Ceylon Poems

ceylon tea

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from ceylon island fair

sri lankan charm to share

ruby in a cup

brew warm pick me up

bold and brisk taste affair.
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The Perennial

...The Perennial 

On an overhang, where the mountain slopes gently towards the lowland and the sea
 there is a crooked tree with long roots embracing the mountain 
Is the plant an asp or a birch, t...

A Cup of Tea

...Just one cup in the morning; no added flavor
Ceylon tea or Assamese is my preference
Each drip and each sip I so favor and savor
Betwixt too light and too strong. This makes difference

Its red-...

Platinum Talons

...Fair-minded whale playground, compass dismisses
    Ceylon sapphire zero horizon echo orchestral chamber 
    Forge rolling bow voyages of uncharted distance 


    Cut water instant recovery, o...

Sea Land

...Ceylon it was 
Sea land to mean
As my guess going 
Sri Lanka the name 
Ceylon gone a long 
Around Sea coast 
A pearl like of course...

Banalata Sen - Translation From Bengali Poem

...This is a translation of the famous Bengali Poem " Banalata Sen". The author is 
the renowned surrealist poet of India - Jibanananda Das (1899 - 1954). This poem is considered as his best and one of...

Do Not Need To Complete Obstruction

...Horn Haiku. 

To be culpable, 
You do not need to complete, 
Any obstruction. 

Trump is never nice; 
With his vice he does entice, 
And sins shall suffice., 

Truly a lost cause; 
Qualiti...

Biobab

...Biobab ever sits unable to stand but a tree.A broad trunked,huge like rocks,from silk-cotton family fruiting for paper,cloth and rope suiting.
 
Bab is gate in Arabic and the tree is an African ori...

Cinnamon

...Ceylon Cinnamon
   oh how the scent stays with me
red rose's envy....

Angel Mom

...You gave life to me
I was not an easy child you see
You gave unconditional never the less
I was just so young, I guess

There were many nights you cried
Praying on your knees at your bedside
T...

Random Eleven

...Beetle fobs on a trashed out war plane equals the dogma of a hidden few. Vessels whisper in a breeze. And no ant could utilise its soul. As all have a duty. All firm a line. Military precision in a c...

Gemstones

...Stones in life strong like stones,
As a weapon,
As a tool,
Shelter over the heads of souls,
Even beyond the Era of stones,
Stones in plenty and in varieties,
Gems,stones,Gemstones,
Rare,durabl...

They Were

...They Were
They were boys going over the top to die in their tens of thousands in the mud of the Somme.                                                                                                ...

Ballad of Thunder

...The beautiful birch stands proud and tall

When wind blows in autumn some of her leaves will fall

Suddenly as the air grows dense the angry skies pull in the soul

The dark cloud in the center of th...

The Murder of Civilisation

...An Englishman lost in afternoon tea,
Memories of a lotus flower love
Rajas and elephants in Delhi
Livingstone the explorer
Religion to convert

Laurence of Arabia
A leader of men
The Boers and the Zu...

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