Contemplation Poems

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 …

Leaving this world need not be a distressful experience. It is something very natural and has to be accepted that way. Here is a poem with that theme from Bhawani Prasad Mishra. Rajiv Krishna Saxena अच्छा अनुभव मेरे बहुत पास मृत्यु का सुवास देह पर उस का स्पर्श मधुर ही …

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 …

In night when the whole world sleeps, some lay awake. Their heart full of grief, they are the ones whose tears keep company with the night. Rajiv Krishna Saxena विश्व सारा सो रहा है हैं विचरते स्वप्न सुंदर, किंतु इनका संग तजकर, व्योम–व्यापी शून्यता का कौन साथी हो रहा है? …

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 …

Some one is falling in love? Common sign is a constant thinking about the person one is falling in live with. Ravindra Bhramar describes the feeling… Rajiv Krishna Saxena आज का दिन आज का यह पहला दिन तुम्हे दे दिया मैंने आज दिन भर तुम्हारे ही ख्यालों का लगा मेला …

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 …

It is the law of nature, when some one rises; it is on the cost of some one else. As the world rushes to felicitate and welcome the victor, the vanquished is forgotten. A beautiful poem indeed. आ रही रवि की सवारी नव-किरण का रथ सजा है, कलि-कुसुम से पथ …

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 …