Frustration Poems

There is a huge migration of rural folks to cities. Search of jobs make people leave their homes and culture and face all kinds of ordeals in alien lands. In the process they themselves undergo irreversible changes and are lost to villages for ever. Here is a touching poem by …

Unfulfilled desires in our hearts do not let us live in peace and keep pocking us from inside. Bachchan found a very interesting metaphor in barking of dogs in the night. A lovely poem. Illustration by Garima Saxena – Rajiv K. Saxena रात रात भर श्वान भूकते पार नदी के …

Mother is the dearest person in our lives. Here is the reaction of poet Prabhaker Machwe when he could not meet his mother as she died. Very moving. – Rajiv Krishna Saxena माता की मृत्यु पर माता! एक कलख है मन में‚ अंत समय में देख न पाया आत्मकीर के …

Some times the un-reciprocation of love results in its intensification. Here is a lovely poem by Rameshwar Shukla Anchal, that focuses on such feelings – Rajiv Krishna Saxena उतना तुम पर विश्वास बढ़ा बाहर के आंधी पानी से मन का तूफान कहीं बढ़कर‚ बाहर के सब आघातों से‚ मन का …

Love is not easy. Emotional turmoil and tiffs take their toll. Heightened sensitivity and expectations cause misunderstandings with which the lovers have to deal with constantly. Talking the problems over is not great help because language is too crude a medium to communicate feelings. Here are some suggestions… Rajiv Krishna …

Life is amazing. There are innumerable ways of living a life but we can follow only one. All other paths remain un-lived. Some times we may look wistfully at other paths and wonders how would it have been if we had followed those. Veerbala Ji says “I lived one truth …

How can loving someone be a crime? Asks Thakur Gopalsharan Singh in this fine poem –Rajiv Krishna Saxena मैं हूँ अपराधी किस प्रकार? सुन कर प्राणों के प्रेम–गीत, निज कंपित अधरों से सभीत। मैंने पूछा था एक बार, है कितना मुझसे तुम्हें प्यार? मैं हूँ अपराधी किस प्रकार? हो गये …

We all face disillusionment with life at times. All clichés that we grow up with don’t seem to hold and there are times when every thing looks absurd. A loss of faith occurs. This feeling is beautifully depicted in this poem. Rajiv Krishna Saxena सोने के हिरन आधा जीवन जब …

A married daughter full of pleasant memories of a carefree childhood returns after a long time to her parent’s village home. Contrary to her mental image, she finds that the house is now full of tensions, ego clashes and frictions… Here is a touching poem by Amarnath Shrivastava – Rajiv …

Human ego is such that it can totally incapacitate attempts for reconciliation between lovers even when they know in their heart that this is the right thing to do. But they still opt for a broken heart rather than a broken ego. That is what makes human frailties so enigmatic …