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The Constant
I crave a love so deep that the ocean would be jealous - Pablo NerudaWe sat on the grainy concrete bankWatching the riverWe...
Poetry Corner
Like a mist, like a dream
“So many things I had thought forgottenReturn to my mind with stranger pain:Like letters that arrive addressed to someoneWho left...
A trip to Trincomalee by train – Part 7
The Koneswaram Temple
Even though I went to bed around 11.00 pm, I was too keyed up to sleep, and kept tossing and turning with the roar of the sea...
A trip to Trincomalee – Parts 6
The enchanting Uppuveli beach
Niyaz stopped the tuk-tuk by the roadside in the shade of a row of trees that lined the road. I vaguely remember there was an...
A trip to Trincomalee by train - Part 5
Wandering around the Uppuveli Beach
The beach was all mine to go and explore where I pleased along the long stretch of shoreline to my left and right. A long but...
A trip to Trincomalee by train - Part 3
The journey through the dry-zone forest
There isn’t much to write home about a long leg of this journey down the Batticaloa –Trincomalee line compared to a train ride on...
A trip to Trincomalee by train - Part 2
I sat on a seat facing the direction of the Lake House on purpose. The train would ride in one direction until the Mahawa...
A trip to Trincomalee by train
Part 1There was something of a lull (perhaps a false one) in the country, one between the tapering off of the first wave of the...
In All Great Arts
Whilst reading Louise GluckWho writes,“Desire, loneliness, wind in the flowering almond—surely these are the great, the...
Like a mist, like a dream
“So many things I had thought forgottenReturn to my mind with...
2023-08-19 18:30:00 0
The Koneswaram Temple
Even though I went to bed around 11.00 pm, I was too keyed up to...
2022-09-10 18:30:00 0
The enchanting Uppuveli beach
Niyaz stopped the tuk-tuk by the roadside in the shade of a row of...
2022-09-03 18:30:00 0
Wandering around the Uppuveli Beach
The beach was all mine to go and explore where I pleased along the...
2022-08-27 18:30:00 0
The journey through the dry-zone forest
There isn’t much to write home about a long leg of this journey down...
2022-08-20 18:30:00 0
A trip to Trincomalee by train - Part 2
I sat on a seat facing the direction of the Lake House on purpose....
2022-08-13 18:30:00 0
A trip to Trincomalee by train
Part 1There was something of a lull (perhaps a false one) in the...
2022-07-29 18:30:00 0
In All Great Arts
Whilst reading Louise GluckWho writes,“Desire, loneliness, wind in...
2021-12-18 18:30:00 0

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