Ravi Kopra Poems

Har mushkil lehma, har ghanta
jar main paDe namkeen aalo buhkhar sa hota hai
sikuDa hua, apne aap main daba hota hai
apni shark ki fins ki rangeeli boli main
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Baarish aayi
tootay glass ki tarah,
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"learn how to smile without a reason"
when attending a funeral
of someone you love,
when remembering those who
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The country where flows the Ganges
the women in sorrow live and cry
why?
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main zindgi bhar
tumharay saath rehna chaHti hoon
main tumhari begum banooN
khuda se main ye maangti hoon
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ye khoklay paki/bharti kavi
apni khokli kavita likhnay pe
khush nahin hotay hain
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batao mujhe
chaHat kahan ugti hai?
dil main ya sir main ugti hai
kaise ye aati hai. kaise palti hai
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ye duniya sub tamasha hai
har aurat, har aadmi sub khel kari hain
yahan aatay hain, chalay jate hain.
har koi apne saat khel karta hai
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Like family, every church comes with broken people. That includes the church leadership.

-Chris Sonksen
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akalmand dukh ho kar
khud kashi se
apne ko bachaate hain
aur jin ko wo choD jaate hain
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