30 years ago: A time for reflection
Image taken from Jaffna Photo Gallery I write this as a response to Concerned Citizen’s comments on the public lecture and discussion on the Burning of the Jaffna Public Library led by…
Author: Sivamohan Sumathy
my teacher talks of a sri lankan english-poem ii
my teacher talks of a sri lankan english-poem ii (a responsive thing) by sumathy ooo, how sad that thing called a sri lankan-thing who thinging this thing of of englees or inglisss…
19th may, 2010
killinochchi town getting ready… may 2010 19th may. you have nothing to say? i can only falteringly mouth, nothing of …. nothing begets nothing, a king says, and launches a war against…
election 2010
there was a lovely tree in the yard at the back of our house. a lovely sinewy and tall mango tree.             one day in the morning we were woken to the sound…
Three poems by Sivamohan Sumathy
[Editors note: These poems respond to Indran Amirthanayagam’s poems here, here and here. They are both part of the Writers Under Siege collection on .] 1 i am not a writer i…