वीर· Veera
01सीढी
Sidhi
Naresh Saxena
1 verse · ~3 lines · 1 min
3 verses · ~2 min
सेनाएँ जब सेतु से गुज़रती हैं तो सैनिक अपने क़दमों की लय तोड़ देते हैं क्योंकि इससे सेतु टूट जाने का ख़तरा उठ खड़ा होता है
शनैः-शनै: लय के सम्मोहन में डूब सेतु का अन्तर्मन होता है आन्दोलित झूमता है सेतु दो स्तम्भों के मध्य और यदि उसकी मुक्त दोलन गति मेल खा गई सैनिकों की लय से तब तो जैसे सुध-बुध खो केन्द्र से उसके विचलन की सीमाएँ टूटना हो जाती हैं शुरू लय से उन्मत्त सेतु की काया करती है नृत्त लेफ़्ट-राइट, लेफ़्ट-राइट, ऊपर-नीचे, ऊपर-नीचे अचानक सतह पर उभरती है हल्की-सी रेख और वह भी शुरू करती है मार्च लगातार होती हुई गहरी और केन्द्रैन्मुख रेत नहीं रेत । लोहा, लोहा अब नहीं और चूना और मिट्टी हो रहे मुक्त शिल्प और तकनीकी के बन्धन से पंचतत्त्व लौट रहे घर अपने धम्म...धम्म...धम्म...धम्म...धम्म...धड़ाम
लय की इस ताक़त को मेरे शत-शत प्रणाम
इति
The Poet
नरेश सक्सेना
Naresh Saxena
1939 · 2001
Naresh Saxena holds a singular and fascinating position in contemporary Hindi literature as a man who brought the exactitude of science into the heart of poetry. Born in 1939 in Gwalior and trained as an engineer, he did not publish his first poetry collection, Samudra Par Ho Rahi Hai Baarish, until he was sixty one years old. Yet, his literary presence had already been firmly established through decades of publication in prestigious journals. Saxena writes with a unique physiological and environmental awareness. He constructs his poems not out of abstract romanticism, but from the physical mechanics of the natural world and the complex realities of modern survival. His language is spare, precise, and completely devoid of unnecessary ornamentation. Alongside his poetry, he is an acclaimed playwright whose drama Aadmi Ka Aa has been staged thousands of times, and a filmmaker who won a National Film Award for his directorial work. He demonstrates that a poet does not need to abandon the rational world to understand the human soul.
Paired Painting
Battle Scene
In the cool, misty foothills of the Himalayas, master painters of the Pahari school captured the thundering chaos and majestic spectacle of epic warfare. This panoramic battle folio is a symphony of motion, where rows of royal elephants bearing golden howdahs advance through a sea of foot soldiers, while cavaliers clash in swirling clouds of dust. The artist imbues the scene with an almost musical rhythm, balancing the brutal intensity of combat with the refined pageantry of royal leadership. Every delicate brushstroke honors the courage of ancient warriors, immortalizing a timeless drama of duty, honor, and destiny.
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If this held you
Four more, in the same key.
Chosen for their rasa and their register, not their popularity. Each one carries some part of what Setu carries.
