Frustration Poems

Our creations in life bind us and restrict us. That is because we become attached to what we create, and any attachments we form bind us and in a way become an obstacle in our growth and progress. Here is a lovely poem by Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena – Rajiv Krishna …

Here is a great poem of Gulzar, immortalized in the movie “Aandhi”. People may start their life’s journey from seemingly equal levels, but some achieve great heights in their careers where other settle into very ordinary lives. The metaphor of high speed highways and tiny side by lanes is so …

Those who walked together got separated one day. Only memories remained and tears. Here is a beautiful poem of Chandradev Singh – Rajiv Krishna Saxena गीली शाम तुम तो गये केवल शब्दों के नाम पलकों की अरगनी पर टांग गये शाम। एक गीली शाम। हिलते हवाओं में तिथियों के लेखापत्र …

Some times we look at the world just as an observer. We see all the colors, beauty and joy, but just as an outside observer and not as a participant. There is an acute sense of loneliness, as if nothing belongs to us. Here is how Dharamvir Bharati Ji conveys …

Nothing works at times and the feeling of frustration is overbearing. Here is a nice poem by Narendra Chanchal- Rajiv Krishna Saxena दरवाज़े बंद मिले बार–बार चिल्लाया सूरज का नाम जाली में बांध गई केसरिया शाम दर्द फूटना चाहा अनचाहे छंद मिले दरवाज़े बंद मिले। गंगाजल पीने से हो गया …

Here is another funny poem by Jamini Hariyanavi Ji. Rajiv Krishna Saxena चल मियाँ आज कल पड़ती नहीं है कल मियाँ छोड़ कर दुनियां कहीं अब चल मियाँ रात बिजली ने परेशां कर दिया सुबह धोखा दे गया है नल मियाँ लग रही है आग देखे जाइये पास तेरे जल …

People keep a mask on (sipping tea and laughing) but inside there is so much suffering that remains hidden from others. Rajiv Krishna Saxena एक चाय की चुस्की एक चाय की चुस्की, एक कहकहा अपना तो इतना सामान ही रहा चुभन और दंशन पैने यथार्थ के पग–पग पर घेरे रहे …

Journey of life is frustrating. One may even wonder, why travel at all. Yet, as Bachchan Ji says in this poem, one has to keep on moving till the last breath. Rajiv Krishna Saxena यात्रा और यात्री साँस चलती है तुझे चलना पड़ेगा ही मुसाफिर! चल रहा है तारकों का …

He loved her and she loved him but they were not destined to be together. Even as he lost her, he is contented for the reasons Harivansh Rai Bachchan Ji tells in his poem – Rajiv Krishna Saxena सोच सुखी मेरी छाती है दूर कहां मुझसे जाएगी केसे मुझको बिसराएगी …

In the eras by gone, changes in society came at a very slow pace. Most people lived just as their forefathers lived. All this changed over the last century. We now experience an uncomfortable and break-neck pace of changes in our own lives that the famed author Alvin Toffler called …