Tag Archives: Sleep

A husband misses his wife when she with kids goes to her mother’s home. The empty home looks strange and alien. It feels as if everything in the home eagerly awaits the return of the woman of the house! This beautiful poem of Madan Kashyap describes the husband’s state of …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Here is a poem for children reflecting the feeling of joy after passing examination. Rajiv Krishna Saxena पास हुए हम  पास हुए हम, हुर्रे हुर्रे! दूर हुए गम, हुर्रे हुर्रे! रोज नियम से किया परीश्रम और खपाया भेजा, धीरे–धीरे, थोड़ा–थोड़ा हर दिन ज्ञान सहेजा, रुके नहीं हम, हुर्रे हुर्रे! हम …

Kaka Hathrasi had to spend a night on Dehradun railway station infested with mosquitos. Read this funny account. Illustration has been done by me. Rajiv Krishna Saxena काका और मच्छर काका वेटिंग रूम में, फँसे देहरा–दून नींद न आई रात भर, मच्छर चूसें खून मच्छर चूसें खून, देह घायल कर …

There is something magical about Harindra Nath Chattopadhyay’s poems for children. We often heard them on Alashvani radio in 50s and 60s. A poem entitled “Railgadi” is already on this site. Here is another gem! ‘Nanu ki nani ki nav chali’ became ‘Nina ki nani ki nav chali’ in the …

A nerrow track in the forest. Where does it go? Rajiv Krishna Saxena पगडंडी जाती पगडंडी यह वन को खींच लिये जाती है मन को शुभ्र–धवल कुछ–कुछ मटमैली अपने में सिमटी, पर, फैली। चली गई है खोई–खोई पत्तों की मह–मह से धोई फूलों के रंगों में छिप कर, कहीं दूर …

Trying to suppress memories of lost love, while trying to adopt to a new pattern of life, should be very difficult. This poem describes the feeling. The internal turmoil simply would not let the sleep to take over. Rajiv Krishna Saxena जब नींद नहीं आती होगी क्या तुम भी सुधि …

Kajal in eyes and a little shyness… Here is a lovely poem by the well known poet Girija Kumar Mathur. Rajiv Krishna Saxena अभी तो झूम रही है रात बडा काजल आँजा है आज भरी आखों में हलकी लाज। तुम्हारे ही महलों में प्रान जला क्या दीपक सारी रात निशा …