248. Maa Durga

🥇 *Priyanka Kamath — “Maa Durga” 🕯️* @⁨Priyanka Kamath⁩ 

Your piece was a beautiful, reflective journey that tied the grandeur of the Goddess to the intimate threads of personal experience. Its honesty and introspection made the divine feel incredibly close and relatable, showcasing a deep, emotional strength that touched us all

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A soulful, devotional free-verse poem combines gratitude for the blessings of the various forms of Goddess Durga (Annapurneshwari, Saraswati, Lakshmi, Parvati, Lalitambika, Shakti) with a story of overcoming personal anxieties and uncomfortable social encounters. The poet uses the Navratri festival as a time for self-reflection, setting boundaries, letting go of self-pity, and learning to find strength and healing from past mistakes. Its central theme is choosing inner peace and strength over external negativity and rumination.❤️

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Hey Priyanka Kamath @⁨Priyanka Kamath⁩ 

This piece immediately feels personal and introspective. Unlike conventional devotional poems, it blends spirituality with real-life reflection, making Maa Durga not just a deity to worship but a guiding presence in daily struggles. The conversational tone makes the reader feel like they are stepping into the poet’s mind.

Strengths:

Authentic and relatable: The inclusion of personal experiences, like dealing with societal pressures or overthinking, grounds the poem in reality.

Connection to multiple forms of Maa: Acknowledging Annapoorneshwari, Saraswati, Laxmi, Shakti, Lalitambika, and Parvati showcases a wide spiritual perspective.

Theme of resilience: The recurring message is clear the goddess empowers inner strength, wisdom, and emotional balance.

Reflective moral: The poet emphasizes learning to choose what to accept and what to let go, which aligns beautifully with the essence of Navratri.

The poem inspires mindfulness and self-reflection. Readers can resonate with the challenges mentioned and feel comforted by the goddess’s guiding presence. It feels like a devotional self-help guide in poetic form.

Suggestions:

A bit of line trimming or paragraphing could enhance readability; some sentences are long and dense.

Occasional punctuation adjustments would make the flow smoother.

A slightly more poetic rhythm in some sections could elevate the reflective tone into lyrical devotion.

Overall, this is a heartfelt, thoughtful, and grounded portrayal of Maa Durga’s presence in modern life both devotional and personal.

With admiration 

-Shivangi*Maa Durga**

Any day when I look myself feeling stressed 

I remind myself on how much I am blessed 

I bow down to maa Annapoorneshwari's feet 

For the scrumptious food I get to eat 

Saraswati Maa's blessing on each talent she has gifted 

A new learning or even a hobby makes my mood instantly uplifted 

When I see people ranting over how workload is more 

Welcoming laxmi Maa with each pay cheque is a blessing one yearns for sure 

Doing office work and then household chores is a get away from boredom 

Indeed a blessing from Maa Parvati who makes me queen of my kingdom 

Maa lalitambika has blessed me with wit and beauty 

Maa Shakti gives me strength to do my duty 

This navratri I came across many awkward instance

And I am narrating how Goddess created around me a layer of fence 

A lady who barely knows me tried getting too personal echoed my ears 

On why I couldn't bear any child from so many years 

Another instance on certain beauty standards surfaced blinking 

It put me in trigger point wherein any response would lead to overthinking 

A feeling on someone mentioning a term for me didn't seem good 

But Goddess is helping me handle such situation I understood 

I know where her thought process comes from to add 

Some people just speak without thinking and her intention may not be bad

So firstly Goddess helped me remove the bitterness that I was creating within 

Secondly avoiding people who may create negatively and poke like pin

Everything in life has a choice

I need to learn what to take and rest to leave and be wise

If I choose the lady's comments to overpower my belief 

Overthinking would never give me relief 

So leaving things what's not meant for me is what I learn this festivity 

To be strong, happy and never go on zone of self pity

Sometimes I feel I fail to give answer on time 

And then think about it and not feel fine

I tend to fail each exam I am bound 

And on repeat I feel same type of issues around 

Goddess is making me strong to surpass this instances which affects like sword

My aura should be so strong and my action should speak louder than words 

I may have hurted someone so bad in my younger age

That any curse must be lying as a baggage 

I pray and say sorry to that soul and God 

Help me heal and let go off whats on hold !!! 

✍️©️ Priyanka Kamath 

26 September 2025