Frustration Poems

ज़िन्दगी की शाम – राजीव कृष्ण सक्सेना

Evening of life

Once the main duties associated with life are over, a kind of boredom sets in. There may be no specific issues but just a routine and wait… Rajiv Krishna Saxena ज़िन्दगी की शाम कह नहीं सकता समस्याएँ बढ़ी हैं, और या कुछ घटा है सम्मान। बढ़ रही हैं नित निरंतर, …

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कौन यह तूफ़ान रोके – हरिवंश राय बच्चन

Who canstop this storm?

Given a choice, we all would like to live a peaceful life. But peace eludes us. There are stretches in our lives where we face extreme turbulence and feel helpless. There is no alternative but to bear these phases. Here is a lovely poem by Bachchan – Rajiv Krishna Saxena …

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आज के बिछुड़े न जाने कब मिलेंगे – नरेंद्र शर्मा

When shall be meet again?

There are times when lovers realize that their separation is inevitable and that they would never ever see each other. They may pretend otherwise but in their hearts they know the truth. Those moments are stressful and unforgettable. Final good-bye and all is over. A silent wound created in the …

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बात बात में – शिवमंगल सिंह ‘सुमन’

Some one has gone from my life

Here is a reflection on the path of life. We find friends and lose them. But we must carry on… There is no alternative. A lovely poem by Shivmangal Singh Suman. – Rajiv Krishna Saxena बात बात में इस जीवन में बैठे ठाले ऐसे क्षण भी आ जाते हैं जब …

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जाने क्या हुआ – ओम प्रभाकर

जाने क्या हुआ कि दिन काला सा पड़ गया

Human interactions are most complex. Events some times take life of their own. People just drift away helplessly. Here is a beautiful poem on separation that happened…just like that… Rajiv Krishna Saxena जाने क्या हुआ जाने क्या हुआ कि दिन काला सा पड़ गया। चीज़ों के कोने टूटे बातों के …

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पुराने पत्र – रामकुमार चतुर्वेदी ‘चंचल’

Purane patr

These days no one write letters. In past-years, people wrote letters and the receivers preserved those letters, at times for life. Those old preserved letters were magic and the following lovely poem tells us why. Rajiv Krishna Saxena पुराने पत्र हर पुराना पत्र सौ–सौ यादगारों का पिटारा खोलता है। मीत …

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कब बरसेगा पानी – बेकल उत्साही

When will it rain?

When would it rain? The eternal question is posed in this excerpt from a poem written by Bekal Utsahi. Rajiv Krishna Saxena कब बरसेगा पानी सावन भादों साधू हो गये बादल सब सन्यासी पछुआ चूस गयी पुरबा को धरती रह गयी प्यासी फ़सलों ने बैराग ले लिया जोगिया हो गई …

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मन पाखी टेरा रे – वीरबाला

Man-pakhi Tera Re

Veerbala Ji’s poems have that very familiar scent of earth. These precious poems appear to belong to an era where nature and feelings reigned supreme, without any encroachment of the modern world of artificiality. It is amazing how we feel so much at ease and close to ourselves in this …

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मेरा नया बचपन – सुभद्रा कुमारी चौहान

My new childhood!

We all miss our childhood. That carefree time of fun without worries never returns. We are for ever stuck with the grown up world of endless worries, apprehensions and ambitions. Here is a very famous poem of Subhadra Kumari Chauhan about that lovely childhood –Rajiv Krishna Saxena मेरा नया बचपन …

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सूर्य ढलता ही नहीं है – रामदरश मिश्र

सूर्य ढलता ही नहीं है

Pain and desperation is the mother of creativity in literature. Nothing worthwhile is written if there in no restlessness behind it. Here is a beautiful poem by Ram Darash Mishra – Rajiv Krishna Saxena सूर्य ढलता ही नहीं है चाहता हूं‚ कुछ लिखूँ‚ पर कुछ निकलता ही नहीं है दोस्त‚ …

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