HAND OF FATE

An invisible, subtle presence exists,

Indomitable spirit, courage resists,

Bitter struggle, nightmarish dream,

Battle for survival, escape extreme, (1)

 

Humans write destiny, destructive,

The gold and assets, life assertive,

Mercuric metal silvery flow sadly,

Diamond is a carbon rock, widely (2)

 

Empires increased, crumbled fast,

Remnants of charred history last,

Feminine beauty, magnetic allure,

Caused invasion, fearful, plunder, (3)

 

The earth, borders altered, fiery,

Perish victorious and vanquished,

Vibrant landscape eliminates this,

Time and the generation cherish, (4)

 

Human greed, lust, and passion,

Attenuates desire, evil emotion,

Snatch happiness, peace stolen,

Lost love, dejected, realize, frown, (5)

 

Play the dice game or gamble,

The bar, wine parlor, life mingle

Loss of money, property, wealth,

Worry and tension steal health, (6)

 

Indiscipline separates a family,

Self mistakes mistaken awfully,

Repentant, rarely heal, recover,

Blunders motivate, lives suffer, (7)

 

Not the Lord punishes directly,

The deed of humans, mistakenly,

Hand of Fate, card games muse,

Life is a loser, the hand amuse. (viii)

 

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra

Date of writing: 5th September 2025

Themes: Fate handles a self-choice

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THE BRICK WALL

Labyrinths of tissue, blood cements,
A soul, mind, and heart life laments,
No coordination and different views,
Missing rainbow of colors, and hue, (1)

Brick by brick, layered truth prevails,
Undying belief, reliance, rarely fail,
The mortar in between is love ties,
Vision of life erect barricade defies, (2)

Profound peace and care, attitude,
Savors the elixir of bliss in solitude,
Absent a corrosion porous partition,
Impregnable from evil, corruption, (3)

The dark corners of the mind hideous,
Lurks suspicion, doubt, life is jealous,
Perpetual sadness, unfounded pain,
In the shadow of the wall lies stain, (4)

Mistrust of self, the world exists,
A hell chained a soul fears persist,
On one side, the darkness tortures,
The moon stars clouded disappear, (5)

Bright side, the sunshine reflects,
Enlightenment, awareness deflect,
The warmth of realization flows,
Bask in the glory the soul shows, (6)

No quarrel, conflict, or confusion,
Emanate emancipated life scion,
Withstand peril, turbulent state,
Unlike a crumbling wall indicates (7)

Last but not least, pursue the Lord,
Opposite side of the brick wall,
Brighter His brilliance the abode,
Cross wall of the divide, abysmal. (viii)

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 4th September, 2025
Themes: The wall divides
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TOUCHING HIS SWANSONG

Each string vibrates emotions sweep,
Covered his life path reminisce, deep,
No more struggle dreams or a fantasy,
The songs, life pervades, feel ecstasy, (1)

Bygone era of forefather and legacy,
Forgotten the memory, delinquency,
Village road, cycle tire, or kite flying,
Golden crops wind plays lo swaying, (2)

The school playground feast festival,
Life changed to city life faces normal,
Bud comes in the season or blossom,
Ripen the fruit, sweet taste, awesome, (3)

Adolescence and uncanny sensation,
Thrilling heartthrob and love caution,
Remember wakeful night and union,
A reminiscent wedding, companion, (4)

Seen of pain, pathos, and happiness,
Overcome obstruction, time, impress,
He saw her having kids and grew up,
Chick flew far off, a nest, with hope, (5)

Auburn hair, white, and a bald head,
Lonely life accomplished heart read,
Left behind responsibilities, daily jobs,
He feels the void life searches, sobs, (6)

Unwind the time machine, remote,
Impractical, unreal possibility quote,
Relieved from bondage, freedom,
Looked behind his lifespan, seldom, (7)

The solitude and seclusion, nature,
Touching his swansong and fingers,
Stays untold story and melancholy,
Heavenly human music, touchingly. (viii)

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra
Date of writing: 3rd September, 2025
Themes: Twilight years remind
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THE SMOKE REVEALS

 

The amber, burning charcoal, and fire,

Hidden underneath, an invisible inquiry,

Mysterious, the human heart displays,

Tight-lipped, silent mind, a hurt stays, (1)

 

Conflict views, asymmetric thinking,

Averted eyes look down, life sinking,

Shed quarrel, objection, bitter fights,

Human nature prefers the selective right (2)

 

Unchangeable vain effort to negotiate,

A dead wood less sprouts, instigate,

Dry leaves and wood catch fire at times,

White smoke curls up higher, defines (3)

 

Mirror the state of life, burnt wood,

Burning sadly with struggles, good,

The white smoke melts into thin air,

Outcry the soul for love in despair, (4)

 

Life scarcely burns, to foliage,

Leaves, flowers, and fruit messages,

A morning mist and fog surrounds,

No fire but moist air love rebound, (5)

 

The candle burns, and smoke pervades.

Spread light, and darkness quickly fades,

Extinguished the light smoke, stays,

Life as a wick finished deeds mock, (6)

 

The fume remnants stay for a while,

The smoke reveals, scarcely defiled,

No harm only warns, love winner,

Charcoal turns to ash, leaf enamor (7)

 

The passion and lust captivate life,

Burn in the heart, turbulence, strife,

Incense sick for the Lord, fragrant,

The smoke reveals significant love. (viii)

 

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra

Date of writing: 2nd September 2025

Themes: Smoke intrigues the mind

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THE ROMANTIC NIGHT

The heart throbs with sensation,

Molten rigidity discovers emotion,

Dreams cast fairy tales infectious,

Endless thoughts spread curiously, (1)

 

Eyes carry a rainbow, butterflies,

Reverberate desires flow defy,

Turns a million stars wink allure,

Fragrant jasmine attracts enamor (2)

 

Lotus blooms, sunlight pleasant,

Lily in the pond waits for the moon,

Inspire the whispering incessant,

The shimmering silvery ray soon (3)

 

Imagine birds chirp, souls invite,

A nest, the sweet home excites,

Fathomless feelings, deep exist

Separation life encounter, resist, (4)

 

Sitting closely, sharing suspicion,

Hand in hand ensure life caution,

Stays undiluted love, admiration,

Made for each other, admission, (5)

 

Hope and fear coexist, win a day,

Mingles tears and smiles display,

Trouble and happiness test well,

Vanquished turn victorious hail, (6)

 

Matching wave in the beach ray,

Silvery colored fantasy time play,

Wave of thrill doubt in the mind,

She leaned on his shoulder, finds (7)

 

The moon sank in the east, light,

Stars fade like morning mist dew,

A new day in conjugal life, renew,

The romantic night, love excites. (viii)

 

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra

Date of writing: 1st September 2025

Themes: The love-soaked lives

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 EMANATES THE CANDLELIGHT

Human mind, illiterate, closed window,

The darkness, unnerving, lacks shadow,

Only feeling of existence, an unknown,

A candlelight dispels the darkness shown, (1)

Emanates the candlelight, a revelation,

Symbol of education, the light persists,

Dogmas, doubts, and suspicions resist,

Knowledge opens petals of realization, (2)

Motive, behavior, and demeanor trim,

Conscience and wisdom guide, shine,

Delinks from blunder and arrogance,

Book and book of life paths enhance (3)

The window, the teacher shows clearly,

Lighted the world experience openly,

Points, mistakes, solutions, and lessons,

Master advice example, duly caution, (4)

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Date of writing: 26th August 2025

Themes: Teacher

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AUTUMN PHENOMENON

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Looking back, the lost years alive,

Resourceful life, changing, believe,

Curly, black hair, bald and white,

Path of life, lifetime lesson fight, (1)

 

Challenge, obstacle, and struggle,

Hope and dreams time smuggle,

Traverse from schooldays, show,

Books and knowledge, life glows, (2)

 

Remind alma mater and golden,

Happiest year, studies, smitten,

Oscillated the results, anxieties,

Ensure success, life in securities, (3)

 

Human lives sought and boiled,

Job, prosperity, and assets, soiled,

Money and gold, impermanent,

Name, fame, and fortune lament, (4)

 

Sensation of budding youth love,

Wedding, family, and kids above,

Disappeared, sailed white clouds,

Lone wolf, a confined life shroud, (5)

 

Flows emotional moments, pain,

Decent life complacency, insane,

Rainbow of the heart, spectrum,

Roll tear, next smile momentum, (6)

 

Beseech and bewitched wonder,

Feel happiness tensions plunder,

Health and peace of mind, jewel,

Love divine path devotions fuel, (7)

 

From dragonfly and kite, books,

Mysterious the beginning looks,

The end of the lifetime, horizon,

Those memorable years, frozen. (viii)

 

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra

Date of writing: 29th September 2025

Themes: A birthday reminded

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THE ASPIRATIONS OF A SEED

 

Embryos of the universe exist as atoms,

Expanse of planets, stars, and galaxies,

Living beings, existence, life, awesome,

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

 

Humans' minds carry the seed, invisible,

Fructify into actions, due course able,

Dream, aspiration is a confluence, a flow,

Today thinks imprinted reality show, (2)

 

A lotus seed waits to unravel, signify,

Magnificence and fragrance all defy,

Hidden, in slumber, discover futures,

In sequence, opened up time allures, (3)

 

One foot walk extends to the earth,

A step on a mountain reaches the top,

Linked with hope, courageous worth,

Fulfills the human life, a scope, (4)

 

A microbe germinates and spreads fast,

Minuscule life elements stay hideous,

Rewind, uncoil a thread, hides the past,

Secret of creation genetic furious, (5)

 

Embryos in the mother's womb stay,

Grow gradually, born and birth play,

Development of animals, humans,

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

 

The turbulence in the air, a cyclone,

Nature shows cloudburst life mourn,

Sunrise thought provokes in stream,

After dusk, the night weaves dreams (7)

 

A simple, friendly gesture helps bind,

Human relationships with God find,

The aspirations of a seed enchant,

Dreams, a seed to foliage eggplants. (viii)

 

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra

Date of writing: 28th August 2025

Themes: The seed of creation

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