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
Beat the Blues: Wellness Strategies After Sixty Understanding the landscape of life after 60 years requires looking beyond alarmist headlines and recognizing aging for what it truly is i.e., a natural and continuous process of organic, morphological and physiological evolution. As the human body and mind mature, natural shifts occur across the musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, metabolic systems and state of mind—ranging from altered […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 25, 2026October 26, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Scaly-Foot Snail Deep within the ocean where reigns endless darkThe scaly-foot snail braves thermal currents’ sparkWhere sulphur plumes and caustic vapours riseThese iron-armoured crawlers survive and thrive. No common fragile shell protects its crawling formInstead, a metallic fort is built against the stormBorn out of iron sulphides, forged in deep-sea firesWhere the ocean’s crushing weight in vain […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 23, 2026October 23, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Emerald Swindler We call this creature the emerald swindlerWho robs the alga of its vital green colourA gentle leaf-like drifter in the tidal scene Unfurling its back to catch the sun’s sheen. It splits the cell, yet holds the green heartForgoing its food intake for a higher partBy indulging in kleptoplasty, an amazing artIt merges with plants […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 22, 2026October 22, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Rajnigandha: An Eternal Flame Editor’s Pick So pure, so delicate in ivory whiteIts bloom shuns splendour of the lightSecretly in its core, away from all sightLies love burning through endless night. No splendid display, not a word to sayYet subtle fragrance travels far awayLike the love that asks for nothing moreYet it endures where it bloomed before. Each tender […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 20, 2026October 20, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Shape-Shifting Titan A translucent vagabond of the stagnant pondMapping the shadows of the depths beyondBody has no rigid contour, chassis or shellWith a plasmic universe inside a single cell. A shape-shifting titan of gel and liquid streamAn ever-shifting silhouette, a living-flowing dreamIt extends pseudopodia, pushing outward wideWhere the quiet, drifted water-currents glide. Engulfing unwary prey in a […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 19, 2026October 19, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Beat the Blues: Wellness Strategies After Sixty Understanding the landscape of life after 60 years requires looking beyond alarmist headlines and recognizing aging for what it truly is i.e., a natural and continuous process of organic, morphological and physiological evolution. As the human body and mind mature, natural shifts occur across the musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, metabolic systems and state of mind—ranging from altered […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 25, 2026October 26, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Scaly-Foot Snail Deep within the ocean where reigns endless darkThe scaly-foot snail braves thermal currents’ sparkWhere sulphur plumes and caustic vapours riseThese iron-armoured crawlers survive and thrive. No common fragile shell protects its crawling formInstead, a metallic fort is built against the stormBorn out of iron sulphides, forged in deep-sea firesWhere the ocean’s crushing weight in vain […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 23, 2026October 23, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Emerald Swindler We call this creature the emerald swindlerWho robs the alga of its vital green colourA gentle leaf-like drifter in the tidal scene Unfurling its back to catch the sun’s sheen. It splits the cell, yet holds the green heartForgoing its food intake for a higher partBy indulging in kleptoplasty, an amazing artIt merges with plants […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh October 22, 2026October 22, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
आस सूख चुके हैं प्रेमपात्र सब, मदिरा की गागर दे दो भूल चुका हूँ कौन कौन है, विस्मृति का आश्रय दे दो. ईश्वर सबकुछ भूल गया है, कृष्ण नही अब रथ पर हैंसत्य-प्रेम की राहों पर हम, फिर भी काँटे पथ पर हैं. जीवन बंधा-बंधा सा क्यों है, हाहाकार मचा यह क्यों है मानव संबंधों के तलतम में, यह भूकंपी […] Written by Santosh K Nema May 15, 2022November 18, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
आत्मिक लाख समझाने पर भी नहीं समझता आईना मेरा अंदर की टूटती नसें भी उकेर दीं बनाकर उसने दरकती लकीरें वो जो बैठे हैं गहरे दिल में मेरे आईना मेरा उन्हें भी हूबहू दिखाता है. कैसे छिपाऊँ दर्दे-दिल को सामने जब बैरी-मितवा हो ऐसा चुप हूँ मैं, चुप हैं वो, मंजर है खामोशी का यह कैसा. दिल की जिद है रग-रग में […] Written by Santosh K Nema April 19, 2022April 19, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
समय मेरा समय चुप है अपनी निष्ठुरता लिए बदल रहा है निरंतर. तुम समय हो मेरे समय जिसने प्यार दिया अनंत डुबोकर किया एकाकार खुशियों से अमृत सुख की स्मृतियों से साँस साँस में चलती अनवरत सामीप्य की अव्यक्त अनुभूतियों से. समय मेरा दूर असंबद्ध सा अबदर्शक सा बन बदल रहा है सहारे तन के मन के तुझसे जो बंधे थे अडिग अटूट […] Written by Santosh K Nema March 3, 2022March 5, 2022 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