Posts

Showing posts from March, 2022

Kite by Daya Dissanayake

Image
Kite Against the deep blue sky the multi-coloured kite flew over the top of the green trees heavy with fruit the golden green waves on the ripening rice fieldstared up at the blue and red tail on the kite at the other end of the thread the little boy in ragged shorts ran along the road trying to hold aloft the used polythene bag tied to a piece of tape from a discarded video cassette black acrid smoke spewing out of factories settled slowly on rotting garbage in blocked drains   Daya Dissanayake He is a Sri Lankan novelist and poet.   He was born on 8 th March 1947 in Galle.   He worked as a teacher of science at Sacred Heart Covent, then he joined the Sri Lanka Cement Corporation in Kankesanthurai Jaffna in 1968. He joined the Nawaloka Group of companies and as a D.P. Manager at the Nawaloka Hospital. He had shown his skill in writing during his school magazines and wrote articles for the Sinhala paper. He was a popular photographer in School.    He sta

Palanquin Bearers by Sarojini Naidu

Image
Palanquin Bearers by Sarojini Naidu Lightly, O lightly we bear her along, She sways like a flower in the wind of our song; She skims like a bird on the foam of a stream, She floats like a laugh from the lips of a dream. Gaily, O gaily we glide and we sing, We bear her along like a pearl on a string. Softly, O softly we bear her along, She hangs like a star in the dew of our song; She springs like a beam on the brow of the tide, She falls like a tear from the eyes of a bride. Lightly, O lightly we glide and we sing, We bear her along like a pearl on a string. Sarojni Naidu Sarojni Naidu was a political activist and a great poet from India.   She was a prominent figure in India’s freedom struggle.    She was from a Bengali family in Hyderabad. She received her education from madras, London and Cambridge. She was a great follower of Gandhiji and his ideas of Swaraj.   She was married to Govindarajulu Naidu. She was the first woman to hold the office of Governor in the

To A Snowdrop By William Wordsworth

Image
  To A Snowdrop By William Wordsworth Lone Flower, hemmed in with snows and white as they But hardier far, once more I see thee bend Thy forehead, as if fearful to offend, Like an unbidden guest. Though day by day, Storms, sallying from the mountain-tops, waylayThe rising sun, and on the plains descend; Yet art thou welcome, welcome as a friend Whose zeal outruns his promise! Blue-eyed May Shall soon behold this border thickly set With bright jonquils, their odours lavishing On the soft west-wind and his frolic peers; Nor will I then thy modest grace forget, Chaste Snowdrop, venturous harbinger of Spring, And pensive monitor of fleeting years!   William Wordsworth William Wordsworth is the founder of the Romantic Movement of English literature.  He is one of the most remarkable English Poet.  He is a poet of nature. He is known as Lakeland Poet because he lived in that area.  This place is full of beautiful landscapes, green pastures and numerous lakes.  He is cal