Poems by Sri Lankans about life, nature, love, hate, war and many more……
A warm July morning in Sendai
Third week in this unknown city
The people in similar attire
Walking hurriedly
Looked different
Their language, food,
Customs and sign boards
All were alien to me
The only consolation was
Multi colored cosmos flowers
And hydrangeas
By the roadside to the campus
Which filled my heart with inexplicable joy
It is in the same time of each year
That they bloomed
In our garden
It was like meeting
A long lost friend
In this unknown land
-Ayoma Wijewardena
Named after Julius Caesar
Hero of the Romans,
Who killed him later
Now July comes anew
Nourished and refreshed
By our monsoon rain, bright sun
And Ocean breeze
July rises now in green and
Golden splendour,
Despite the thunderclouds
And brilliant blue of skies
That once were filled with
Smoke and fiery death
We learn to live in peace
Amid universal memories,
Tragedies and comedies
Of human kind
A painting of Romans stabbing Julius Caesar to death in the Theatre of Pompey