Poem The Silent Balance Editor’s Pick At times I pause and wonder stillDo vibrations stir your mind at willA long ago, our paths had crossedTogether we walked, then were lost. You moved on like most people doLeft behind a legacy for me to followHalf-dreamt desires, unspoken pleasSo I kept following on uncertain seas. As one who strolls with sight […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh March 22, 2026March 22, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Chital – Jungle’s Grace Golden coat with moonlit white spotsSimmer at the sunrise – soft and brightSlender limbs, expressive eyes so wideIn dappled woods they leap and glide. Lyre-shaped antlers crown the malesQuite long branching like a forest taleThey roam through teak and sal treesDance and play in pan India jungles. Predators’ shadow, silent and nearTheir life renews through […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh March 19, 2026March 24, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Royal Bengal Tiger Among sal and teak wood where ancient whispers clingMoves Vanraj – the Royal Bengal Tiger, the majestic kingA sovereign flame deep in forest, the big cat walks aloneAmber fire upon its coat and midnight stripes full-grown. Though tiger’s origin is not exclusively Sunderbans deltaThe mangrove forests present unique and special habitatAn avid swimmer where tangled […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh March 17, 2026March 24, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem The Making of a Man She, a wayfarer and friend, told himWith wonderment in her eyesThat he was an amazing personaA perfect man ever seen or known to her…In every sphere where mind & soul riseBe it mundane wisdom and knowledgeLiterature, sports or even fine arts –He’s professionally superb yet so humane. That he is one whom fate has crownedWith […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh March 16, 2026March 17, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Witness For long during lifeHe idolized, andTried to hold her close;But dispassionate Time —A quiet yet decisive teacherMoves through all things. Now she stands afarThe language between themfalling like hesitant stepsAs though their shared pastBond and companionshipWas just a fleeting dream. A deeper thought rises withinThis body we cling with prideEgo we nurture so resiliently —Are […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh March 12, 2026March 12, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem The Treasure Editor’s Pick Over many decades, the vintage box existed,A silent sentinel in grandma’s personal careFor kith and kin, an enduring mystery unsolvedAn enigma, none other than her could answer. The kin envisioned jewels of royal originOf shimmering diamonds or gold from the pastThey craved for the contents hidden thereinUntil the moment she breathed her very […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh March 9, 2026March 9, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Onset of Spring Now the winter’s strength is draining away The deciduous trees put on robes of greenMany sprouting shoots greet the nascent dayA vibrant and colourful tapestry is foreseen. The earth is riveting from her quiet sleep,As rainbow flowers bloom bold and bright;The pledge that nature promised to keepNow manifest in floods of glowing light. A cool […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh March 9, 2026March 9, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Shadow & Sage I chased a shadow through the shifting lightUntil the time she vanished from my sightLike a fleeting dream dissolving into the nightOr even water seeping through the sand desert. Then there was a sage in wisdom’s heavy gownWho held golden words for valuable talk in townI watched dejectedly as the tower tumbled downHe drifted away […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh March 6, 2026March 6, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Passing Shadow Spent a lifetime chasing her—A soulmate, a captivating shadowWalking a step ahead alwaysThrough corridors of youthAnd afterwards, too. Years gathered decisivelyLike dust on forgotten journalsNow she lingers in the thresholdAs though our shared time & languageHas slipped in perpetuity from memory. So, I’m tied in knotsWith a recurring thought –This body a soul polishes with […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh March 5, 2026March 6, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Drenched in Joy The land’s wild fire still clings in streaks of roseHoli’s dust converges with salt and shifting tideWhat a peach-hued glow against water wavesAs the shifting currents gently brush her side. She stands where glorious seas and soul meetAnd sunset’s metallic gold reflected in her skinThe majestic ocean’s foam is cooling at her feetWhile all the […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh March 4, 2026March 4, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
A Permian Ancestor In the wild as well gardens of stoneA shadow remains from the ancient ageWith leaves like fans, of a delicate greenA witness to eras that people has not seenNo flowers to offer, no fragrance to shedIt stands on the soil where titans once tread. A flyover through the eons, a singular lineSo much gold in […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 3, 2026May 3, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Armored Sentinel On ancient sands with the tides lowAn armoured relic walked from days of yoreWith ten legs scrambling in a rhythmic danceMoving across the sand with a backward glanceAlso ten compound eyes – complex and brightFor finding its way through the day and night. A silent guest and ageless sentinel of shoresThe living fossil as also […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 2, 2026May 2, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
A Fascinating Living Fossil It belongs to a timeless questWithout losing its own identityAn ancient mariner and silent witnessTo the rise and fall of dinosaursIn true sense, it’s the Titan of DeepIn sapphire caves where the currents rest. A relic of old yet remarkably trueScales like armour of silver and blueDwellers of the “Twilight Zone” of oceanA hollow cord […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 1, 2026May 1, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
निःशब्द प्रतिध्वनि न मुझे कोई आभास है, अब कोई सरोकार भी नहीं,ये शब्द तुम तक पहुँचें या खो जाएँ हवाओं में कहीं;सत्य एक शिलाखंड है – एकाकी, खुरदरा और निर्भ्रांत,जिस दिन तुम्हें खोया, मेरी दुनिया पर छा गई थी रात। लोग मुझे अक्सर कहते हैं, कि पाषाण सा अडिग हूँ मैंकिसे ज्ञात है, अपनी ही पीड़ा की […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 1, 2026May 1, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
A Voiceless Echo I have no inkling, nor much is left for me to careIf these words find your eyes or dissolve in the airThe stark truth is a monolith – sole, jagged and vastThe day that I lost you, the world’s shadow was cast. Now they call me strong, that I stand like a stoneFew know I […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh April 30, 2026April 30, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
A Permian Ancestor In the wild as well gardens of stoneA shadow remains from the ancient ageWith leaves like fans, of a delicate greenA witness to eras that people has not seenNo flowers to offer, no fragrance to shedIt stands on the soil where titans once tread. A flyover through the eons, a singular lineSo much gold in […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 3, 2026May 3, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Armored Sentinel On ancient sands with the tides lowAn armoured relic walked from days of yoreWith ten legs scrambling in a rhythmic danceMoving across the sand with a backward glanceAlso ten compound eyes – complex and brightFor finding its way through the day and night. A silent guest and ageless sentinel of shoresThe living fossil as also […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 2, 2026May 2, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
A Fascinating Living Fossil It belongs to a timeless questWithout losing its own identityAn ancient mariner and silent witnessTo the rise and fall of dinosaursIn true sense, it’s the Titan of DeepIn sapphire caves where the currents rest. A relic of old yet remarkably trueScales like armour of silver and blueDwellers of the “Twilight Zone” of oceanA hollow cord […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 1, 2026May 1, 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