Poem The Monochrome He carried the tiny greyscale anchorFondly in his small wallet over yearsThe image of an auspicious charmerWhich mattered in life like a compass Over the dusty paths of daily strifeIt casted a glow that shaped his lifeWithout this compass in the darkThe blinding fog would dim his spark. But one fine morning, from his vestThe […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh July 16, 2026July 16, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem The Photograph Editor’s Pick For years I saveda monochrome universeintact within my wallet –not to confine a memorybut to walk beside a fairy-light. It had no voiceyet constantly for me,it whispered courage,confidence and success;It had no handsyet steadied my wavering steps;As I envisioned it sanctified the chaotic paths of life. Then one day under casual sunthe photograph […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh July 13, 2026July 13, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Untold Truth Long years are a chasm, an unbridgeable gapYet those small, fragile tidbits refuse to stopThey rise in my loneliness, they flicker and playLeaving the heart perplexed in restless disarray. The fragile links that we forged in youthful heartThose soft, tangled threads that remind our pastIn a phantom touch, the untold truth whispersAnd takes away […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh May 12, 2026May 12, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem The Pamban 1976 Where the Pamban span kissed the blueTethering, island to the Mandapam seashoreThe inquisitive student knelt; age twenty yearsTo study what the deep oceanic abyss shares. The local fishermen in patterned clothesWatched the boy from the college booksPresenting a crescent guard of quiet prideTo help him unlock the secrets of the tide. It was neither phantom, […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh April 28, 2026April 28, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Living The Rose Day Editor’s Pick In days of yore, I tended a garden…Seasons’ most radiant red rosesI fancied giving you in the bygone daysYears slipped away, destiny had its designsWilted but one still untouched by timeRests in my vintage diary’s untold rhyme. Brilliant red roses of love and lightBloomed like moonlit beacon in nightWith time, insight dawned and […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh February 7, 2026February 7, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Virtual Reality Back at homeIn my solitudeFinding me all aloneSomeone quietly sneaks inPlaying with my eyes and earsTo remind our sweet and sour past. On my wayAs I walk aloneA gentle breeze touchesWith so familiar fragranceAnd I perceive footsteps behindAs if someone is quietly followingTo rewind our sweet and sour past. For a momentA figura emergesAnd I […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 23, 2020October 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem This City The reticent mind cleverly maneuversTo stay away from the city seeking solaceFrom the haunting memories and thoughtsBut the resilient heart simply cravesAnd compels him time and againComing back to this city to simulateIn a dilemma to do or not to doRevisiting fateful moments and placesWhere love and friendship once grewAnd met a nemesis of perpetual […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 23, 2020October 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Rajnigandha Solace When ghosts of the past hauntBody and mind are pensiveAnd melancholy looms largeThe vibrant and sweet fragranceOf a fresh bunch of RajnigandhaUshers in her sweet memories And evoke thoughts bringingSome solace to his wretched heart. Image (c) GettyImages 38,178 total views, 12 views today Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 23, 2020October 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Resurgence Finding me aloneIn my solitudeYou quietly sneak inMy resurgent memories And remind me the pastTo the minutest detailsOnly to render meRestless and penchantIn every momentFor days. 38,241 total views, 10 views today Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 22, 2020October 8, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Poem Remembrance And what is better thenRemembrance or love! Love is spontaneous and volatileOne doesn’t plan but it just happensRemembrance is stable and sereneOne lives it in life again and again. Some people befriend and loveSome people love and be friendLove makes one good and caringRemembrance inspires for better. An ocean of love while in loveSome people […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh December 22, 2020October 8, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Portuguese Man o’ War Neither reckon it by a single formNor seek one rhyme in a single partInstead, a choir of countless livesUnited to work for a common quest. It doesn’t have a recognizableHeart, brain, lungs, shell or bonesYet together they become a whole –Like many minds that keep one alive. One part spreads feast beneath the seaThe other […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 1, 2026August 1, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Rafflesia’s Parable No garden soil or forest floor holds its placeAs it rests inside a tree trunk’s quiet spaceIt has no wings to fly across the sky so blueYet it appears to world totally fresh and new. No living roots or green leaves one will findFar from the crowd, it hides away from mindOn the fallen wood […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh July 30, 2026August 1, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Touch-me-not Even a gentle touch triggers instant joltAnd my swelling bases empty forthrightThe closing leaflets shield against the foeA shrewd defence within a silent show. Folks may call me timid, or call me shyFor I fold instantly when fingers draw nighMany would say that I fear the worldA logic why tender leaves in silence curled. It’s […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh July 28, 2026July 28, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Sentinels of the Savanna The giraffe is a fascinating creature to seeOne of the most wondrous that ever could beWith seven neck bones just like you and meIt can lift head upto twenty feet high and free. Inside the chest, a massive heart is foundWhich might weigh full twenty-five poundThen it has special valves inside efficient brainTo […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh July 27, 2026July 27, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Ostrich: Myth and Might A feathered-friend unique in many waysOstrich finds freedom not in cloudsBut where the endless grasslands swayPossess only two toes and large eyesThe largest and heaviest living birdFlightless yet the fastest running biped. Neither it boasts an eagle’s soaring prideNor over canyon depths they ever glideInstead their powerful legs loudly proclaimThe dusty desert tracks as their […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh July 27, 2026July 27, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Portuguese Man o’ War Neither reckon it by a single formNor seek one rhyme in a single partInstead, a choir of countless livesUnited to work for a common quest. It doesn’t have a recognizableHeart, brain, lungs, shell or bonesYet together they become a whole –Like many minds that keep one alive. One part spreads feast beneath the seaThe other […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh August 1, 2026August 1, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Rafflesia’s Parable No garden soil or forest floor holds its placeAs it rests inside a tree trunk’s quiet spaceIt has no wings to fly across the sky so blueYet it appears to world totally fresh and new. No living roots or green leaves one will findFar from the crowd, it hides away from mindOn the fallen wood […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh July 30, 2026August 1, 2026 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Touch-me-not Even a gentle touch triggers instant joltAnd my swelling bases empty forthrightThe closing leaflets shield against the foeA shrewd defence within a silent show. Folks may call me timid, or call me shyFor I fold instantly when fingers draw nighMany would say that I fear the worldA logic why tender leaves in silence curled. It’s […] Written by Dr. Jaipal Singh July 28, 2026July 28, 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