Life And Time Poems

Here is an excerpt from the classic epic Bharat-Bharti written by Rashtra Kavi Maithili Sharan Gupt (1886-1964). The topic is very contemporary as beef eating is being discussed extensively these days. The poem is very moving and in a way argues against killing of defense-less animals by all powerful humans …

It is amazing how some people derive pleasure from sabotaging or spoiling things for others without any reason. But when the wisdom dawns, we tend to take even such people in stride and forgive them. All human beings are after all creatures of circumstances and they do what they must …

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 …

So much happens in life but to be detached is to be liberated. To know that every thing ends but be at peace with it. Here is a lovely poem of Bhawani Prasad Mishra. Read on Rajiv Krishna Saxena टूटने का सुख बहुत प्यारे बन्धनों को आज झटका लग रहा …

In most human endeavors, there are ups and downs. But in the field of politics, downswings can be brutal and up-swings full of elation and optimism. Two poems of Atal Ji reflect beautifully on this roller coaster. First one appears to have been written in a phase of disillusionment and …

Here is a lovely gazal by Arunima Ji. I first read it on eKavita, a yahoo group on Hindi and Urdu poetry run by Anoop Bhargawa – Rajiv Krishna Saxena चंद अशआर गुनगुनाते हैं यों ही हम जहमतें उठाते हैं चंद अशआर गुनगुनाते हैं वे बताते हैं राह दुनियां को …

World loves you till the time you have some thing to give. After that you are forgotten. This bitter truth is described metaphorically in this lovely poem by Mahadevi Verma – Rajiv Krishna Saxena मुरझाया फूल था कली के रूप शैशव में‚ अहो सूखे सुमन हास्य करता था‚ खिलाती अंक …

A very famous poem by Mahadevi Verma Ji exhorting the Deepak to keep the flame burning so that the path of love is always well lighted – Rajiv Krishna Saxena मधुर मधुर मेरे दीपक जल मधुर-मधुर मेरे दीपक जल! युग-युग प्रतिदिन प्रतिक्षण प्रतिपल प्रियतम का पथ आलोकित कर! सौरभ फैला …

As trees shed their leaves and nature takes a pause before the phase of renewal, time seem to pause too and there is a feeling of emptiness… captured beautifully by Kedarnath Singh Ji- Rajiv Krishna Saxena दुपहरिया झरने लगे नीम के पत्ते बढ़ने लगी उदासी मन की, उड़ने लगी बुझे …

Here is another famous poem by Mahadevi Ji. I love the first lines “clouds are the breath of ocean and lightening the restless thoughts of darkness” – Rajiv Krishna Saxena दीप मेरे जल अकम्पित दीप मेरे जल अकम्पित, घुल अचंचल। सिन्धु का उच्छवास घन है, तड़ित, तम का विकल मन …