Somewhere lost landscape
White sands and palmyrah fronds
Freakishly black,
All evening the pyres burn
Beside the broken walls,
The ruined gopuram.
Caves darkened in the evening light,
The turquoise seas bright with morning sun
Dimmed and went black.
Unknown goddess, guardian
Of the freshwater spring
Is silent.
The Brahmin chants his
Pooja to the gods, camphor
And incense stream out
Of the stone door into the evening light.
On the shore, the ruined temple's
Silent bell is cracked,
Thickened ashes falling dead,
There are no bells
Left for mourning.
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This is simply venting out of frustrated Tamil racism that attempt to create a separate Tamil state in Sri Lanka which could have really been done in Tamil Nadu in India. With all the assistance of GLOBAL VULTURES OF NEO COLONIALISM! All images of her poetry represent that frustration. This is Propagandist poetry.
ReplyDeleteYes ,dont know why Sinhala People dont attempt to write this kind of Propagandist poetry.They remain silent and plead mercy for others ,what ever happend to them..
DeleteYes ,dont know why Sinhala People dont attempt to write this kind of Propagandist poetry.They remain silent and plead mercy for others ,what ever happend to them..
DeleteYes ,dont know why Sinhala People dont attempt to write this kind of Propagandist poetry.They remain silent and plead mercy for others ,what ever happend to them..
DeleteIt can be identify The destruction of the war as The theme of this poem...
ReplyDeleteAs I think the poet tries to express the idea though there is a war against hindus in jaffna peninsula,there is no one to raise a voice against it.
ReplyDeleteIn my point of view poet talks about the babarious action of the war.
ReplyDeletepoet shows the racial violence influenced not only for the lives of the people but also for the beautiful landscape.war is a gruesome,wasteful act since so many people lost their lives and it destroyed the carm and quit nature. it only remains weariness and woe.
ReplyDeleteOneday in the future the Children will learn this literature only cursing sinhala people.This is a kind of racism.We also only read this and accept our falts.Its not good. Our people were beten by different kinds of racism from the the ancient times. Like Portugese racism,white racism, tamil racism, the muslim racism recently.But We are very fear to speak.cause some one speak he will be labked as a racist.
ReplyDeleteCan any one send me a analysis to this poem plz
ReplyDeleteThe ordinary people like to live in peace and harmony.the intuition of war makes mortal enemies of ordinary people who whould have otherwise lived in peace and harmony
ReplyDeleteThe ordinary people like to live in peace and harmony.the intuition of war makes mortal enemies of ordinary people who whould have otherwise lived in peace and harmony
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