Contest Alert: Valentine's Day Poetry Contest
- DPC
- Feb 4, 2021
- 1 min read
Dear All,
Delhiwallah Poetry Collective presents a poetry contest 'Valentine's Day Poetry Contest'. Winners will receive a coupon worth INR 1000/-. Hurry up and send your poems.
Where to submit?
Submit your poems in the comments section of this post.
What is the deadline?
The contest closes on 13 February 2021, 12 noon IST.
What are the rules?
The rules of the contest are as follows:
The poem can be in English or Hindi.
Please refrain from using obscenities in your poem.
We look forward to your submissions.
Hi everybody, Thank you for contributing to the poetry contest. We had many brilliant poems to go through and enjoyed every one. The "contest" was joined in by many poets of varying style, and their talent glowed in the poems they entered. Sadly the rules of the game was that some one's poem gets selected. So the contest "winners" are:
Hindi/ Urdu : Manisha Dua with ahsas
English: Maylynda Chan with one day, three autumns
Congratulations !
And thanks to the judges: Sanjay Saksena for Hindi/ Urdu, and Rajiv Narang/ Gina Gallyot for English.
एहसास
सुबह के उगते हुए सूरज की मध्धम-सी गरमाहट
जैसे अपने होंठों को मुसकुराहट से सजाया है,
तुमने
ओस की बूंदों की ये हलकी सी ठंडक
जैसे गीले बालों को तौलिये से झटकाया है,
तुमने
हल्की-सी हवा है, फूलों की महक है उसमें
जैसे उस इत्र की खुशबू, जो कानों के पीछे लगाया है,
तुमने
फूलों की पंखुड़ीयां, नाज़ुक, कोमल हैं कितनी
जैसे हाथ बढ़ा कर हलके से मुझे छुआ है,
तुमने
ये बहते हुए पानी की सरसराहट
जैसे साड़ी का पल्लू तह कर कांधे पे जमाया है,
तुमने
चिड़ियों के झुरमुट की मधुर चहक, बुला रही है ऐसे
जैसे खिलखिला कर मुझे आवाज़ दी है,
तुमने
हवा के झोंकों से बजती दहलीज़ पर टंगी घंटी
जैसे चलते-चलते पायल छनकाई…
on behalf of Charles.
TITLE: Land Down Under of Love, Hope and Tears
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Do I need a reason to love?
Can I not love the beauty,
That makes me happy and free?
Is it not a common feeling,
For me to love the beautiful city,
Where I can be my true self?
Ah, how fortunate it is for me,
Such blissful blessings,
To have this gorgeous land,
Exist within my memories.
Though dreadful deadliness
Now stops me from reaching her,
She has long possessed my heart
I believe, and I sincerely do,
That one day, I will return to her
And, hopefully, be with her, forever.
SURRENDER
I no longer inhabit this skin,
you have created a new canvas of desire
that trembles when you are near
the heat from your gaze flush upon me
lingering in places I know your hands soon will seek
whispers and sighs uncontrollably yours
and I surrender to this passion you create
drawing my mind into yours,
matched by our bodies entwined
then released but never apart
your tenderness flows into me
into the softest core of me
your strength builds the wave I crest upon
as you sink deeper, gently
yet full of force and vigour
make me yours this night, every night
till forever is only a word
@gina.g
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