Poetry Corner

The Poetry Corner is Suri's great idea! Thanks Suri. Contributors can send me either their own creations worthy of sharing or from your collections. For starters, here are three poems, one by Suri , one by that lovely human being and batchmate we miss so much, Zita, and one of mine.

(1) Beatitudes by an anonymous author

Blessed are they who understand
My faltering steps and palsied hand,
Blessed are they who know my ears today
Must strain to catch the things they say.
Blessed are they who seem to know
My eyes are dim and my wits are slow.
Blessed are they who looked away
When coffee spilt at Breakfast today.
Blessed are they with a cheery smile
Who stop to chat for a little while.
Blessed are they who never say
You told that story twice today!
Blessed are they who know the way
To bring back memories of yesterday.
Blessed are they who make it known
That I am loved, respected and not alone.
Blessed are they who know I am at a loss
To find the strength to carry my cross.
Blessed are they who ease the days
Of my journey home in loving ways.
"How beautiful a day can become when kindness touches it"

(2) The fool and the wise man- author: Mahendra Gonsalkorale

Face red with anger

skin glistening with moisture

fist thumping, pulse racing

voice sounding like thunder

the fool makes his point

Speaking in measured tones

calmly making his views known

just the facts to support his view

no challenge to accept thrown

the wise man makes his point

(3) “What was it all about”- by Zita Perera Subasinghe

The New Year sows a brand-new seed    

But it’s down to thought and deed
Of every man, woman and child born
A glimmer of hope, a peaceful dawn

Let us not be sullen or sad                         

The sun is shining, let’s be glad
As we greet the New Year’s morn
A new vision! New Hope! New Dawn!