The following poem by Mathew John from Ernakulam was selected as a commendable mention in Wingword Poetry Prize 2020
If you would prefer death to poetry
Then, let a poem be
Among the waymarks,
A U-turn
In the midst of stars,
A black sky
Still alive in the silence,
A querymark
In the field of vision,
A teardrop
Somersaulting in the skydive,
A dead leaf.