Long Ceylon Poems

OUR TIN POT NAVY so THEY SAID in 1914 Sydney in the first World War 1

In 1914 German cruisers were cut loose 
and Emden she was one…………….…(fired 38lb shells)
the Indian ocean she did for hunting...

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

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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...

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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 Zulus
Gordon and Khartoum
These are the things that shook...

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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...

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for Thirugnanamoorthy

Remorseful, the noonday sun
Frizzles with the stealthy wind
Under the rubbery mountain green.
A calmness has come to rest
From having tossed in its sleep.
The forest has taken leave
Of the hunted horn and drum.
No more the tapper...

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The day was glorious, sun splitting the sky,
Sat down in utter bewilderment I asked myself why,
It started round with one  miss Mckay around 5 years ago or so,
When i think of you i wonder...

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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,...

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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...

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Do not leave me ! -
I am repeating, as a prayer,
I dissolve, melt away in you,
Do not leave me !
Some ships go to a bottom somewhere, 
The storms and the hurricanes of a life are...

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


    Cut water instant recovery, oily...

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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-black-orange mixture I...

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Grandfathers  deep  English  voice joined  hers in prayers
 Apple  trees shimmering in the sunlight  beside the water
Crumpled apricot roses tumbled above the interlaced arch
The mistress of the house wore...

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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; 
Qualities not redeeming; 
Sets...

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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
That God...

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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,durable,colored,long life and beauty,
Weighed and valued in dots and drops,
A dream...

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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 origin.A gateway between...

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