Contemplation Poems

When life-long delusions end and we suddenly discover the truth, a heart-break invariably follows. So beautifully expressed in this poem of Harivansh Rai Bachchan! Rajiv Krishna Saxena तब रोक न पाया मैं आँसू जिसके पीछे पागल हो कर मैं दौड़ा अपने जीवन भर, जब मृगजल में परिवर्तित हो, मुझ पर …

Bekal Utsaahi (real name Mohammad Shafi Khan) is a well know poet with grass-roots in Hindi heartland. His geets reflects the concerns of farmers and rural folks. He wrote some gazals also though his forte remained geets as the last two lines of the gazal below convey. The poet was …

Two lovely short poems about mature love. First poem refers to a plethora of pain, and sadness that accumulate through a life spent with each other, but remain silent and un-communicated. The second one shows how a couple after a life lived together; find themselves becoming un-separable parts of each …

Youth has so many dreams and aspirations… Life however takes its own course and age marches menacingly on us every moment. As we hit middle age, dreams remain unfulfilled even as dwindling courage forces us to bury those dreams and ideologies in the deep gorge of inaction… Rajiv Krishna Saxena …

Some times, a very empathetic and persistent enquiry from someone very close, moves one to tears. Here is a lovely poem by Balkrishna Rao. Rajiv Krishna Saxena उत्तर न होगा वह कोई दुख नया नहीं है सच मानो, कुछ भी नहीं है नया कोई टीस, कोई व्यथा, कोई दाह कुछ …

Here is a wonderful poem by Ram Avtar Tyagi. I see in it a plea for preservation of our culture and the frustration of the poet on the sad fact that it has become necessary to make such a plea – Rajiv Krishna Saxena जब मिलेगी रोशनी मुझसे मिलेगी इस …

Here is an excerpt from the classic epic Bharat-Bharti written by Rashtra Kavi Maithili Sharan Gupt (1886-1964). The topic is very contemporary as beef eating is being discussed extensively these days. The poem is very moving and in a way argues against killing of defense-less animals by all powerful humans …

It is amazing how some people derive pleasure from sabotaging or spoiling things for others without any reason. But when the wisdom dawns, we tend to take even such people in stride and forgive them. All human beings are after all creatures of circumstances and they do what they must …

He who died unsung, unheard, for the Motherland, who was he? Countless people gave their lives for the freedom of the country. We only know about a handful. Others contributed their lives and faded away unsung and forgotten. Here is a touching poem by Hanskumar Tiwari. Rajiv Krishna Saxena मिट्टी …

Challenges are taken by the youth. In old age one becomes mature and wiser not only to avoid pointless challenges but to come to realize that accepting challenges is in a way pointless. This poem is one of the trilogy of poems on this theme of remaining unaffected and unmoved …