Akhand Singh

Akhand Singh is an engineer by heart and a storyteller by passion. He spends his days building scalable software and his evenings capturing moments that disappear. Code and poetry might seem worlds apart, but both have taught him the same thing: clarity comes from what you choose to leave out.

As a poet, he focuses on subtle details that are easy to miss: a train moving slowly, a word left unspoken, the space between thoughts. His poems aim for calm rather than perfection, and they turn ordinary moments into reflections on what it means to be human. His poetry series, In Every Breath, a Thought, asks readers to pause and breathe with each line. The collections so far are Between Words and The Shape of Hope, and Threads of Memory is coming in February 2027. Each book stands on its own, so readers can begin anywhere.

Akhand grew up in Jabalpur, India, and began writing poetry at fourteen. His debut novel, The Slip of Me, is a coming-of-age story about friendship, first love, and growing up in small-town India. He wrote it over eight years while moving to the United States to study computer science. Today he is an engineering leader who designs front-end systems with empathy at their core: systems that serve people, not just processes. His poetry and prose are inspired by the wild, open places he explores.

Find more of his work at akhandsingh.com and on Instagram @byakhandsingh.