Ravi Kopra Poems

"There's a sense of crisis in the air over the notion that reason itself is in jeopardy."

-Deepak Chopra
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God is omnipotent
yet he can't do anything
he can't stop the hurricanes. tornadoes, storms
he can't stop the Syrian war
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Take some tantra-mantra stuff
take some karma dharma stuff
from Ancient Indian writings
and claim the stuff to be
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"Tender is the Night"
Tender is she
in a see through
red gown
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Screws and Turns of Body and Soul

How diaphanous was your
body when you passed
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Smitten by his love,
where can she go
to tell her sufferings?
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Not everybody
could be a singer
a musician or an artist.
We do not have the talent
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There are gods
of ludicrosity
laughable ridiculosity
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Opposition erupts as Iceland eyes banning most circumcisions

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP)— Icelandic lawmakers are considering a law that would ban the circumcision of boys for non-medical reasons, making it the first European country to do so. Some religious leaders in Iceland and across Europe have called the bill an attack on religious freedom.
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