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Contest : Simplicity

Sponsored by : Sara Kendrick

Date : May 24, 2026

Simplicity - SK


In God’s own land a child arrives with empty mind 
where nascent beauty finds a niche,  
encased within the frame of intrinsic innocence, 
configured as blooming flower of heavenly smile, 
that gets splintered by ruthless time’s brunt, 
but the credulous mental clarity may last long 
while the world around changes fast,
as happened with me. 

A gleaming stream gliding in ebullience 
flowed with splendor around our home. 
On its rippling water passing me by, 
I as a child sailed the paper boats 
tinged with the rainbow colors. 
I imagined my mariner mind sailed  
on these to a distant unknown dreamland. 

The boats disappeared in the sea of memory, 
but those adorable tender moments gone, 
live in the twilight hours with my inner child,
trying to envision life suffused with juvenile bliss,
emitting from the fountain of dormant simplicity.
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Dietrich Avatar
May 26, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Congrats, Subimal. Very well written. It looks to me like shorter poems placed higher but yours is just as wonderful as all the other winners
Sinha-Roy Avatar
May 27, 2026 at 6:06 AM
Thank you, Andrea for your revealing comment. Surely, it is sponsor's prerogative.
Andresen Avatar
May 26, 2026 at 11:41 AM
- Congratulations on your great winning poem, Subimal :) - hugs
Sinha-Roy Avatar
May 27, 2026 at 6:04 AM
Thank you, Anne-Lise for your read and comment.
Kendrick Avatar
May 26, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Congratulations on your winning work in my contest. I enjoyed reading your entry. Sara K.
Sinha-Roy Avatar
May 27, 2026 at 6:03 AM
Thank you.
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