The following poem by Asmi Sundru from New Delhi was selected as a commendable mention in Wingword Poetry Prize 2020
Do you see the blues?
Blue pages, blueprints.
Flipping through our lives
Trying to write it down
Or write it off
Blue erasers, blue pens.
Make some mistakes
Then delete it
Or repeat it again
Blue skies, blue seas.
Limitless like our souls
Tied to the tides
Fleeting with the wind
Blue detergents, blue dustbins.
To wash off our sins
And discard our trash
Or fill it in our sad minds
Blue nails, blue skin.
Because in cold spirits
All warmth is gone
Replaced with illnesses
I see the blues everywhere.