By Shirani Rajapakse
The language is straightforward but the techniques and concepts aren't. They upward push from the intensity of our very being to swirl in the course of the pages compelling the reader to step into worlds created in the covers. there's beauty and energy juxtaposed with violence and weak spot as are different opposites resembling the divine and human frailty. those poems are like a breath of clean air, upsetting, enchanting and entertaining.
At our center is a chant,
soft,
like the susurrus of leaves simply breezes
understand.
Sometimes it opens lips
to sing like gurgling waters meandering
from the following to there, to anyplace it flows,
or the smooth tread of footfalls
on the trail outside.
But sometimes,
it’s a roar so loud
thunder stops in its tracks
in awe.
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