Poem Contemplation You live in my heartMy dreams and imaginationLike an epitome of beauty,Elegance and perfectionThrough this ageless journeyOf endless joy and pain… You rule my mindMy thoughts and perceptionLike an epitome of museIn my reverie and convictionThrough this ageless journeyOf everlasting joy and pain… All along this eternal yearningMelodies of our time live onAnd I have […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 16, 2020October 7, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem An Eternal Friendship I couldn’t excel any testOf proving your best friend everBut I craved to be the oneFor you in life that really cares I may not have shownOutward caring for you everYet my heart longed foreverOnly for your happiness and welfare I never indulged in talkingWith many people about youBut I’m the one who yearnedEvery moment in life […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 15, 2020October 6, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Amaltas In those so carefully savedPictures in my recent albumWhen I look at her pretty, pale faceWith a thoughtful yet detached expressionAnd a smile as if for some damage controlEnigma remains to me, why all this…But the mystery only further deepensA crisis in an already turbulent lifeAnd a feeling of the absence and loss. A strange […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 15, 2020October 6, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem A Vain Illusion Aspired for comfort of a citybut I live in a desert now,a vast expanse larger than life.It has no colorsbut only shades of brown and black.And no hopes but sand dunes,Cactus, wild berries and creepy reptiles.Roaming miles for an oasis to quench my thirstAnd a shade of green to rest.Life out here is difficult than […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 14, 2020October 6, 2021 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