Author Archives: Docpoet

You’ve come to my clinic, which is state of the art Equipped with latest technology to treat diseases of the heart An AI-enabled bot has taken your detailed history for me It has scanned your face, analyzed your gait and generated differentials already Your vitals are checked without manual intervention, so is your weight onContinue reading “Doctoring in the Age of AI”

A plan to cool our rapidly warming planet has been designed This idea of dispersing sand to block sun’s rays blows my mind And brings up questions simultaneously What would the ill-effects on human beings be.. * Submicroscopic amorphous silica (sand) particles would be suspended Eleven miles above the ground, these particles are intended ToContinue reading “Cool the Planet”

Generally I do not think I am a particularly nosy person But there is indeed one exception- Incredibly nosy (or curious) I can be If in your possession a book I see * If you’re reading a book, I want to know Its title, its genre, whether the plot is fast-paced or slow I haveContinue reading “My Tribe”

All these years, I have been trying to climb The pyramid of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, only to find That self-actualization is not the highest rung In the hierarchical pyramid the hero unsung Is self-transcendence- where you transcend your ego To connect with something beyond yourself- you go Past self-centered focus towards collective well-being WhereContinue reading “Climbing Maslow’s Pyramid”

I’ve always wondered how writers of thrillers can write A single sentence with words positioned just right To send a shiver down your spine Chilling you to the bone such that you find Yourself riveted to their writing, hungering for more The book in front of you seems better than anything you’ve read before *Continue reading “One Sentence”

When I was younger, my patient notes I would write In passive voice, imposter syndrome I was still trying to fight Even when I had made a decision I was afraid to say it was me Most of the time I felt was treading on ground shaky If I used the active voice, instead ofContinue reading “Claiming Ownership”

I just learnt that there is a Japanese word for what I often do- I buy books but do not read them- it is called “Tsundoku” Books that I have bought languish in my bookcase I leave them for a time when I might have to face The inability to borrow books from the libraryContinue reading “Tsundoku”

Mother’s day rolls around and I dread My child bringing me breakfast in bed It is a sweet gesture and I should be thrilled But the actual execution leaves me filled With anxiety at the messiness that comes with it Clearly in the traditional mold I do not fit * First of all, I haveContinue reading “Mother’s Day Tradition”

As an avid reader, the length of a book rarely intimidates me But there is one thing I do not like to see And that is a lengthy preface, especially one that is not Included in the total page count, if there is a lot That the writer wants to say, in my opinion itContinue reading “No Long Preface..”

Carrying designer labels and showcasing luxury brands is supposed to be Of having made it in the world, the epitome To get a one of its kind piece designed With the specific customer in mind Is of their purchasing power a demonstration Few of us make it to that rarefied destination The rest of usContinue reading “One of a Kind”

I spent a hundred hours avoiding what would in the end Take me three hours to complete, I can pretend That those hours were spent in preparing for the work that I did eventually But that would be an exaggeration, if not a blatant lie, you see I was just procrastinating out of fear IContinue reading “Procrastinating..”

I wish along with my poems I had scribbled footnotes So that I could rediscover why I wrote The lines that I did, months and years ago What was I thinking at the time, I want to know Was I amused by something, was I angry or irked I would like to remember how IContinue reading “Footnotes”