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Contest : Your City

Sponsored by : Christopher Delegans

Date posted : April 19, 2026

The Pink City


At the edge of the Thar desert’s sandy festoon,
the train of the ancient Aravalli hills cascades 
with the undulating landscape of antique dunes, 
cradles joyous Jaipur, the pink city of Rajasthan.

On carved hill-top mighty forts’ stone walls splay, 
wrap the pictorial city portrait with history drape.
Aligned through the sculpted ornate gateways
the orthogonal roads symbolize cubic cityscape .

The archaic forts on the chiseled hill crest
stand like the regiment of outdated sentinels 
on the ramparts of the glorious olden times,
embedded in the wind-scraped craggy ridges.

The tinsels of drizzling moonbeam in satin nights
paint murals with stardust on concrete canvas, 
framed as silhouette on the smoky desert sky.
I’m charmed by the charisma of this colorful city.
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Ray Choudhury Avatar
April 20, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Your poetry is just enchanting! Very strange, I had never been to Jaipur, although I know how beautiful the city is, with gorgeous palaces, hills and dunes!
Sinha-Roy Avatar
April 20, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Thank you. You're welcome to the pink city.
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