Nostalgia Poems

I wrote this poem, or should I say the poem forced its way out of my heart when I was stationed in US for a long period and was sorely missing home on the eve of Diwali- Rajiv Krishna Saxena विवशता इस बार नहीं आ पाऊँगा… पर निश्चय ही यह …

Raksha bandhan, Janmashtami and 15 August are the festivals when the sky in Northern India gets dotted by kites of wonderful colors. That madness engulfs every one. Strings tied to the eaten cob of corn (bhutta) act as lai-langar to force down kites. There is a mad rush to grab …

There are people who  keep traveling, one place to other. They are constantly seen on airports, train stations. Probably they must travel because of their jobs, but do they really like it?   This poem beautifully conveys the pain of a person on go who must travel endlessly while realizing the …

Missing homeland in a foreign country is but natural. Here are such sentiments expressed beautifully by Girija Kumar Mathur while living in New York. Rajiv Krishna Saxena न्यूयार्क की एक शाम देश काल तजकर मैं आया भूमि सिंधु के पार सलोनी उस मिट्टी का परस छुट गया जैसे तेरा प्यार …

Here is a nice poem dipped in the nostalgia of growing up in a small town. Rajiv Krishna Saxena छोटे शहर की यादें मुझे फिर बुलातीं हैं मुस्काती रातें, वो छोटे शहर की बड़ी प्यारी बातें। चंदा की फाँकों का हौले से बढ़ना, जामुन की टहनी पे सूरज का चढ़ना। …

Here is a poem that seems to come from times bygone. A village woman writing to her husband who lives in a city. I wonder if such letters are written anymore.  Quite a nostalgia! Rajiv Krishna Saxena परदेसी को पत्र   सोसती सर्व उपमा जोग बाबू रामदास को लिखा गनेस …

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 …

A middle-aged son Guddan, who could not reach at the time of mother’s death, writes a letter to her. It is so personal, private and emotional that it moves all readers. This is an excerpt from the poem of the well known poet Ashok Vajpai Ji. Rjiv Krishna Saxena दिवंगत …

Nida Fazli’s poems are amazingly close to real life. Here is a portrait of mother that many would identify as their own. ∼ Rajiv Krishna Saxena खट्टी चटनी जैसी माँ बेसन की सोंधी रोटी पर खट्टी चटनी जैसी माँ याद आती है चौका–बासन चिमटा, फुकनी – जैसी माँ! बान की …

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 …