Collection
Small Delights.
Cake, tea, and the sweetness hiding in plain sight
14 poems
Some poems arrive with the weight of the world on their shoulders. These arrive with a cup of tea and a slice of cake. Dr. Jindal has a gift for finding delight in the humblest sensory details—the steam rising from a cup, the geometry of a sandwich, the first bite of ice cream—and letting that delight stand, without apology, as its own kind of wisdom. They are reminders that attention itself is a form of gratitude.
Hello
Apostrophe to a dessert. Delight stripped down to its simplest, most direct form.
Earl grey tea
Tea as vehicle for thought. A named cup, a named blend, and the mind fills on its own.
The heat
Sensory chain from cup to nose to mind. A tea ritual distilled into pure warmth.
Sweet
Endearment as confection. The beloved becomes a delicacy, savored in the simplest possible language.
Splendid you are
Tenderness distilled into coffee for two. The smile arrives before the person does.
Ice Cream Tastes
Taste and memory fused in a single image. The sprinkle is nostalgia, not sugar.
Well hello ice cream cone
Dialogue with dessert. Two lines of mock-formality turn a cone into a welcomed guest.
Sugar
A recipe list as miniature poem. Three ingredients, one clear purpose: sweetness over sourness.
Crackers cheese chips
Snack-food catalog turned meditation. Fullness of the belly migrates upward to the mind.
Happiness is
Grand claim undercut by playful specificity. Happiness is everywhere -- but cream and strawberries help.
May you have a great
Life as a cup -- brewed, sweetened, spiced. A blessing built on kitchen imagery.
Never Seen A 'Wich Like Thus
Playful dialect meets mindful eating. A corned beef sandwich elevated to a moment of bliss.
Melon pan
Melon pan above Tokyo -- a Japanese sweet bread becomes a snapshot of contentment. Place and taste in three lines.
Light and bright
Adjective pairs build momentum -- light, bright, fast, fun. Delight arrives before reason can.