Let’s Ensure
A socially engaged poem that moves from individual grief toward a wider appeal for humane public life and responsible politics.
Official author website
Poetry
Published poetry, award-winning work, selected public poems and the developing Journey Incognito collection.
Poetry & Thought
At the edge of the visible
Badal Paul’s poetry moves through consciousness, mortality, science, silence, hope, society and the mysterious border between the material and the inward life.
Award-WinningMetaphysicalHuman ConditionLanguageEarly Poems
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International literary recognition
Whispers Between Worlds: A Dialogue with the Ancient
Third Prize · 2024 Steve Miller / BSFS Annual Poetry Contest · USA
A speculative poem exploring consciousness and the ancient intelligence of the more-than-human world.
Official BSFS recordPublished poetry
Selected poems
Selected poems available through published and public literary sources.
Within Us
A compact affirmation of hope as an inner source of endurance, trust and connection.
Give Insight
A warm occasional poem built around humility, companionship, renewal and good wishes.
Shouldn’t Be Ignored
An early playful poem that turns the overlooked last letter of the English alphabet into a witty meditation on neglect and attention.
Whispers Between Worlds: A Dialogue with the Ancient
An award-winning speculative poem at the meeting point of human consciousness, ancient presence and the more-than-human world.
Collection in development
Journey Incognito
Poems of the Inner Traveller is a 40-poem working collection arranged in four movements, from spiritual inquiry and Kriya practice through consciousness and nonduality to society, psychology and ordinary life.
40 poems4 movements1 inner journey
I · The Seeker, Brahman & KarmaII · Divine Mother, Kriya & Inner PracticeIII · Death, Rebirth & ConsciousnessIV · Society, Psychology & Silent Teachers