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My home on fire
Swirling, Rolling, The ferocious beast Arrived at home with Dark spirits His warm desires and Dancing fires Dissolved my GREEN...
Maestro W. D. Amaradeva - A National Treasure
Music was the greatest wealth he had on earth Which is something that inspired from his birth In Sri Lankan music he was the...
Rose bud yet to blossom
You are a rose bud yet to blossom Radiating fragrance and happiness Achieving your first milestone along the path of life Blessed...
Monsoon
The monsoon arrived With the heavy downpour The rivers overflow Huge trees twist and turn To the rhythm of wind blow In the...
Idolatrous devotees
Two lion Chiefs of the Animal Kingdom Wanted to have a One-to-one discussion In order to iron out the mutual differences To find...
Changing Times
Exercise – the modern trend to keep fit, - the Gymnasium, walking tracks, walking shoes, Brisk walking, arms swaying, Instructors...
The expiration
In a world of hollow men You were complete dear sir And no breaches in your divine duty You widened our range You taught us not...
Technology mania
Your ardent thirstmarches the conventional knowledgeinto the modernization.Your wisdom reshapes the aspects of the sphere;...
Children
Like the Spring,Flutter and dance in the breezeShower the deserted earthWith celestial flowers...Like the Eternal Stars,Fly with...
Why Read
Rhetoric leads you to taste lifewith understanding and enthusiasm,Explanation possible below and aboveexpanding world beyond...
Gift of knowledge
Knowledge is power and there is no limit ratherTo what one can learn, read and gatherAs one would see there is no end to...
To the depth of blue chamber
The beautiful blue chamber That has stretched like an unending blue sheet My heart’s magnificent residence The wonderful blue...
I am not me
Oh, what’s this unease That disturbs my day? Am I not myself To choose my own way? Why am I supposed To follow the others, Even...
True friend
Reflection of a mother In you I saw, A soul and heart With no flaw. Roots are invisible In trees that bloom, In your absence My...
The Eternal Tree
Waken from her Summer Dream, she flourishes with new sprouts and dazzling buds.Her dense curtain shades the earth from the...
To My Teacher
A unique tree that grows With the fertiliser of commitment Providing food of knowledge, The shade of protection....... To the...
Today is Vap Poya:
Transformation UnparalleledOccupying the diamond seat by intense meditation Sakyamuni found the exact path for human liberation...
Aloka, the Buddhist Review
The first issue of the international Buddhist magazine Aloka has been published with the objective of creating a modern Buddhist...
Universal Children’s Day
The entire world survives with the birth Of the most innocent beings proving their worth The key to success of any country,...
Snuffing the life out of another
Show me a gentle and humane way of snuffing the life out of Another.Convince me that it will be easy and painless as breathing...
Do me a favour
When I see you, Birds of my species, Fly from branch to branch Take wings to the clear blue sky Beauty of which is fascinating,...
The web - 30 years old!
The worldBeing not bigBut becoming smallerAnd smaller,With the Web!The World Wide Web,Known as the WebBeing 30 years old,By this...
150th birth anniversary - October 2 Homage to Mahatma Gandhi
You were the great soul of India and an icon of the worldBorn after the noble saints and sages of yoreYou taught the world by...
The One Colour Rainbow
The young butterfly getting to wings Beside a field of colourful flowers Gleefully pondered the million things He would do with...
Honeycomb
Pearl of the Indian Ocean Intertwined like a honeycomb We being so diverse yet Aligned and connected divinely Each having their...
Friendship
Lying cozily on a sofa one evening, When travelling along memory lane Unravelling the childhood days So dear to me I remember you...
Tear drops
My sincere mate Who does not leave me in pain You soothe me console me Crush up the pain that dipped In my weeping heart Much...
Home thoughts
What would I do in an alien land Who had lived a life in an island? A humble village surrounded with fields Echoes of gushing...
University of Ceylon
Though University of Ceylon, Peradeniya is a gift of nature Now it is an accepted seat of vast knowledge and culture The...
Grandmother
She sits at the window Watching the adorable bird family that dwell In the mango tree The baby birds are singing cheerfully....
When Love Hates...
Sweet tastes bitter and beauty looks scary; Colours become pale and smiles, vain; Paths seem thorny while skies cast dreary; And...
The Skull
Villagers unearthed a skull While digging for a grave, The owner of which, they say Was an unruly crook, In childhood, harassed...
What is life?
With merry and joy you will spend your Childhood, your teenage your youth so smoothly it will go on. Good and bad, happy and sad...
A burning tree speaks
I smiled the time I was born through surface of the earth as I would be a provider of oxygen, food, medicine and shelter to you I...
Camouflage
I was a man, I was a woman, I was a human, I was a monster, I was many that I cannot, remember. I was someone, I was something, I...
Chapter 23
I rushed to the oblong hall Amidst the floral décor To greet the newly wedded I caught your amazed gaze Seated in a corner...
Dalada Perahera
The magnificent Buddhist festival pays homage to the Sacred Tooth Relic of The Buddha that was brought to “Lakdiwa” by Prince...
University of Ceylon - proud beginnings
Beautiful memories still linger in the living heart Though it is over sixty years since we did depart Waited most anxiously with...
Rapturous joy
AdmittedlyI light-heartedlyMy advanced ageHaving recentlyReached a milestoneCelebrating in solitudeWithout customary fanfareAs it...
Life: a Moving Destination
Life is a brookOn its way crookSlowly swiftly it flowsIn grace still it goesLife is a playActing roles to stayIn joy and in...
A degree
Blind hunger for a Degree of some sortIrrespective of whether the much-needed grey matterPerseverance, discipline and or...
A wet crow
Dark cloudscovered the skyto pour rain dropsin an afternoon timeThe wind was in a hurryblowing like a stormand a crow, who couldn...
The October Cypress
As twilight entercold early hoursTrickling sunlighton October cypressawaiting wintercold flakes of dewmixed in lightglitter in...
A great blessing!
A mother and a father must be, Truly blessed to bear a son like you A brother and a sister must be truly blessed to have a...
Challenge
He is a traveller Who carries a hefty luggage, Filled with woes and ecstasy He discovers various stops. On his way, He perceives...
The Last Dance
Twists and curls Stutters and flutters A glow and a spark The last dance of the flame Ended suddenly. The joy and warmth Gone in...
Stunning personality
Rounded attractive face with Well shaped mouth and nose, Glossy black or brown hair May be curly, wavy or straight, Strong or...
Santa and Satan
On a misty daybreak of cold December Amidst jingle bells and joyous laughter With a sack packed with surprise presents For the...
Gracious love
Like a celestial star Twinkling, shimmering bright Like sprouting musk roses afar Amidst the dark night Gracious love touches the...
Choices
Nowadays, thankfully  I can boast of  Having reached dizzy heights  Of ecstatic joy  ...

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