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Poetry
Star
Spreads afar at night
In the dark blue sky
Sprinkled as diamonds
Glittering, sparkling
Appearance of a star
With a long long tail
Conveyed a message
The Birth of Christ
Surprises, wonders
Discoveries, mysteries
Read the fortune
In life of human
Up above
This tiny dot
Sight and disappear
But lasting long
- Lakshmi PEIRIS
Again it's Christmas
December
'Jingle bells'
Santa Clause
Frenetic
Rush of feet
Grasping, clutching
Hands
Quick before the shops close
Merry Christmas!
But what of the
First Christmas?
The star
Shepherds watching
The angel's voice,
"Rejoice......
A saviour
Is born
Unto you".
Few hear
The joyful tidings,
Nor heed them
If they hear.
Men
Are too full
Of things
Of this world
To open
Their hearts
To the love
Of that child,
Born in the manger,
God-head
On Earth,
Who died on the Cross
To save
Mankind
But listen,
Bells are ringing
Angels sing
As they did
That Holy Night
For the
Christ child
Quick
Let him
Into your hearts
Again
It's Christmas.
- Wishwaranee NAGAHAWATTE
Christmas
It is a dawn of another Christmas
Jubilant day of Jesus's birth
He has aged two thousand nine
On twenty fifth of December month
If he had ever knew our plight
He would not have ascended to heaven
He would have been with us - sinners
Then Christmas in all months
Blood thirst, war have declared
Man against man, betrayed.
Diseases sans healing power
Why did ye take him away?
Yet people feel its Christmas
Cause its' cool - smell of pine
Charity from door to door
Why only on a Christmas day?
Share daily with the nots
Lord will then forget not
It'll be Christmas to thy heart
Daily to ye and trampled nots
- Malathi PERERA
Dolly
I was caring it like my bear
I kept it asleep nobody's care
Mom bought me new toy
But I played it rare
My friends with me to play with share
No one sat, in our chair
I missed my dolly it is where?
Friend has robbed no one there
I am alone with my bear.....
- Marina Shamali Wickramasinghe |
