Desh Prem Poems

Here is an old classic poem of Rashtra Kavi Maithili Sharan Gupta about the glory of motherland. Rajiv Krishna Saxena मातृभूमि नीलांबर परिधान हरित तट पर सुन्दर है। सूर्य-चन्द्र युग मुकुट, मेखला रत्नाकर है॥ नदियाँ प्रेम प्रवाह, फूल तारे मंडन हैं। बंदीजन खग-वृन्द, शेषफन सिंहासन है॥ करते अभिषेक पयोद हैं, …

Here is an old classic inspirational poem by Jay Shankar Prasad – Rajiv Krishna Saxena हिमाद्रि तुंग शृंग से हिमाद्रि तुंग शृंग से प्रबुद्ध शुद्ध भारती– स्वयं प्रभा समुज्ज्वला स्वतंत्रता पुकारती– ‘अमर्त्य वीर पुत्र हो, दृढ़- प्रतिज्ञ सोच लो, प्रशस्त पुण्य पंथ है, बढ़े चलो, बढ़े चलो!’ असंख्य कीर्ति-रश्मियाँ विकीर्ण …

There is always nostalgia about the country we left long ago. Even as we wade our way through alien society and land, heart often pines for good old Home. Here is a poem of this nostalgia from Ramdhari Singh Dinkar – Rajiv Krishna Saxena रे प्रवासी जाग रे प्रवासी‚ जाग‚ …

On the auspicious occasion of the birthday of our past Prime Minister Atal Ji, I am posting excerpt from an inspiring poem written by him. सिंधु में ज्वार आज सिंधु में ज्वार उठा है नगपति फिर ललकार उठा है कुरुक्षेत्र के कण–कण से फिर पांचजन्य हुँकार उठा है। शत–शत आघातों …

Dr. Raj Kumar is a retired professor of psychiatry. He is also a poet of an era bygone. I enjoyed hearing some of his poems in person. Here is a sample poem that exhorts those who left home in pursuit of riches, to return home. Rajiv Krishna Saxena जानते हो? …

Raj Narayan Bisaria Ji, the well know Hindi poet, worked in Hindi service of BBC in London for ten years. Here is a poem he wrote when he finally returned to India. The poem shows the sheer exhilaration of home-coming. Enjoy! Rajiv Krishna Saxena. घर वापसी घर लौट के आया …

Here is a poem written by the famous poetess Subhadra Kumari Chauhan at the time of freedom struggle of India. It depicts the desire of a child to learn the use of sword to ward off policemen who come to arrest the freedom fighter ‘Kaka’. Rajiv Krishna Saxena पानी और …

Here is an excerpt from a famous poem of Dr. Dharmvir Bharti written at the time of Jai Prakash Narain’s movement of 1974. This sounds so apt in today’s scenario when Anna Hazare is leading a mass anti-corruption movement that seems to have mesmerized the people of India. Rajiv Krishna …

Here is a famous poem that was written by the well known poet Girija Kumar Mathur at the time when India got independence. The poem is still relevant today. Rajiv Krishna Saxena पंद्रह अगस्त: 1947 आज जीत की रात पहरुए सावधान रहना! खुले देश के द्वार अचल दीपक समान रहना! …

Here is an old classic poem by Rashtra-Kavi Mathilisharan Gupt, praising the great and ancient motherland India. Rajiv Krishna Saxena विजय भेरी जीवन रण में फिर बजे विजय की भेरी। भारत फिर भी हो सफल साधना तेरी। आत्मा का अक्षय भाव जगाया तू ने, इस भाँति मृत्यु भय मार भगाया …