This poem has been composed by 11-year-old Aditya Shukla from Hyderabad and was chosen by the Jury for the ‘Best Poem of the Year’ award at the BTB Wordsmiths of the Year Awards 2023.
I grew up
Overshadowed by laughter,
Where the books spoke wisdom.
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My Decadent Night Rendezvous! – Poem by Daisy Bala
There’s an uneasiness engulfing me, since last few days
The warm blanket and your coquetry
keep me engaged in cold February nights
I stay awake in the swarming, slithering moonlight
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The Elusive Fountain Of Youth – Poem by Gulnar Raheem Khan
The telomeres of my twenty- three pairs
Of chromosomes, are now shorter than they were;
The seven and thirty trillion cells of my body
Are just beyond rejuvenation and repair!
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Reflections By The Beach – Poem by Suja Ram
The blue sky, the white waves
The rise and the fall
The ebb and the flow
The feel of wet sand beneath my feet
Footprints of mine being washed away
Children building sandcastles
Teens chasing the waves gleefully
Couples walking hand in hand
Oh! What a lovely sight
This is heaven!
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Masking \ Unmasking – Poem by Santosh Bakaya
I sat on the patio looking around, unmasked,
asking myself myriad questions,
basking in little magical moments, multi-tasking.
Beguiled by a squirrel scurrying along, a robin singing a song,
a lapwing delicately maneuvering its way
across the rain-drenched ground- a fashionista self-styled.
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My pride, My Honour – Poem by Preethi Warrier
She wanders around the blooming flowers,
Fresh as the morning dew, exuberant as the sunrise.
Oh I could gaze at her for hours,
She stole my heart the day I set my eyes.
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I Won’t Teach You That – Poem by Shweta Singh
As we stroll down the pebble-strewn path
To the waves crashing the basalt shoreline
Hold on to my hand tightly, my baby.
I will teach you which pebbles to dodge
And which roaring waves to avoid.
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And Calmly She Flows – Poem by Priya Washikar
An epitome of chastity and calm
Her serene waters belie an inner fortitude.
She cleanses our aberrations and sins
And flows relentlessly in solitude.
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The Humble Childhood – Poem by Kokila Gupta
A few have just returned from reaping crops, dry cheeks ruddy from cold
Grass blades glued on their handsewn clothes, Still panting from the exertion
Hands parched scratched from digging out tubers from hard earth
Tiny fingers frayed, a few swollen tender
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Stateless – Poem by Indrani Chowdhury
The UN had tried to negotiate with,
The warring trespassers.
But alas! As anticipated,
The negotiations failed.