Poem A Friend’s Friendship People say, happiness is built on friendsAcross the long road of twists and bendsSo much has changed since we’re youngThe songs we knew so remained unsung. The cruel time have pulled us both apartAcross spells of harsh cold, heat and dustBut warmth didn’t weaken towards theeI so often wish, one day you will sure see. […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 10, 2026May 10, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Friendship is Happiness Editor’s Pick You said once with a smile half-lit but free:“True happiness in life is having friends…as wonderful as thee.”The quote was simple, and passing probablyYet somewhere deep within my mind and soulThese words were rooted perpetually. Ever since, life took a bizarre turn and courseThe days and years have wandered farThrough thick and thin […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 10, 2026May 10, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem A Giant’s Chalice A decade’s patience, coiled in the soilBeneath the hot and humid jungle’s coilOnly then rises high a dark and fluted spireWrapped in a cloak of deep maroon and fireNo pleasant scent to call the golden beeBut the carrion scent of a corpse-like misery. Titan Arum, an amazing awe of the plant lifeThat garners energy for […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 9, 2026May 9, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem The Living Riddle With reptilian traits of laying leathery eggsA common aperture for breeding and faecesNo stomach, possesses venomous glandsYet Platypus is a mammal with a furry skinThat produces milk to foster newly bornHas electroreceptors for hunting and navigationWith eyes tightly shut in the riverbed’s siltIt hunts by the spark that the muscles have built. The bill of […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 8, 2026May 8, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Mending Bonds He is no longer afraid of the loneliness of roadsNor the hidden trauma that his silence breedsWhat rips his soul during midnight’s bitter stingThe feeling of a villain status in her altered sight. He walks through days with basalt in his chestA quiet volcanic ruin where old memories restOne who once eulogized friendship as a […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 8, 2026May 8, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem The Ocean Sovereign In coats of sapphire grey, a colossus of the deepMoves under water, as secrets of the ages sleep.None of the land-born souls can match its girthFor ages, it is the greatest pulse upon the earth. The blue whale swims the ocean whole day longWith a tail so wide and body so large and strongIt’s tongue […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 7, 2026May 7, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem The Lavender Cascade The twisted vine that is centuries oldA story that some vintage garden toldWith woody coils and structured mightWisteria clusters bloom in violet lightA silent waterfall that never flowsBut softly sways as the breeze blows. The wild vine is tamed over the yearsOn a sturdy support, so it prospersIts strength is slow, a creeping powerUntil the […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 7, 2026May 7, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem The Ghost of Mountains At heights where the air is thin and coldThe Ghost of Mountains, brave and boldHimalayan frost is favourite of the canineAlso thrive through alpine and sub-alpine. With s coat of smoke and charcoal ringsWhile perched above where eagles wingWith paws like snowshoes, wide and deepIt’s capable of navigating the crags steep. It cannot roar but […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 7, 2026May 7, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Sea’s Silent Dragon In southern waters, pretty cold and clearNear the Australian shores, it may appearOpen sea’s proficient yet a silent dancerIt gives illusion of afloat seaweed mariner. Among the seaweed and rockweed greenA tiny dragon population could be seenWith the golden exterior and purple linesLeafy sea-dragon hides inside ocean’s vines. It has no scales or claws to […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 6, 2026May 6, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem शुचिता का संताप सत्य की ईंटों से, उसने भव्य मंदिर था रचा,छल-कपट के वेग से, जो सर्वदा रक्षित बचा;लोग जिसकी निष्ठा को नमन करते हर घड़ी,पर स्वयं के ही भाग्य से, प्रबल जंग है छिड़ी। बंधा रहा जो व्यक्ति सदा सत्य की मर्यादा से,अपराधी सिद्ध हुआ, एक प्रियजन के दुराव से;तमाम नतमस्तक हैं, जिसके अडिग चरित्र पर,हारा वह […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 5, 2026May 5, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
A timeless Echo Editor’s Pick We never weren’t the friends we wereTime brought a rough change in the weatherThus seized in the tempest’s blinding galeI allowed my inner conscience guide my sail. Something that happened was indeed a phaseA saga in itself and a long-lasting eclipseBut it evaporates now, with so many changesAs the heart doesn’t care about […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 4, 2026June 5, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Silver Lyre of Gondwana An age-old songsmith from Gondwana’s dawnThrough moist Australian forests stepping onMidst luxuriant ferns and moss, rich clay floorsA Lyrebird weaves the melody that life restores. A silver lyre of feathers proudly crowns its graceWith lacy plumes and fine antennae in spaceThe finest artist of the rich fauna in the forestA hundred wild voices live within […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 3, 2026June 3, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Pearlescent Spiral What a curled pyramid made of boneIt survives within the salt waters’ reef aloneA silent shadow from the ocean’s dawnThis living fossil of million years drifts on As Indo-Pacific reef and shadowy depth divideNautilus navigates the vertical dark and tideIts unique siphuncle allows to sink or riseWhile it is fully secure within its vault inside. […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 3, 2026June 3, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Armoured Ascetic The little armoured soul walks the earthBears a shell of shields from day of birthNot rigid stone but the bands that bendIntertwine flexible skin from end to endWith banded shield and armoured crownIt keeps its watchful gaze often cast down. Using mighty claws and digging powerThey can fashion the earth within an hourDeep labyrinth homes […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 2, 2026June 2, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Monarch of Spines & Clay An avid ant-eater, it’s spiny and brownEchidna keeps its careful gaze cast downWith a moving shield of pale-hued spearIt strolls untouched by predators’ fearAlso seldom in hurry, it does not fightYet capable of vanishing from open sight. Egg-laying mammal with a sensitive noseIt snuffles where the ant or termite goesWith claws that breach the hardest […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 2, 2026June 2, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
A timeless Echo Editor’s Pick We never weren’t the friends we wereTime brought a rough change in the weatherThus seized in the tempest’s blinding galeI allowed my inner conscience guide my sail. Something that happened was indeed a phaseA saga in itself and a long-lasting eclipseBut it evaporates now, with so many changesAs the heart doesn’t care about […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 4, 2026June 5, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Silver Lyre of Gondwana An age-old songsmith from Gondwana’s dawnThrough moist Australian forests stepping onMidst luxuriant ferns and moss, rich clay floorsA Lyrebird weaves the melody that life restores. A silver lyre of feathers proudly crowns its graceWith lacy plumes and fine antennae in spaceThe finest artist of the rich fauna in the forestA hundred wild voices live within […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 3, 2026June 3, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Pearlescent Spiral What a curled pyramid made of boneIt survives within the salt waters’ reef aloneA silent shadow from the ocean’s dawnThis living fossil of million years drifts on As Indo-Pacific reef and shadowy depth divideNautilus navigates the vertical dark and tideIts unique siphuncle allows to sink or riseWhile it is fully secure within its vault inside. […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh June 3, 2026June 3, 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