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For aspiring young poets
On the Coast of CoromandelWhere the early pumpkins blowIn the middle of the woodsLived the Yonghy-Bonghy-BoTwo old chairs and...
An Inspirational Message
This is an inspirational message for parents to obeyIn one’s life this would go a long waySince children learn largely through...
The celestial cycle
The Grey Seas turned redfrom sunsets crimson raysDarkness creeps over the earth as the world goes to sleepBirds have ceased their...
Fallen elephant
It looked a rock jutting outOn the deserted banks of the Kalawewa;The golden waters of the tankHad turned to tearsWhen it had...
Your true destiny
You were created to hearYour maker's voiceHe has been whisperingWords of love, encouragementGuidance and comfortRight into your...
Diamond-Jubilee Get-together
From North, South, East & West,The then Ceylon’s Schools’ best,Entered a batch of students to the portals of the-One and only...
Where have they gone?
Will we see them often again?Those humble folk who worked for a living,Delightful impressions of the days gone by,They have...
Intent as important as deed
Nazeer, his wife Nazeema and son Nyzar are a small family. Nazeer worked in a private company and son Nyzer had completed his GCE...
Poems
The perfect realizationWhere mind hovers or rests, knows noneFastest it runs speed no limitationTo unknown and unseen territories...
Shorty Story: Roses for Remembrance
Apsara and Sarath were a young couple who owned a boutique at Ohiya. Apsara was 25 and Sarath 28. Their boutique was known as ‘...
Poems : Voices in the wilderness
When evening fades and a chilly wind blows,I yearn to get close to my mother,But my brother is between me and her.The cold and...
‘Vassanaye Handa’: Three-in-one Sinhala film
Director Udayakantha Warnasuriya’s latest cinematic creation
Skill to do, comes of doing.Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-82)US Poet and EssayistThe extensive contribution made to Sinhala cinema...
Fusion of Moods…the Journey Begins
Social responsibility through photography; an exhibition with a difference
A pictorial presentation of an image or a collection of such images is supposed to evoke thoughts, moods and create energy in the...
I’m Nightingale!
As far as I can remember, I was barely 11 years old. Since I was small I was passionate about music which later became a driving...
Jean Arasanayagam: The new milestone of the poet
The poems, “Dutch Bay I” and “Dutch Bay II” speak of an underlying need within the poet to see that her own...
Savouring the splendour of Semage paintings
Semage excels in Buddhist paintings. As a result, his services have been solicited to adorn Vesak pandals put up at the entrance...
Poems
Life’s Journey (ii)The first part of your journey will be with your siblingsWhose voices in your head still keep ringingYou will...
Short Story: Tears of regret
The death of an old woman did not cause that much sorrow to the villagers. But, there was a large crowd in the funeral procession...
Garments that embrace Sufism
Filmmakers Muzaffar Ali and Yasmin Kidwai take their love for Sufism from cinematic canvas to clothes
Her long flowy kurtis look simple, minimalistic even though the design language is strong and powerful. Visually, they transcend...
Poems
 Life’s journeyWhen we are born to this wide spaceThose whom we meet, very first in our rat raceWill be our parents, the...
At the end of the rainbow
“Look Mom, It’s so beautiful,” Awin shouted out of joy staring at the colours of the double rainbow as it filled the golden...
Short Stories: Lovers at the altar on Valentine’s Day
The shadows were lengthening on Galle Face Green heralding the close of yet another day. The rosy hue that painted the sky had...
POEMS: Rough sleepers
That windy nightMoon covered in dark cloudsRain soaking the earthThey go under the tunnelBearing their wet cheeks.Don’t you hear...
World Poetry Day 2018: 28 of poetry’s most powerful lines ever written
The rhythm of the tongue brings wordless music into the air; it is in poetry that the human essence is refined to such...
A SHORT STORY -THE ETERNAL STRUGGLE
Jayaratne entered the public park next to the factory through the small gate opened to employees of the factory. There is no...
What Babe Is This?
What Babe Is This?Vulnerable Babe takes on the madding crowdIt’s Christmas night and City in mystery shroudBeasts of burden eager...
A Majestic apology!
The blind jumbo, the twisted tuskerThe Galgamuwe King of the jungleI most solemnly kneel at your feet, at your graveyardOn behalf...
Diverse inspirations
A cloud floating freelyAcross the blue skyInspires an inquisitive childTo wander in his dreamy world,A glamorous morningWith the...
Short story - THE CHRISTMAS PRESENT
Rita was so engrossed looking at the statue of Virgin Mary that she felt as if a silver flash was running along the edge of the...
Poems
Purity of ChristmasSara took her eyes off from the bookAnd pressed her face to the window paneIt was the beginning of cold...
Unspoken thoughts
Short story :
Samantha Perera, affectionately called Sudhu Mahaththaya lies motionless on bed, in the same posture. ‘Will she come and change...
Poems: O, Buddha
Yellow red flamesFrom oil lampsDance in the breezeWith tender bo leavesSwirls of incenseRise up highMusic from drumbeatTranscend...
Short story : In the lap of death
It was a great day for Saman, he was selected as a top five of great inventors in the software industry, by the Organizers of the...
Poems: Uplands – Survival
Nature make harsh movesWeather uncertain provesIncessant pelting rainFrost, the mist below the planeThe fog make all...
Sybil at 90
Aunt Sybil Wettasinghe is a person whom every child loves. She is an artist, writer, creator of several iconic books that have...
Strange bedfellows
Short Story
‘Knock, knock, knock, knock on the door.’ It was my beloved wife. She woke me up. My bed tea was ready on the dining table. She...
Short Story: A wish come true
Kumara 26, was the only child of Gamini and Sheila Tissera, a middle class family. Father was a retired government officer, and...
Poems : Setting in motion the wheel of the Dhamma
enturies ago, on that Esala Full Moon Poya dayTwilight was fading awayAnd night was drawing near.Under a Bo tree in the Deer Park...
Short Story: A strange visitor
Nimal and Sunil were good friends. They worked in the same office as executives. They worked so well that soon they were able to...
That lovely smile
A smile is a facial expression where the corners of the mouth are turned upward. A smile could be a gesture of recognition, or an...
The black floor
The door slammed shut and the sound of the wind ceased. The sound of the rain was suddenly drowned by a loud, high-pitched scream...
It was time to walk away, while her story remained incomplete...
The sun had gone to rest and dusk was falling. The Kandy Lake shimmered, mirroring the dazzling assemblage of glittering stars...
A playing harp
Prevailing silencePlucking stringsMusic in harpSenses pervadeNotes tingleA vibrant earGentle slenderThe hands moveBroken...
My immediate neighbours
The eye-catching scene I enjoy everyday Is that of my immediate neighbours, I should say. Their abode is in our adjoining garden...
Panchaseela
Code of morality advocated by five precepts Form requisite foundation as highest concept Avoiding killing, stealing, misconduct,...
Poverty
Nothing to eat, for days Without any source of income Nowhere to take shelter In rain and shine Without money to build a hut...
Moon and stars
When the heaviest rains are descending over my head I just sit and wonder how much I could enjoy under this fall When skies above...
Asilin’s oil cakes
Asilin was an expert at preparing delicious sweetmeats, her specialty being the ‘konde kavuns’. Many households in the village...
Poems: King Kashyapa and Sigiriya
Beyond the moat The door opens To that fabulous world Of the ever – living past of the royalists, Who fully enjoyed life In...
The stranger who sang to my soul…
It was the cold December, 2014, Colombo was a quite interrupted in that Saturday night with sparkling lights, disturbing noise...

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