Featured Poetry Pariksith Singh Slowly we drift into shadows

Slowly we drift into shadows

Slowly we drift into shadows
As twilight grows dun
Selves of gray
Disappear in the dark

Our bodies buried
Under their own
Subliminal weight
Slide into the murk
In the pure abyss of night

With closed eyes
Shorn of thought
Each object is seen
In entirety

A little lamp still
Burns unseen
Within the quiet
Center of things

Pariksith Singh

Pariksith Singh is, first of all, a poet and a philosopher, though not of any academic mould. He has evolved, and is still evolving, his own philosophy of life and work which he has been articulating in terms of his very personalized poetry and equally personalized medical practice.

Whether healing a patient, running a business or writing a poem, Pariksith Singh is always looking for that “perfect expression of the spirit in matter” – and this is P. Singh’s unique and consistent signature in all his works.

P. Singh’s literature is the articulation of this “inner quest” for the spirit’s perfection in matter, and therefore an expression of the eternal struggle of form (matter) to attain the supreme fluidity of content (spirit) and content to attain the perfect expression in form.

Ouevre

The Ghazal: A Poorly Adapted Form in English

Prose by Pariksith Singh

The ghazal is perhaps one of the most exotic forms of poetry. Steeped in oriental traditions and imagery, it stands unique in being a major non-narrative lyrical form of poetry...

The Future of Indian Poetry

Prose by Pariksith Singh

Indian poetry in English is flat. There is no depth. This was my impression when I read some anthologies edited by Pritish Nandy few decades ago. This remains my impression...

The Musical Structure of Four Quartets

Prose by Pariksith Singh

The Four Quartets is a masterpiece. It is Eliot at his maturest, though perhaps not necessarily best with each line. The great achievement of this poem, if one may call...

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Anthology

Sky-Bird

Poetry by Pariksith Singh

To fly Is to be The infinite space To rise Into openness The vast opens as I My love of transparence Fills me now To flesh and marrow The journey...

सब लुट गया तो क्या, तू अब भी है

Poetry by Omendra Ratnu

सब लुट गया तो क्या, तू अब भी है, अँधेरी रातों में तेरी महक अब भी है ! टूटती नहीं ये खुमारी क्या करें, वजूद में मेरे घुली मिली,...

मैंने देखा मौन का साम्राज्य

Poetry by Omendra Ratnu

वाणी के जगत के समानांतर, धारण किये उसे भी , किन्तु अस्पर्शित, अभेद्य , अप्रभावित, स्थापित एक वर्तुल में ,स्वयं में लीन विस्तीर्ण और अविभाज्य ! मैंने देखा मौन का साम्राज्य , वाणी के भरता घाव स्थायित्व से , गर्भवती स्त्री सा , स्वयं से ठीक विपरीत को पोषण दे , पूरी सहिष्णुता से, बिन राजा , बिन प्रजा , ये कैसा राज्य ! मैंने देखा मौन का साम्राज्य … भासता निष्टुर , किन्तु है करुणामय , बैठा अनमना सा, ढोता ब्रह्माण्ड को सहज ही , निश्चिन्त उपवास में रत , देता प्रवेश निस्पंद , विदा भी, बिन क्रंदन , परम अद्वैत में स्थित, न कुछ ग्राह्य , न त्याज्य ! मैंने देखा मौन का साम्राज्य