Life And Time Poems

पुरबा जो डोल गई – शिवबहादुर सिंह भदौरिया

Cool winds before Monsoon!!

Purbaa (eastern winds) is the harbinger of rains to follow and that changes the atmosphere in a village. This is beautifully depicted in this lovely poem of Shiv Bahadur Singh Bhadoriya. Pure rural ethos of the words is exhilarating! Rajiv Krishna Saxena पुरबा जो डोल गई घटा घटा आँगन में …

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मत कहो आकाश में कोहरा घना है – दुष्यंत कुमार

Frustrated from political corruption

There are problems all around, and frustrations. How do we cope with these? Here is a well know poem by Dushyant Kumar. Criticism of clandestine operations that straight persons are incapable of, in the last stanza is very beautifully put. Rajiv Krishna Saxena मत कहो आकाश में कोहरा घना है …

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मैं जीवन में कुछ न कर सका – हरिवंश राय बच्चन

My life made no difference

This realization dawns on most of us sooner or later. I couldn’t do much in life. Couldn’t achieve anything worthwhile. So much could be done. Here is a poem of Harivansh Rai Bachchan. Rajiv Krishna Saxena   मैं जीवन में कुछ न कर सका   मैं जीवन में कुछ न …

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कारवां गुजर गया – गोपाल दास नीरज

Time passes by

A very powerful poem indeed. When we are young, we have dreams and aspirations. Most of these are never realized. Life passes on and suddenly one day we find ourselves exhausted, past our primes even as our dreams lay shattered. This sentiment is so beautifully captured by Gopal Das Neeraj …

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कहने को घर अब भी है – वीरेंद्र मिश्र

Still a home but where has the peace gone?

Things change and nothing ever remains the same. A family, a household that grew up with laughter and love wilts under the weight of egos and self interests of growing children who are now adults. Gone are mutual respect and affection and there is intolerance and harsh words. What a …

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हम न रहेंगे – केदार नाथ अग्रवाल

The world will go on when we are gone!

The life goes on, even after we leave. In all its colors and glory, the life goes on. Rajiv Krishna Saxena हम न रहेंगे हम न रहेंगे तब भी तो यह खेत रहेंगे, इन खेतों पर घन लहराते शेष रहेंगे, जीवन देते प्यास बुझाते माटी को मदमस्त बनाते श्याम बदरिया …

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हो गई है पीर पर्वत सी – दुष्यंत कुमार

Postal stamp in memory of Dushyant Kumar the well known Hindi poet

Frustrations in life keep accumulating. We all feel that system should change but are not sure how. Here is a popular poem of Dushyant Kumar Ji on this theme. – Rajiv Krishna Saxena हो गई है पीर पर्वत सी पिघलनी चहिए हो गई है पीर पर्वत सी पिघलनी चहिए‚ इस …

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जीवन कट गया – गोपाल दास नीरज

A life ends, just like millions of lives end. Nothing very important from a wider perspective. One can analyze all one wants, but the basic fact remains that one life ended just as millions do. A lovely poem by Neeraj. Rajiv Krishna Saxena जीवन कट गया जीवन कटना था, कट …

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मज़ा ही कुछ और है – ओम व्यास ओम

मज़ा ही कुछ और है - ओम व्यास ओम

There are so many small pleasures of life. They don’t cost any thing, yet the pleasure they give…. is out of this world…in words of Om Vyas Om. Rajiv Krishna Saxena मज़ा ही कुछ और है दांतों से नाखून काटने का छोटों को जबरदस्ती डांटने का पैसे वालों को गाली …

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साकेत: कैकेयी का पश्चाताप – मैथिली शरण गुप्त

साकेत: कैकेयी का पश्चाताप – मैथिली शरण गुप्त

Some times a person commits such a blunder that he / she is forced to repent for the rest of the life. Kaikayi, the darling youngest wife of Dashratha did one such blunder when she forced the king to give the kingdom to her son Bharat and banish the elder …

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