Ravi Kopra Poems

Tonight as I stand with my wife
On the terrace of my house

Under the full moon of the spring
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It's hard
to grow up and write
novel ESL poetry
by the novice poet
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I am not I.
I am this:
the one who walks beside me without my seeing,
who, sometimes, I go to see
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The door is open,
the cricket is singing.
Are you walking
naked in the fields?
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If you climb a lemon tree,
feel its bark
with your feet and knees,
smell its white flowers,
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M'illumino
D'immenso

- Giuseppe Ungaretti
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What song has risen tonight
that echos in my heart
interweaving the stars!
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Wanderer, your footsteps are
the road, and nothing more;
Wanderer, there's no road,
the road is made by walking.
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We met
We liked each other
We dated
We made love
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Saturday morning in April
Near the farmers market
We sat on a bench next to the pagoda
Under a large banyan tree
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