Poem Adjective Of late, a friend catechized me:Is there such a paucity of wordsThat you are generously usingAdjectives as title of poesies? I parried rather ungrudgingly:Look, I often use it consciouslyAs qualifiers could indeed beAn apt choice for a poem’s title… First of all, it can intrigue readersProvide an evocative and incisiveSummary of the rhyme’s theme…It’s centre […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh September 7, 2025September 7, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Unquenchable The time goes by, orSome even say “time flies”Our present becomes pastThen what comes next is future… Unsatiable desiresMake people a lot to planWhile none has any inklingWhat is for them is in storeThe very next moment, orIn a longer prospect in future. In the deluge of timeEverything is left behindIn abstract, what remain is […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh September 7, 2025October 21, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Only You and Me Editor’s Favourite With the passage of timeThe love and longing for youSubsided to a quite serene,Silent and adoring passion…Like a still and crystal clear waterOf a fathomless lake at dawn. But as it occurs to any reservoir,Even if the miniature pebble stoneIs thrown into a calm and still lakeIt destabilizes and agitates waterUndulating waves rise […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh September 4, 2025February 11, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Megalomaniac It’s an understatement to sayThat he is narcissist and egoistActually, he is a megalomanic… Megalomania is akin to a disease –A sort of delusional mental illnessMarked with excessive self-importance,Fallacy of grandeur and omnipotenceThan in reality is the case. His incessant desire to wield powerAnd exercise control over the othersManipulating situations and peopleTreating them as tools […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh September 3, 2025September 3, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Maverick Once some maverick saidThe present changes pastAbsolutely and irreversiblySo looking behind is futileYou don’t find back in timeWhat was it when you left. I ponder, if it’s sacrosanctWhy it’s so and how comeThat in many cases, the pastReturns so often to haunt. As a matter of fact,It doesn’t bother me at allIt’s the ever-changing timeThat […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh September 3, 2025September 3, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Moral Travesty What a moral travestyA person in such a highAnd responsible officeHimself does it And coerce people aroundUnapologetically to makeTall and false claimsAbout wonderful businessDone about other nationsTakes unsolicited creditFor the things happeningAround the world…And then shamelesslyAnd too aggressivelyMakes a bid forA Nobel Peace…May God give himWisdom and peace! 13,449 total views, 12 views today Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 31, 2025August 31, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Flattery Everyone likes a little flattery and praiseThat nurture cravings of human sensesElevating self-esteem and confidence. But remember true well-wisher is oneThe person with guts to point out faultsAt your face without mincing his words… Albeit it’s a different matter altogetherPeople seldom appreciates a plain truthInstead, fall for an out and out flatterer. But, away from […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 29, 2025September 4, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article Bharat, Pahalgam Massacre – III : The Aftermath During four days of war about India’s reprisal on terrorists and their masterminds, and consequent a limited yet intense autonomous war with the nuclear armed hostile neighbour, Pakistan, indeed surprised and shocked the global community, more so the Western countries including the US and Europe, which so far had perceived India as a largely tolerant […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 28, 2025August 31, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Article Bharat, Pahalgam Massacre – II: The Reprisal While reactions and responses from various walks of the Indian populace were abuzz expressing shock and anger against the gruesome terror attack at Pahalgam on Indian tourists, mostly Hindus, as also tribute and condolences for the slain people and their surviving families, Prime Minister Narendra Modi cut short his Saudi Arabia visit to return home […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 18, 2025August 20, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Why Did You say Goodbye? Editor’s Pick Even though we shared a span in lifeWith no dearth of affection and loveYet there remained something amissAnd destiny took you away from meFor then, and to forever… Even so why did you say goodbye,Why did you say goodbye to me…? The dreams & aspirations I saw with youThey all but shattered like […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 14, 2025November 25, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Parochial He lives within his barriers of a narrow mindWhere envy grows and reason stays confined;A wounded vanity, disguised beneath disdainTurns every kindness into some offence again. He awfully strives to make his own notion reignWith a noise of hollow words and loud disdainAnd when he cannot equal those he enviesHe throws his sludge at the […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 24, 2026August 24, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Wood Frog Speaks I am but a little frog of the dense forest floorWhere Arctic blizzards terribly howl and roarThough winter wages a deadly, frozen warBut I am the master of the harsh winter’s moor. And ice surrounds the life that lies unseenAs I burrow beneath the forest’s fading greenMy heartbeats stop, no longer do I breatheMy liver […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 22, 2026August 22, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Stranded in The Grey You pacified your heart and reached the shoreLeaving me stranded in the midstream roarYou found your peace and left the tide behindLeaving a raging whirlwind storm in my mind. The wise proclaim the storm will fade awayYet shadows linger on, lengthening the greyThe world preaches its easy text, “move on”But twilight stretches, mocking at the […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 20, 2026August 20, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
A Megalomaniac’s Shadow With his swollen pride, he builds a castle of airDemanding every soul around to clap and adoreWearing a crown of borrowed light and false heightHe judges all with sheer arrogance and blind might. He ignores wise advice and fights with friend or foeHis ego casts a shadow where warmth cannot growFor his cravings of praise, […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 19, 2026August 19, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Archerfish The silver hunter scans the world of dayTo strike the target in its single sprayKnocking the insect from a leafy screen.Beneath mangrove bay where branches leanIts sharp eyes break the boundary line of lightCorrecting for the stream with flawless sight. Tongue pressed against mouth’s deep grooveIt locks the pressure in a narrow courseThen shoots a […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 18, 2026August 18, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Parochial He lives within his barriers of a narrow mindWhere envy grows and reason stays confined;A wounded vanity, disguised beneath disdainTurns every kindness into some offence again. He awfully strives to make his own notion reignWith a noise of hollow words and loud disdainAnd when he cannot equal those he enviesHe throws his sludge at the […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 24, 2026August 24, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Wood Frog Speaks I am but a little frog of the dense forest floorWhere Arctic blizzards terribly howl and roarThough winter wages a deadly, frozen warBut I am the master of the harsh winter’s moor. And ice surrounds the life that lies unseenAs I burrow beneath the forest’s fading greenMy heartbeats stop, no longer do I breatheMy liver […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 22, 2026August 22, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Stranded in The Grey You pacified your heart and reached the shoreLeaving me stranded in the midstream roarYou found your peace and left the tide behindLeaving a raging whirlwind storm in my mind. The wise proclaim the storm will fade awayYet shadows linger on, lengthening the greyThe world preaches its easy text, “move on”But twilight stretches, mocking at the […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 20, 2026August 20, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Rajnigandha Touch Now I get tired too soonSo I’m afraid of going farBut all this does not meanI’ve abandoned walks forever… And yes, I often feel lonelyEven amongst my own peopleBut all this does not meanI have stopped caring for all… I often remember our friendshipI still care for our relationshipBut how much I do,I have stopped […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 16, 2020October 6, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Greed For Power Among all temptations in life of a man, perhaps the greed for power is the strongest one. The obvious reasons appear to be that when one is empowered, all other luxuries and antiquities of life automatically fall in line. Hence it is not surprising that people craving for the power adopt and exploit all overt […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh November 7, 2020September 26, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
A Fairy Tale Like a fairy descended from the paradiseShe was beautiful no less than Snow WhiteLike an angel she was generous and kindThe flowers bloomed whenever she smiled. She was standing my way with open armsAnd I knew well this was real not a dreamYet kept struggling to overcome my inertiaAnd in the process I rendered her […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 21, 2020February 10, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked