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Boondi Lexicon

English Blog for Sri Lankan Literature, Arts and Politics
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KAVI BOONDIYA | At Last - [D. V. Gallage | දේ. වි. ගාල්ලගේ]

KAVI BOONDIYA | At Last - [D. V. Gallage | දේ. වි. ගාල්ලගේ]

Boondi Lexicon ― Aha ! What a radiance of a dawn! Tenderly awakening the body Has it come to an end? The long-stood cloudiness What a marvel it is! Foliage all over the garden Crowned with blossoms Bloomed in numerous colours Unlike in all the gone days For... (more)
 Boondi Online ― Posted on Nov 16th, 2011
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KAVI BOONDIYA | Blue is My Blood - [Subadra Jayasundara | සුභද්‍රා ජයසුන්දර ]

KAVI BOONDIYA | Blue is My Blood - [Subadra Jayasundara | සුභද්‍රා ජයසුන්දර ]

Boondi Lexicon ― A black‐bear had to wake up from hibernating A dandelion had to redefine the weeding At my pointless hollowed loose end, I grabbed my mind and left, by leaving lifeless body in the hall ‘cause my blood was blue she said as I hadn’t had a... (more)
 Boondi Online ― Posted on Nov 16th, 2011
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KAVI BOONDIYA | Under a Palmyra tree - [Vindya Vithana | වින්ධ්‍යා විතාන]

KAVI BOONDIYA | Under a Palmyra tree - [Vindya Vithana | වින්ධ්‍යා විතාන]

Boondi Lexicon ― (At Mulative, 08.10.2011) I see a "human being", Why should I specify From the language he speaks, When the sweat glistens on his soot dark skin, Hidden tears in his blank eyes, Blood that runs in his fragile veins are just as warm and real as mine... (more)
 Boondi Online ― Posted on Oct 19th, 2011
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KAVI BOONDIYA | I am star because of you so far   - [Udaya R. Tennakoon | උදය ආර්. තෙන්නකෝන...

KAVI BOONDIYA | I am star because of you so far - [Udaya R. Tennakoon | උදය ආර්. තෙන්නකෝන...

Boondi Lexicon ― I am a star Larger than the moon Size cannot be seen I’m because of so far My brightness and light More powerful than the sun It doesn’t feel As the moon is so close I am an outsider And also an exoplanet* To the solar system And far away... (more)
 Boondi Online ― Posted on Oct 4th, 2011
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OTHTHUKARAYA | How I Wonder What You Are| 9th september - [ None]

OTHTHUKARAYA | How I Wonder What You Are| 9th september - [ None]

Boondi Lexicon ― How I Wonder What You Are. film directed by Udaya Dharmawardhana, Chinthana Dharmadasa,will be screened on 9th september 3pm @ colombo University. A discussion on film will start @ 4.30pm screening organized by University Art Council. > (more)
 Boondi Online ― Posted on Sep 5th, 2011
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OTHTHUKARAYA | ගමන හැඩයි- අපිට 3 යි! 3 වෙනි දා 3ට එන්න... | [බූන...

OTHTHUKARAYA | ගමන හැඩයි- අපිට 3 යි! 3 වෙනි දා 3ට එන්න... | [බූන...

Boondi Lexicon ― බූන්දි [Boondi.Lk] වෙබ් අඩවියේ තෙවර්ෂ පූර්ණය නිමිත්තෙන්, මාලතී කල්පනා ඇම්බ්‍රෝස්ගේ මේ නිහඬ වෙරළට එන... (more)
 Boondi Online ― Posted on Aug 26th, 2011
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KAVI BOONDIYA | The Chilli Moon - [Subadra Jayasundara | සුභද්‍රා ජයසුන්දර ]

KAVI BOONDIYA | The Chilli Moon - [Subadra Jayasundara | සුභද්‍රා ජයසුන්දර ]

Boondi Lexicon ― In an unknown land, Far from the native's hand, Yours was the only hands I knew. Your tight grasp, yet placid soft, like petals that a cuckoo bird kissed. Dangling on the clouds above there was a moon for sure Anyone could name it a crescent, a... (more)
 Boondi Online ― Posted on Aug 18th, 2011
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KAVI BOONDIYA | An Encounter - [D. V. Gallage | දේ. වි. ගාල්ලගේ]

KAVI BOONDIYA | An Encounter - [D. V. Gallage | දේ. වි. ගාල්ලගේ]

Boondi Lexicon ― Wondering how and when You made such a fine touch On my senses I struggle to realize The miraculous nature Of loving feelings May be the acquaintance Grown in the journey of "sansara" Brought you to my presence Even at the eleventh hour Of this life... (more)
 Boondi Online ― Posted on Jun 13th, 2011
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RATHU BOONDIYA | Che - [Udaya R. Tennakoon | උදය ආර්. තෙන්නකෝන්]

RATHU BOONDIYA | Che - [Udaya R. Tennakoon | උදය ආර්. තෙන්නකෝන්]

Boondi Lexicon ― [On behalf 14th June of the birth day of Ernesto Che Guevara] Instinct wind of injustice Universal smell of humanity Mixing colors of identity Symbolic indelible revolutionary Constant threat of breath death Challenging forwarded minimizing the... (more)
 Boondi Online ― Posted on Jun 13th, 2011
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SOOKIRI | Young Marx as a Lyrical Poet - [Prof. Desmond Mallikarachchi | මහාචාර්ය ඩෙස්මන්...

SOOKIRI | Young Marx as a Lyrical Poet - [Prof. Desmond Mallikarachchi | මහාචාර්ය ඩෙස්මන්...

Boondi Lexicon ― Karl Marx has been respected by his friends and foes alike as a great thinker and an enthusiastic and indefatigable explorer into the covert and overt oppressive mechanisms of the rising capitalism of the 19th century. He wrote extensively and... (more)
 Boondi Online ― Posted on Jun 9th, 2011
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KAVI BOONDIYA | From where the life has struck - [Ajith C Herath | අජිත් සී හේරත්]

KAVI BOONDIYA | From where the life has struck - [Ajith C Herath | අජිත් සී හේරත්]

Boondi Lexicon ― I opened a Window to see the Earth of Google, to fly over my Country where you live, where we all lived once, so long and together. I would land on Mathale Wiltshire and walk along the roads and vales familiar, avoiding the uninvited chasers,... (more)
 Boondi Online ― Posted on May 20th, 2011
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PARIWARTHANA KAVI | December, A thing of beauty - [Puthuvai Rathnathurai | පුදුවෙයි රත්නතු...

PARIWARTHANA KAVI | December, A thing of beauty - [Puthuvai Rathnathurai | පුදුවෙයි රත්නතු...

Boondi Lexicon ― The sheet slips And the piercing cold Prods me awake. Dawn, I step outside To a quiet street, Only a few like me, A black sari the asphalt road. December, a thing of beauty. I kid you not If truth be told December is splendid; How would he... (more)
 Boondi Online ― Posted on Jan 13th, 2011
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Last Station | Ajith C Herath

Last Station | Ajith C Herath

Boondi Lexicon ― (A watch worn by a passenger who perished in the train wrecked by the Tsunami at Paraliya had stopped at 9.25am)‘The train shall now recommence its journey.Passengers are requested to return to their seats ... Calling at all stations!’Does... (more)
 Boondi Online ― Posted on Dec 28th, 2010
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PARIWARTHANA KAVI | නුදුරු ව්‍යසනය| Apocalypse soon - [Richard De Zoysa | රිචඩ් ද ...

PARIWARTHANA KAVI | නුදුරු ව්‍යසනය| Apocalypse soon - [Richard De Zoysa | රිචඩ් ද ...

Boondi Lexicon ― දැල්වෙන වෛරයේ රළ මත මං පෙත් එක්වරම ඉලිප්පෙයි. ගිනි පුපුරු විසුරුවමින් දරුවා ගින්න තුළ සෙල්ලම් ... (more)
 Boondi Online ― Posted on Dec 23rd, 2010
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Boo!      [By- Mashenka Fernando]

Boo! [By- Mashenka Fernando]

Boondi Lexicon ― Boo! There was once a boy who always screamed, ‘Boo’! And when he was a baby the first word he said was, ‘Boo’! Yet when he was a five year old he still loved to say, ‘Boo’! The family got milk no more, for the by sacred... (more)
Tags: Poems
 Boondi Online ― Posted on Dec 17th, 2010