Ravi Kopra Poems

Autumn breeze is clear.
Moon is bright.
Falling leaves gather and scatter.
A jackdaw perches, all startled.
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Flocks of birds
in the distance, flying high
A lonely cloud drifts by, idly.
I look at the cloud
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Your journey is long
from east to west on a far off road
and I have no one to talk to.
Winter has come. I do not know
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How can I forget
my sorrows, my regrets?
What limit is there to my grief?
You left me as if in a dream.
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In a golden bowl
studded with nine gems
I have for you
rice pudding and ghee.
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My wife is dead
Now my son is dead
My eyes are wet
My heart wants to die
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Since the day
you came to my house
you never complained
we were poor.
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It was seventeen years ago today
we became husband and wife.
We never got tired
looking at each other.
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The lamp light is blue
Everybody is asleep
Hungry little rats come out of a hole
stir cups and plates, make noise
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I can declare now
Heart's affairs I can manage now

My madness is limitless now
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