Shabda Chitra Poems

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 …

Many of us have grown up with this poem. It used to be so popular in the golden age of Aakash Vani and we often heard it in the voice of the poet himself. The nostalgia of riding a train, often pulled by a steam engine is strong with many …

Autumn arrives and Harivansh Rai Bachchan, the famous poet, draws a shabd-chitra. Also a metaphor for an old person reaching the end of life – Rajiv Krishna Saxena   है यह पतझड़ की शाम, सखे! नीलम-से पल्लव टूट ग‌ए, मरकत-से साथी छूट ग‌ए, अटके फिर भी दो पीत पात जीवन-डाली …

Life is short and expectations could be big. Real pain is felt if one knows that one deserves a much better deal, but is there any one out there who is listening to the silent pleas constantly emerging from your heart, and doing something about it? Or there is no …

Here is a lovely ode to one of the most popular snack of North India. Ghanshyam Gupta Ji succeeds in making our mouth water! Rajiv Krishna Saxena समोसे बहुत बढ़ाते प्यार समोसे खा लो‚ खा लो यार समोसे ये स्वादिष्ट बने हैं क्योंकि माँ ने इनका आटा गूंधा जिसमें कुछ …

There is some thing magical about simple and wholesome poems for children. In today’s complex world, this simplicity and its immense beauty can move one to tears. Read on the gentle exhortation of a mother to wake her child… Rajiv Krishna Saxena उठो लाल अब आँखें खोलो उठो लाल अब …

Here is a simple poem on spring for children. The scenery described comprising the mustard fields and flowering of mango trees is something that many urban children today would not be familiar with. For old timers, these things arouse nostalgia. Rajiv Krishna Saxena आया वसंत आया वसंत आया वसंत छाई …

Living a life is tough but there are some nights of pure love and bliss. Here is how Chiranjit describes such a night. Rajiv Krishna Saxena मधु की रात अलक सन्धया ने सँवारी है अभी म्यान में चन्दा कटारी है अभी चम्पई रंग पे न आ पाया निखार रात यह …

Ram Vilas Ji has so beautifully scandalized the Nature in the following mukta chhand kavita! References are to moon and stars in night, Semal (Palas) trees and mustard crops blooming in spring time, hot winds blowing in peak summers, and the early morning sunrise, in the four stanzas of the …

दीवाली आने वाली है मानसून काफूर हो गया रावण का भी दहन हो गया ठंडी–ठंडी हवा चली है मतवाली अब गली–गली है पापा, मम्मी, भैय्या, भाभी बूआ, चाचा, दादा, दादी राह सभी तकते हैं मिल कर हर मन को भाने वाली है दीवाली आने वाली है चॉकलेट को छोड़ो भाई …