from ceylon island fair
sri lankan charm to share
ruby in a cup
brew warm pick me up
bold and brisk taste affair.
Previously happy to live in Sri Lanka,
Doing well as mover of tanker,
Even as Sri Lankan roads got busier
And traffic of the rush hours not easier…
Then, he was fatter and franker
But living far political demand;
Also, after Riches did he hanker
But more after a chance to command…
So, he had to bounce back to Nigeria
But in her politics at the rear:
Always colliding with hateful ridicule,
A bit invisible like molecule!
He needed not have left Sri Lanka
Where joy had been a sure banker…
It’s been a Joyless Lip-Biting Ben
Often recreating Sri Lanka of then.
Doi, Doi, Doi – Doiya, Babaa
Bai, Bai, Bai – Baiya, Babaa
Sleep, my darling – darling my baby
Has gone to moon – your Mom, my baby.
Doi, Doi, Doi – Doiya, Babaa
Bai, Bai, Bai – Baiya, Babaa
Moon when blooms – behold, Mom baby
You’ll see there – your Mom, my baby.
Your Mom, an angel – dwells in your dreams
A lovely nymph – she swims in streams
Doi, Doi, Doi – Doiya, Babaa
Bai, Bai, Bai – Baiya, Babaa.
Inspired by a Sri Lankan Sinhalese lullaby (Refrain is a copy of the original);
doi/doiya and bai/baiya mean ‘sleep’ (imperatives); / babaa is an equivalent to baby.
March 13, 2021
Nursery Rhyme Poetry Contest
Eve Roper
Sri Lankan Elephants are listed as, endangered
and are the largest and darkest, of the Asian elephants
Herds have nursing units, with lactating females and young
and they have juvenile units, containing females and juveniles
Sri Lankan Elephants, are been pushed into smaller areas
because of deforestation, that disturbs their migrating routes
Human-elephant conflicts, results in human and elephant deaths
because the humans need of greed, is only for human grassroots
Nice
Adventurous
Talented
Honest
Awesome
Sri Lankan
Helpful
Affectionate
Colombo
Sri Lankan
Capital
In Colombo
Chinese
Capital!
Finishing the game,
Starting happiness
Over,
ICC 20 overs-
Winning the purpose of game,
Putting the hands of might on the shoulders of fame
Twenty,yes,twenty-
Twenty million Sri Lankans hands played,
Twenty million Sri Lankans hands prayed,
To bring victory to all the Seven billion people
On this planet
Up and down,
Right and left,
In all the directions in air,
Fled the ball like a jet
In tired and in pain the Ball, hitting it's head on the bat
Every bit of soil of Dhaka kissed the ball,
Rolled all over it's chest,in proud
Dhaka in delight and in full of light
As the moon and stars came close to the Earth,
To witness the game
Sun found a hide out fearing the mighty Earth!
Small and beautiful, Sri Lankan Island,
But,very big it's heart,
Give me time,enough time
To portion the victory,
To every man,every woman,every boy and every girl on the Earth
Look at your right shoulder,the right foot,
Look at your left shoulder,the left foot
Of the champion,SANGAKKARA!
Hats off,Sri Lanka,
CONGRATULATIONS!
What is the third world war?-
"I don't know about the third world war but the fourth,
To fight the fourth,there is no an Earth"
Replied,Albert Einstein,a leraned of worth
The world is ready and armed with bombs
Saying no to all the lives in wombs
"Like cures like"-
The Aborigines of the Australian
The Onkays of the Andaman
The Gond and Koitur of the Indian
The Veddha genes of the Sri Lankan-
Oh,the tribes of ancient,
Come,for God's sake,in the name of God,come,come!
It’s now crystal clear… I need not be told
I am falling for a Sri Lankan sweet pea. I can’t hold
My feelings… she’s a darling dame, a beauty to behold
She’s got a guy, but to me she’s more than gains and gold
How I wish I could live forever in her singing sky,
Her rhymes and rhapsodies ring… giving me wings to fly
I have promised my self that I will not love for now… it turned a lie
My heart is hot for a buddy I have not seen… I need an eagle’s eye
I have never seen, held or used a Sri Lankan rupee
But I am dying for this colorful… cute Asian sweet pea
I’m caged in thy colorful cell oh Crystal… you’ve got the key
Give me thy love, life and all; please do this to set me free
Do you think love is real?
I do not know how funny I now feel
For a girl I have never seen… silent still,
Oh, I think I am climbing the highest hill
I used to hate love like hell
I think it’s a cruel colorful cell.
But how on earth did I fell into this well
…With a Sri Lankan sweet pea? I can’t tell.
We all need someone to hold tight
all day and through the darkest nights...
But I never wanted to fall in love … is it right?
I cannot escape this looming little light.
Love has given me the flu…
My heart hurts, I have got feeling so true.
I sweet stories seduces me with a clue...
Yet I wish this is not true.
Love like flowers may fade at night...
Yet my love will be your stars by moonlight.
The stars may fade at the sight of daylight
But my heart will be with you both day and night.