Poems

निर्वाण षटकम् मनोबुद्धय्हंकार चित्तानि नाहं श्रोत्रजिव्हे न च घ्राणनेत्रे न च व्योमभूमिर्न तेजो न वायुः चिदानन्दरूपः शिवोऽहम् शिवोऽहम। 1 मैं  न तो मन हूं‚ न बुद्धि‚ न अहांकार‚ न ही चित्त हूं मैं न तो कान हूं‚ न जीभ‚ न नासिका‚ न ही नेत्र हूं मैं न तो आकाश हूं‚ …

Someone leaves and someone is left behind lonely and crushed. Here is a lovely poem by Dinesh Singh. Rajiv Krishna Saxena मैं फिर अकेला रह गया   बीते दिसंबर तुम गए लेकर बरस के दिन नए पीछे पुराने साल का जर्जर किला था ढह गया मैं फिर अकेला रह गया …

War has an important role in Nation building. A nation that has not experienced war becomes weaker. War ensures peace. This is the perspective on war provided by the well-known poet Kanhaiyalal Sethia. Rajiv Krishna Saxena कुँआरी मुट्ठी युद्ध नहीं है नाश मात्र ही युद्ध स्वयं निर्माता है. लड़ा न …

We all have read the popular nursery poem “Mary had a little lamb”. Well, here is a Hindi translation that I have done. It has to be read just as the English version. Garima (my daughter) has done the illustration. – Rajiv Krishna Saxena गरिमा का मेमना गरिमा का था …

A baby dreams of a red color baby elephant. Baby elephant entertains him and even takes him flying in the night sky! Here is the poem for kids. I have written as well as illustrated this poem. – Rajiv Krishna Saxena लाल बेबी हाथी मुन्ने के सपने में आया लाल …

Here is a nice poem by Prasoon Joshi. The poem is a metaphor for a person who repeated face severe adversities and comes out a winner. Prasoon Joshi recently read this poem for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in London. – Rajiv Krishna Saxena सर्प क्यों इतने चकित हो सर्प क्यों …

Just talking serves no purpose. This is made amply clear in this satirical poem by Gopal Prasad Vyas. Rajiv Krishna Saxena भई भाषण दो  यदि दर्द पेट में होता हो या नन्हा–मुन्ना रोता हो या आंखों की बीमारी हो अथवा चढ़ रही तिजारी हो तो नहीं डाक्टरों पर जाओ वैद्यों …

Kumar Vishwas has emerged as a very popular Hindi poet who is also in politics. He often conveys his frustrations through his poems. His tussle with Aam Aadma Party, especially with the chief Arvind Kejariwal is often talked about and recently culminated in refusal to him of Rajya Sabha nomination …

You may have read Shyam Narayan Pandey’s classic epic “Haldighati”. Three excerpts from that great work are available on this site. Many readers had asked me to include a Rajasthani classic poem on the same theme by the great poet Kanhaiyalal Sethia, but I could not find that poem any …

Here is a touching poem about a daughter. The realized and/or unrealized discrimination between sons and daughter comes in acute focus. – सयानी बिटिया जबसे हुई सयानी बिटिया भूली राजा-रानी बिटिया बाज़ारों में आते-जाते होती पानी-पानी बिटिया जाना तुझे पराये घर को मत कर यों मनमानी बिटिया किस घर को …