lifeless,

Soul merged like wave impress,

No sight of family or friends present,

The population of the city cry, resent, (7)

 

 

Flower bedecked road showering,

A crowd watches, socked and crying,

Burning the pyre crowd around,

Ash merged with river, profound, (viii)

 

Commemorate public date of birth or death,

Public speech, writing, link wealth,

Living today in hearts memories,

Commensurate golden deed series, (9)

 

Inspired many youths, followed,

Commensurate discussion vowed,

Presentable, decent life to educate,

Lighted knowledge indoctrinate, (10)

 

Praying poverty-stricken mass,

Commensurate achieves' task,

Matching exemplary model life,

Commensurate, candlelit, thrive. (11)

 

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Title of Poem: Commensurate

Themes: Exemplary matching

Written: 5th August 2024, Cuttack

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COMMEMORATE

 

COMMEMORATE

 

Essentially, tribulation, remembrance,

Gratitude of the hearts, resemblance,

Stood in silence, remember minutes,

Sing prayer, love song, deeds scrutiny, (1)

 

Generation after unforgotten persists,

The monuments service revolution exists,

The flame of human sacrifice reminds us,

Tearful the population scenes rewind, (2)

 

Colonial past exploited famished stay,

Darkness, overcast, remorse life, display,

Change the landscape, bright sunshine,

Foreign rulers last man left life define, (3)

 

Celebrate won't forget naked fakir stick,

Statue over the country centenary pick,

One man defeated a powerful country,

Established freedom long walk salty, (4)

 

Commemorate none violence equality,

Reject discrimination object visibility,

Walked over the country, encountered,

The nation under slavery discovered, (5)

 

Reject foreign products, salt birthright,

Burned overseas clothes fire in fright,

Flying tricolor across the country,

Hanged by the rulers order entry, (6)

 

Commemorate pre-independence era,

Courageous men and women in euphoria,

Scarified their lives, millions  forgotten,

Still, their statues stay flowers, golden, (7)

 

 

Worshiped by next-generation share,

Mughals under grave colonials dare,

Free democratic country liberty,

Reminds freedom fighters of unity, (viii)

 

Commemorate country stay one,

Unite people, plural society can,

Red Fort, Mughal era, free nation,

Independence Day speech tradition, (9)

 

Land billion plus people listen,

Long distant future policy glisten,

Build school college university all,

Infrastructures industry timely tall, (10)

 

Changes time and landscape sock,

Commemorate completion due lock,

Remembrance worship essays hues,

Gratitude to nation builders bemuse. (11)

 

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Title of Poem: Commemorate

Themes: Remembrance

Written: 3rd August 2024, Cuttack

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MOTIVATE

 

MOTIVATE

 

Alert, agile mind, accepting,

Unbiased, rational, believing,

The door of treasure houses,

Unlock human books rouses, (1)

 

Ageless experience life faced,

Written solution clue traced,

School college university says,

Invite a child to grow wise display, (2)

 

Not gold medal certificate lit,

Humans understand to defeat,

Defeat ignorance, blind mind,

Silent book heart seeks to find, (3)

 

Kindness, compassion, sharing,

Sympathy soul motivates hire,

Found O human the wisdom,

Ordinary life learn not seldom, (4)

 

Scrutinized how simplicity fit,

The book fails to motivate discreetly,

Noticed a seed fertilized soil,

Warm, light, water grow toils, (5)

 

Twin leaves tall banyan trees,

Motivate living being life frees,

Look at a host of birds spread wings,

Learn to fly in the sky well sing, (6)

 

Motivate life automatic miracle,

Animal life, skill inseparable,

Potter and pottery painter arts,

Human skill motivates, impacts, (7)

 

Rotate the eyeball, not hallucinate,

The Lord behind creation wait,

Birth and death cyclic forward,

Motivate spirit with age reward, (viii)

 

Childhood youth adulthood fit,

Age loss freshness, work unfit,

Motivate soul point focused lit,

Patience, perseverance, life greet, (9)

 

Morning walk meditate evening,

Prayer heals O humans, love, sing,

Motivate spirit to know peace, joy,

Happiness pleasure differ, envoy, (10)

 

Not physical experiences, soul,

Motivate only you teach a goal,

It is not necessary to search a book,

Missing motivation sad shook. (11)

 

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Title of Poem: Motivate

Themes: Inspiration

Written: 2nd August 2024, Cuttack

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TRADITION

 

TRADITION

 

Respect, reliability, discipline, way,

Generations stood firmly, displayed,

Unwavering support service last,

History colonial rules dark past, (1)

 

Exploited the land spine broken,

Traditions were alive, best spoken,

Festival of night lamps lighted,

Fireworks yet hungry delighted, (2)

 

Centuries-old art and craft exist,

Rock-carving village life persists,

Festival of color, smeared smile,

Nightlong dance music in style, (3)

 

The population stays only vegetarian,

Reject wine, industrious human,

Females prefer veil scarf dresses,

Covered Head to feat impresses, (4)

 

Cotton clothes, turban, villagers,

Urban westernized messengers,

The shirt, pants, briefs, boots, dress,

Not tradition contradict impress, (5)

 

The drink, party in the club yell,

Dance organ music couple hail,

Spent money on checkerboard,

Horse race share market goad, (6)

 

Look at the children dreaming,

Get rich quickly overseas sing,

Tradition of the land lament sad,

Generation time change forward, (7)

 

Hues mingle the new beginning,

East and west join trimming,

Tradition, equality, liberty, life aspire,

Collapsing autocracy life inspire, (viii)

 

Human aggressive instinct stop,

Fraternity amity tradition hope,

Hopes the human race's future pink,

Tradition cooperation helps link, (9)

 

Humans trust the Lord, worship,

Path different yoga in courtship,

Health and happiness fitness,

Tradition spreads life witness, (10)

 

Traditional decent life peaceful,

The world stays future secure awful,

Meat and wine life may not be preferred,

Crops, vegetables, food, life secure. (11)

 

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

 Title of Poem: Tradition

Themes: Age-old practice

Written: 1st August 2024, Cuttack

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