He left the job and joined Plan International in December 1998 as a development activist and went to the remote hilly region of the country.

He read his poem in SAARC Charter Day Celebrations on 8 December 2013, in New Delhi, India as an especial invitee.

[14] Pokhrel recorded his song Aaaja Yo Andhyarole in 1999, and subsequently, he recorded several other songs including Dharti Aakash Bhanda Para, Timi ra Ma Ani Yo Madhumas, Na Ta Din Bhayo, Pagliyera Pokhiyun Jhain, and Kati Mitha Kati Nyana, among others in music composition of Bednidhi Poudel.

[14] In 2016, Pokhrel wrote Yajnaseni, a play based on the Sanskrit epic The Mahabharata, which premiered in Irving, Dallas, TX, US.The Unheard Plea (2019) featured his lyrics, with music composed and vocals by Sudha Raghuraman and stage performed by Neha Mondal Chakravarty.

Translations of his poems are available in Arabic, ssamese, Bengali, English, French, Georgian, German, Hindi, Italian, Maithili, Odia, Persian, Russian, Sanskrit, Spanish, and Vietnamese, granting him a wider audience and recognition.

His translations of poetry of Anna Akhmatova, Anna Swir, Allen Ginsberg, Delmira Agustini, Forough Farrokhzad, Gabriela Mistral, Jacques Prévert, Mahmoud Darwish, Nazik Al Malaika,[17] Nazim Hikmet,[18] Nizar Qabbani,[19] Octavio Paz,[20] Pablo Neruda, Yehuda Amichai.

His translations of fifty one of Kannada Language poets including Kuvempu, G. S. Shivarudrappa, D. R. Bendre, V. K. Gokak, U. R. Ananthamurthy, Siddalingaiah, P. Lankesh, K. S. Nissar Ahmed, Chandrashekhar Patil, Baraguru Ramachandrappa, Doddarange Gowda, Chennaveera Kanavi, Sumatheendra R Nadig, H. S. Venkateshamurthy, Gopalakrishna Adiga, Allama Prabhu, Manu Baligar, S. R. Ekkundi and Jayant Kaikini are collected in anthology titled Shashwat Awaj.

Ajit Cour, Indira Dangi,[22][23] Sheema Kalbasi, Anamika, Azita Ghahreman and Hélène Cardona[24][13] are other contemporary writers and poets whom he has translated into Nepali.

[24][25] Pokhrel has translated works of many of Nepali-language poets and writers, including Laxmi Prasad Devkota, Gopal Prasad Rimal, Bhupi Sherchan, Ishwar Ballav, Abhi Subedi, Krishna Bhooshan Bal, Sanu Sharma, and Geeta Tripathee among other into English, Hindi and Urdu languages.

[14] Additionally, from 2019 to 2022, Pokhrel directed the series Kavyaarohan in collaboration with Aarohan Gurukul, Biratnagar, which featured emininent Nepali poets like Bairagi Kainla and Tulasi Diwasa among other.

Writers frequently cite his works in their writings, and his poetry is widely shared across social media platforms such as Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.

His maternal grandfather Ganesh Prasad Rijal was a member of the first parliament of Nepal, who was exiled to India after King Mahendra's coup in 1960.