Poems

Hear is a poem by Kishan Saroj, that became popular after the death of the Prime Minister Lal Bahadur shastri. Rajiv Krishna Saxena चंदन बन डूब गया छोटी से बड़ी हुईं तरुओं की छायाएं धुंधलाईं सूरज के माथे की रेखाएं मत बांधो‚ आंचल मे फूल चलो लौट चलें वह देखो! …

A golden cage may entice a person for some time but then there is a yearning for freedom… and a nostalgia about the bygone days when freedom was taken for granted. Here is a lovely poem by Shivmangal Singh Suman – Rajiv Krishna Saxena हम पंछी उन्‍मुक्‍त गगन के हम …

A classic devotional poem excerpted from the mangalacharan written by the great poet Shyam Narayan Pandey for his book “Jauhar”. Rajiv Krishna Saxena नाम उसका राम होगा गगन के उस पार क्या पाताल के इस पार क्या है? क्या क्षितिज के पार, जग जिस पर थमा आधार क्या है? दीप …

Kumar Vishwas is a well-known contemporary Hindi poet. He was also a leader of AAP party of Delhi. His following poem seems to express his disillusion with the on-goings in AAP party lead by Arvind Kejriwal.  Poem itself is very good and reminded me of another nice poem on Geeta-Kavita …

Sahir Ludhianavi was born in 1921 in a Jamindar family in Ludhiana. He migrated to Pakistan at the time of partition but returned back to India since Pakistani Government had issued an arrest warrant in response to some of his writings. Back in India he received huge recognition for his …

This poem was written by Kaka Hathrasi, when man had for the first time reached on moon. Big deal! Many thought. Rajiv Krishna Saxena चांद पर मानव ठाकुर ठर्रा सिंह से बोले आलमगीर पहुँच गये वो चाँद पर, मार लिया क्या तीर मार लिया क्या तीर, लौट पृथ्वी पर आये …

Living life appears very stressful and distressful at times. However in perspective things are never so bad or good as they appear. Rajiv Krishna Saxena जैसे तुम सोच रहे साथी   जैसे तुम सोच रहे वैसे आज़ाद नहीं हैं हम। पिंजरे जैसी इस दुनिया में पंछी जैसा ही रहना है …

We often feel infinitesimally small in this infinite universe. Here is a lovely poem of Ghanshyam Chandra Gupt Ji addressed to that all pervading infinite Brhaman that conveys the sheer awe of a human soul – Rajiv Krishna Saxena तुम असीम   रूप तुम्हारा, गंध तुम्हारी, मेरा तो बस स्पर्श …

In youth we remain so busy in making careers, building houses, raising children, living a life etc. There is no spare time. Later in life when children have grown and left and career considerations dwindled, there is suddenly nothing much left to do and that motivation to “achieve” dwindles. A …

Love is the essence. As retreating water leaves the sand dry, so does lost love leave a person drained, and lifeless. Here is a beautiful expression by Nirala – Rajiv Krishna Saxena स्नेह निर्झर बह गया है स्नेह निर्झर बह गया है, रेत सा तन रह गया है। आग की …