Ravi Kopra Poems

Awash in moonlight
we sip irish coffee by
the pool, all in nude.
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It is easy to break relations
saying unkind things and making
loved ones angry over trivial things
and sometimes it all happens
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The PH scholars of poetry from the 3rd world
countries where English is their 2nd or 3rd language
come here to write poems in English
and dare to make comments on English poems
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tu ne hamari mohabbat
chaandi k sikkoN main badal dali

meri mohabbat ki nazmain likhne walay lekhik
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Speech is silver
silence is gold.
And what's making scholarly
comments on poems of well known
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It rained all night last night
It rained till noon today
The sky cleared
The sun shined
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main bhookha hoon teri awaz ka
teri twacha ka, tere moonh ka
chup chaap, bhookha, ghumta rehta hoon galiyon main
tere halkay pairon ki awaz ki talash main
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oye, surajmukhi phool
samha se tum thak gaye ho
suraj ki har chaal gin rahe ho
sunehri mausam ki khoj main lag rahe ho
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I go dreaming down roads in the evening
Emerald pine trees, green hills, dusty oak leaves!
Where does this road go to?
I keep singing, travelling into the far distance.
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