Frustration Poems

In this age of mobile phones, internet and emails, here is a poem with old-world charm. Old world where a hand written letter could easily light up a day, a life. Here is a charmer from Neeraj. Rajiv Krishna Saxena अज्ञात साथी के नाम लिखना चाहूँ भी तुझे खत तो …

A person who has been very active and useful to the society throughout his life, suddenly finds himself quite useless when he is old. He just lingers on wondering about his role. He prays to be taken away as he has nothing more to contribute. Rajiv Kishna Saxena प्रभु आज्ञा …

Some things in life give us immense satisfaction. Here is an excerpt from a poem written by the well known poet Shri Ramdarash Mishra. Rajiv Krishna Saxena आप आये पास तो अच्छा लगा आज धरती पर झुका आकाश तो अच्छा लगा, सिर किये ऊँचा खड़ी है घास तो अच्छा लगा। …

Santosh ‘Arsh’ sent me his poetry book entitled “Kya Pata”. I greatly enjoyed reading his work which reminded me of Dushyant Kumar. Here is a lovely poem showing the general feeling of dis-connect in postmodern world. Rajiv Krishna Saxena अच्छा नहीं लगता ये उड़ती रेत का सूखा समाँ अच्छा नहीं …

Here is some philosophy of life from Dinesh Mishra. Third stanza shows how we unnecessarily get scared at times. Last stanza is my favorite. We accumulate so much experience through out the life, but the life ends before we get to test what we have learnt – Rajiv Krishna Saxena …

You may have heard that song filmed on Amitabh Bachchan – “Apni to jaise taise, thodi aise ya vaise, kat jaayegee – aapka kya hoga janaabe aali”. This poem has similar sentiments of a detached soul not too interested in this world. Rajiv Krishna Saxena आँचल बुनते रह जाओगे मैं …

Who wants to sleep on the footpath? Yet out of sheer helplessness, millions do. On a hot summer night, how uncomfortable and frustrating it should be to sleep on stones and gravel. This precious poem by Kaifi Azmi captures the frustration and its essence. It traces human evolution from animals …

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 …

We are in the midst of major social changes. As personal concerns take primacy over social concerns, families shrink from joint to nuclear, communications shrink, children go far away leaving parents alone in old age and selfishness replaces warm hearts, the pleasures of life too have shrunk considerably (see the …

Innocence and humanity of village societies is distinct from the clever selfishness of cities. Here is a nice poem by Kunwar Bechain depicting this fact. Rajiv Krishna Saxena अंतर मीठापन जो लाया था मैं गाँव से कुछ दिन शहर रहा अब कड़वी ककड़ी है। तब तो नंगे पाँव धूप में …