To be or not to be are
Not philosophical questions alone
They are existential questions too.
Dr. Jernail Singh Anand, a renowned poet and writer from Chandigarh, India, shares his poetry
Dr. Jernail Singh Anand, based in Chandigarh, is an Indian poet and scholar credited with 170 plus books of English literature, philosophy and spirituality. He won great Serbian Award Charter of Morava and his name adorns the Poets’ Rock in Serbia. He was honored with Seneca Award LAUDIS CHARTA by Academy of Arts & Philosophical Sciences, Bari, Italy 2024. He is Founder President of the International Academy of Ethics and conferred Doctor of Philosophy (Honoris Causa) by University of Engineering & Management, (UEM) Jaipur. Email anandjs55@yahoo.com
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TO BE OR NOT TO BE
Everything needs wherewithal
To stay in life
If we find things in their place
The simple reason is
They are not denied
The justification of their being.
To be or not to be are
Not philosophical questions alone
They are existential questions too
Can one stay in life
Or one must withdraw
These issues too matter
Not only are men, who are found
At their routine jobs
Duly or un-duly fed
Even birds flap out
Into the next day in the faith
They will be fed
Today also as they were yesterday.
Things which are not supported
In their diurnal necessities
By nature
Soon go out of existence
And wait no longer than
A tree whose roots get dried up
In the continued absence of water.
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THE SAFE SANCTUARY
The safest place
For a person is
Home
Where people love each other
And live in mutual faith.
Let us not make
Our home
Unsafe
With undue demands
From other partners
After God’s heavenly abode
Only place where
We feel at home
Is our Home
Distrust can destroy it
Where shall we go
To guard against winds
And tempests?
Minor imperfections are better
Than to expose ourselves to tempests
If animals and birds
Can have families
They too protect their homes
And rear young ones
Why we have lost faith in it?
A nest is made of faith,
Not of bricks and mortar
It takes two
To form a family
And love to keep it together.
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