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Famous Lanka Poems by Famous Poets

These are examples of famous Lanka poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous lanka poems. These examples illustrate what a famous lanka poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).

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the buddha's tooth

by Gregory, Rg

...very slinking midnight
the continent is yours (let no one mock it)
yours the wheel to which all else a sprocket

in sri lanka in the kandy perahera 
every august in a festival procession
an elephant richly dressed (the stately bearer)
carries on its back in howdah-fashion
a casket (such the grandeur of its mission))
in which the buddha’s sacred tooth’s enshrined
an image that your journey brings to mind

that tooth’s the root of all deep human struggle
and life for each proce...Read more of this...

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