To The Courts, In Remorse
Drop all charges against Tissanaiyagam. his glaucoma needs treatment and his wife will be grateful, …and the Dean of the Diplomatic Corps will feel less inclined to speak at public acts of…
Author: Indran Amirthanayagam
One of Us
During civilized periods in the history of kingdoms courtiers, or the king’s person himself, in audience with the gadfly, would offer the fellow death or exile. These days assassins butcher their fly…
Planes in the sky
My feet are tired pressed into asphalt climbing the campus hill, composing a sparer line: effervescence in mist, swirling about the stones, a girl, freckled, jeaned, auburn-haired like the leaves, walks past…
AFLAME – Remembering Black July, 1983
AFLAME – Remembering Black July, 1983 What is a poem to a man hiding in the cellar of his neighbor’s house, breathing the way his hostess spices lentils and mutton, while son…
AFTER THE PARTY – in Memoriam: Anura Bandaranaike
I remember an evening flavoured by my mother’s cooking, bringing two smart patriots together, to speak about devolution not yet realized, accommodate what makes sense seeing the island from afar, the only…
ON INDEPENDENCE DAY
The rollercoaster’s rolling full throttle, has a new booster rocket not subject yet to safety experiment, riders thrown every few minutes, smashed to ground, publicists about to stop digging hands into steaming…
OBSERVATIONS: INDEPENDENCE
Seven school boys, baseball players, coach, waiting for a train, at Fort Station, exploded; 18 passengers, pilgrims, Kandy to Dambulla, private bus, accompanied by parcel bomb;. grenade thrown outside bird cages Dehiwala…