CREATION, WONDER AND SENSE IN DR. JERNAIL S. ANAND'S POETRY, Author - Dr. Manoranjan Das

CREATION, WONDER, AND SENSE IN THE POETRY OF DR. JERNAIL S. ANAND

Dr. Manoranjan Das
E-mail: manoranjandas20018@gmail.com

The poet Dr. Jernail S. Anand, an intellectual poet par excellence, conveys the idea that creation, wonder, and the inner sense of awe are interconnected and give human life a deeper meaning. He reflects on the continuous flow of time and its role in creating history. Thus, he writes:
“History can never be repeated
Same water does not flow
In the same stream
At the same place
We are all the time
Doing nothing
But creating
Or harrassing history.”1

Obviously, he suggests that creation brings forth existence, while wonder opens our eyes to beauty. The inner sense of wonder helps us to feel and understand our place in the universe. He refers to sensibility as a good portress, whose right hand opens the door to pleasure while the left opens it to pain. Thus, it may be added:

“Sensibility would be a good portress, if she had but one hand; with her right she opens the door to pleasure, but with her left to pain.”2

It is important to note that he suggests that creation brings things into existence from nothing, bringing order, art, and nature into being, and that every created thing has a unique form and function. He connects his creative vision with the idea that wonder can inspire future generations. Thus, he writes:

“History which is in the making
Wonders why instead of
Doing some good
So that future generations
Could be happier
We waste days and months
In recalling historical personages
in the name of inspiration.”3

In his poetry, Dr. Jernail S. Anand suggests that creating or observing things helps people express love and care. Wonder stops us in our tracks when we see a star, a flower, or the vast sky. He expresses a sense of wonder through the beauty of nature, portraying the days as smiling, the light as dancing, and the birds as singing while the Queen of Spring gently sways. Thus, it may be added:

“The days are smiling,
The sweet light is dancing on the wavy green fields,
The bridge is walking in the flowers and the leaves
Are smelling. The cuckoos are singing.
The reddish cotton silk flowers, the flame of the forest,
Mango blossoms arrange
The beauty of Spring- queen's place.
They are shaking their heads,
And the air is whispering fairy tales.”4

Through his poetry, he suggests that curiosity makes us ask profound questions about life and our origins, while joy brings back a childlike sense of happiness and peace to the mind. Thus, a poem on him reads:

“You are the depth of truth
Where with faith
You organise curiously,
globally in
The wings of
greenness
and fineness.
Your base of wooness
is entangled
with
meaning and healing
Where wisdom
with uniform
is quantified
the support of goodness
and gentleness.”5

Profoundly, Dr. Jernail S. Anand develops the idea through his poetry that the purpose of our senses is to awaken our awareness of the world. Our basic senses enable us to touch, see, and taste the world, while our inner sense guides us to appreciate truth and grace. He draws inspiration from grace and suggests that great deeds performed through the senses can lead to glorious actions. Thus, he writes:

“In their own times
They did not look back for inspiration
Time forced them to act
And they did not lose grace
In the face of temptations
That is what makes them great.
What are we doing?
We have no such sense of grace
And spend our time only
Remembering their glorious actions.”6

Through his thought and poetry, the great poet suggests that fulfilment through togetherness emerges from creation, wonder, and the awakening of our senses. He explores the idea of democracy through the grace of moonbeams, where the blue sky is illuminated by the silver glow of wonder. Thus, it may be added:

“Day's capitalism, monarchy's might
At night, turned nude in democracy's light.
The earth also bathes in lunar grace
Bare moonbeams kiss its silent face.
The blue sky writes a diary in pain's ink
Stars and sorrow cross space sink.
Helpless love sobs deep and slow
On silver lips of moonlight's glow.”7

Dr. Jernail Singh Anand was born on January 15, 1955. He is an acclaimed Indian poet, philosopher, and prolific author who has written more than a hundred books spanning poetry, fiction, and spiritual non-fiction. He founded the International Academy of Ethics and has received international honours, including prestigious literary awards and honorary membership in the Association of Serbian Writers.
He was born in Longowal, Punjab, India. He earned his doctorate in English from Panjab University, Chandigarh. He retired as a college principal and serves as Honorary Professor Emeritus at the Institute of European Roma Studies and Research. His works have drawn comparisons with classic masterpieces, and he is recognised internationally as a major voice in contemporary Indian English literature.
Dr. Jernail Singh Anand is an Indian poet, columnist, and environmental activist. He has written numerous books of English poetry, fiction, and non-fiction.
Moreover, he argues that rediscovering the wonder of creation leads us to recognise the greatness of God, whose creation is unfathomably brilliant. Like a good father, the Lord has established boundaries for all creation. He emphasises the importance of performing one's duty in the present while remaining conscious of the needs of future generations. Thus, he writes:

“I have seen history upset
And irritated with such people
Who instead of doing their duty
Towards future,
Drag the past heroes
In the present who have
Nothing to say about the future
Of mankind
Which is afflicted by AI...”8

Conceptually, Dr. Jernail S. Anand suggests that God gives each of us a capacity for awe and that this sense of awe enables us to perceive the divine. He also explores the conception of external things and their perception, suggesting that the significance of sense, creation, and wonder contributes to our understanding of reality and its manifestations. Thus, it may be added:

“...whether there can be or
be not external things, it is agreed on all hands that the proper use of words
is the marking our conceptions, or things only as they are known and perceived
by us; whence it plainly follows that on the tenets we have laid down there is
nothing inconsistent with the right use and significancy of language,
and that discourse, of what kind soever, so far as it is intelligible, remains
undisturbed. But all this seems to manifest, from what has been largely set
forth in the premises, that it is needless to insist any farther on it.”9

Overall, he suggests that the study of history is closely connected with substance and meaning, and that knowledge should be applied to the course of life through creation, wonder, and sense. He emphasises the importance of historical accuracy and the lessons that history offers. Thus, he writes:

“History is like a corpse
Kept at a mortuary
We are doctors who visit
The mortuary day and night
And come up with our own theories.
Who murdered whom and
What was the exact time
Corpses do not speak
Only thank us for doting over dead.”10


         On the whole, Dr. Jernail S. Anand's poetry presents a profound philosophy of life in which history, creation, wonder, and the senses are deeply interconnected. His poetry encourages readers to reflect on the past, appreciate the beauty of creation, cultivate a sense of wonder, and use their senses and inner awareness to understand life more meaningfully. His poetic vision also emphasises the importance of duty, grace, wisdom, and responsibility towards future generations. Thus, creation, wonder, and sense become essential dimensions of his poetic philosophy and provide a meaningful framework for understanding human existence.


References
1. Mortuary; Dr. Jernail S. Anand; The Raft of Dreams Literary Magazine website www.net
2. Colton ; The New Dictionary of Thoughts ; Ed.T. Edwards D.D. and Others, Standard Lit., 2002; P-607;
3. Ad No.1;
4.I am with the Queen of the Seasons; The Unspoken Words of the Blue Planet; Md Ejaj Ahamed; Dream Raft Publication, Aurangabad, Murshidabad, W.B., Pin-742301; 2025; P-16;
5.  Instant Poetry; M. Das;
6. As No. 1;
7. Ruined Life; Broken Modernity; Eric Pub., BMG 3 No., Rly Stn., 24Pgs(N); W.B., India, Pin-743348; 2026; P-32;
8. As No.1;
9. George Berkeley; A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge; The World's Great Thinkers: The Speculative Philosophers. Random House, New York, 1947, pp. 295–296.
10. As No 1;

*Major help: Md Ejaj Ahamed*