Modern Poetry

Arshiya is an economist by training and a poet by calling. An avid reader, she hesitates to call herself a writer as she fervently believes, she will always be a reader first. She writes, sometimes to celebrate nature in all its wild glory and at other times, to witness the gradual loss of the same.  

We have brought to you one of her poem 'Dead City' in her own beautiful voice.  We hope you like it !

Sir Henry Wotton was an English author, diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1614 and 1625. He is often quoted as saying, "An ambassador is an honest gentleman sent to lie abroad for the good of his country."   

We have brought to you one of his poem in the voice of Wamiq Zia. Wamiq is a filmmaker, a theatre actor and a wonderful poet himself as well. His amazing study of cinema and literature is truly impressive and we are happy to have him on-board with us on this literary journey.

Jaishankar Prasad (30 January 1889  – 15 November 1937) was a prominent figure in modern Hindi literature as well as Hindi theatre. Prasad was his pen name. Prasad started writing poetry with the pen name of ‘Kaladhar’. The first collection of poem that Jai Shankar Prasad penned, named, Chitradhar, was written in Braj dialect of Hindi but his later works were written in Khadi dialect or Sanskritized Hindi. 

 Here, we are presenting one of his poems in the wonderful voice of Danish Masood.   

We hope you like it !

Linda Tetlimo is a 31 year old writer from Norway. She writes poems, books and has been published in multiple Norwegian local newspapers. She is a bipolar and a schizophrenic , as her texts are often inspired of the dark experiences she has made through her illness. She is also the author of a book in Norwegian named 'The Dragon Inside Me'. We are glad that Linda has made a contribution in Modern Poetry's initiative.  

This poem of Linda has been narrated by Bhoomi Nighat Siraj, who himself is a wonderful poet as well as a part of Modern Poetry's team. We are thankful to Bhoomi as well for her contribution with her beautiful voice.

John Keats was an English Romantic poet. He was one of the main figures of the second generation of Romantic poets, along with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley, despite his works having been in publication for only four years before his death from tuberculosis at the age of 25.  

We have brought to you one of his poem 'The Human Seasons' in the voice of Sayed Tazeem.  

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Atal Bihari Vajpayee was an Indian statesman who served three terms as the Prime Minister of India. He was a noted poet, writing in Hindi. His published works include Kaidi Kaviraj Ki Kundalian, a collection of poems written when he was imprisoned during the 1975–77 emergency, and Amar aag hai. With regard to his poetry he wrote, "My poetry is a declaration of war, not an exordium to defeat. It is not the defeated soldier's drumbeat of despair, but the fighting warrior's will to win. It is not the despirited voice of dejection but the stirring shout of victory."  

We have brought to you one of this remarkable poem 'Than Gayi' in the voice of Jawaid Hasan. We are very thankful to him for his contribution in our initiative.

Asrar ul Haq Majaz commonly known as Majaz Lakhnawi was an Indian Urdu poet. He was known for his romantic and revolutionary poetry. He composed ghazals and nazms in Urdu. He was the maternal uncle of poet and screenplay writer Javed Akhtar.  

We bring to you one of his poems in the wonderful voice of Sharique Aziz.

Welcome to the first episode of Fusionistan. Here we will be combining poetries from different eras and understand the similar ideas those couplets share. We have no language barrier. In our first episode of Fusionistan, we thought who would it be better than Mirza Ghalib himself to start with.   Hope you enjoy !  

Ghalib, born Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan, (27 December 1797 – 15 February 1869),was an Indian poet.He used his pen-names of Ghalib and Asad. His honorific was Dabir-ul-Mulk, Najm-ud-Daula. During his lifetime, the already declining Mughal empire was eclipsed and displaced by the Colonial British Raj and finally deposed following the defeat of the Indian rebellion of 1857, are some of the events that he described through his work.  

Mariyam Tariq, an emerging poet of Modern Poetry in India, is studying in Jamia Milia Islamia. She has also worked as an editor in a school magazine. She has been writing since a while now.  In addition to this, She has been a part of various International English Olympiads, securing a good position in the state as well. She also been a part of various debates, extempore and  declamations at different levels. 

Last but not the least, This version of Dil-e-Nadaan has been composed and sung by Aimadul Islam. Aimad is an excellent singer and guitarist. He is currently pursuing his graduation and with such great talent is exploring the world of music as well. We are so happy to have him collaborate with us on this project.

Dushyant Kumar was an Indian poet of modern Hindi literature. He is famous for writing Hindi Ghazals, and is generally recognised as one of the foremost Hindi poets of the 20th century.  We bring to you one of his poems in the wonderful voice of Mehul Grover.  

Poem: Aaj Veeran Apna Ghar Dekha 

Written By: Dushyant Kumar 

Narrated By: Mehul Grover 

Edited By: Sayed Tazeem

Abū-Muhammad Muslih al-Dīn bin Abdallāh Shīrāzī, better known by his pen name Saadi, also known as Saadi of Shiraz, was a major Persian poet and prose writer of the medieval period. He is recognized for the quality of his writings and for the depth of his social and moral thoughts.   

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