Ms. Roopam Chadha
(Roopam Chadha is an award-winning bilingual poet. She is a graduate in Economics (hons) from Delhi University. She has authored two books of English poetry. She received an award for her debut anthology ’And the Canaries Sing On’ from ‘Autism for Help Village Project Trust” (2021). She has also won the best English collection award for her second anthology ‘Blushing Candles’ from The Literary Warrior Group at Sahitya Akademi New Delhi (2023) Her poems share space in several national and international anthologies. Besides writing she also pursues her passion for painting.)
We present her prize-winning entry in the Literary Warriors Group Contest ~ ‘This January…‘ ~.
☆ ~ ‘This January…’ ~
☆
(Prize winning entry in the Literary Warriors Group Contest. The prompt given was to start with the lines “This January”.)
☆
This January, let the frost of hatred thaw
May there be no more bloodshed or war
No more widows or orphans to be born of vengeance
And no more martyrs brought home in decorated coffins
This January, let there be no more shadows of deceit
Lurking in the dark corners of lust
May every girl or woman hold her grace, honour and trust
May there be no more Nirbhaya, ever a repeat
This January, let the golden fields of corn sway
In bountiful, for the starved where hunger lay
May there be rain of happiness for all
And the rainbow of hope spread peace
Across horizons, crossing barriers of religion and creed
☆
~ Ms. Roopam Chadha
© Ms. Roopam Chadha
May all that you have wished come true!
May there be no pain, no misery, no illness!
May there be no hatred, no aversion, no enimity!
May all be happy, may all be healthy, may all be peaceful!