Ravi Kopra Poems

"from those deep
levels of Being"

-Dr. Antony Theodore
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Angrezi teri chothi zubaan hai
(hindi/urdu, punjabi aur hain)
(marathi, hindi, gujrati aur hain)
(kannada, tamil, malyayam aur hain)
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Halkay ehsaas sanyam se aatay hain -
purany jaankar hum ko ye kehtay hain
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Muje bonsai - halki - mohabbataiN
kabhi acHi nahin lagi
(jahan khyaal k saath
pyaar kiya jaata hai
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Jab main apni 12 saal ki beti ko
school k pehlay dance k liyay cHoD aayee

to main ne us k baDtay baDtay mammon
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Gainday ka har fool
murjaya sa suraj lagta hai

Nayey din ka khtam ho jana
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Misuse of anything of use -
twitter, tv, cell phones -
turns us into slack-jawed
empty-eyed, pasy-faced zombies.
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Aakharkar, kya zarrorat paDi hai
shuroo main hi sub keh daiN?

Sangtra, cheela hua
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Roshni main, uska belt sub se pehlay chamakta hai
Uski chamak, main kahoon ga, muje kahin bhi le ja sakti hai
pata nahin muje kyon ye aisa lagta hai
har tumahari chamakati cheez baDi acHee muje lagti hai
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Tere hont muje pyaaray lagtay hain
jab sharab se bheegay hotay hain
jab chahat se laal ho jaatay hain;
Teri aankhain muje pyaari lagti hain
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