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Blog post“Hope” is the third poem published on the 32nd Medellin International Poetry Festival site. It was written for an anthology about the Sahel region in Africa and was published in “Song of Sahel” Plum Tree Books, Sep 15, 2012, UK, and republished in “About Place Journal” Vol II Issue III, Black Earth Institute, Nov 2013, USA.
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Hope
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Give me a sip of water
for my lips are parched, my throat too dry
to speak and I will sing you a song
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Blog postI’m reciting poetry at the 32nd Medellin International Poetry Festival at the following time. You can check out the rest of the program here.
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Blog postHere are a couple of beautiful posters done for the 32nd Medellin International Poetry Festival that starts next month.
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Blog postI’m one of 90 poets with work published in “Whispering Willow: Tree Poems” an anthology about trees. My contributions are “Late Evening”, “Tall Majesty” and “The Road to Over There.”
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Blog postParticipated in National Flash Fiction Day after a really long time. This was the 11 word “story” published in The Write-in today. It’s what I’d call a tiny story.
Sunday, 19 June 2022 ‘Eleven Word Story’ by Shirani Rajapakse You always wore your smile at an angle. Nerves, they died.
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Blog postCombustion is a flash story I wrote for National Flash Fiction Day at The Write-In. It is based on an image prompt.
Sunday, 19 June 2022 ‘Combustion’ by Shirani Rajapakse Anger swirled, turning her hair the exact shade of burning flames. They didn’t see fire shoot out of her scalp and cascade down her shoulders. They were so engrossed with their conversation and the guilt of what they’d done that they never noticed. Just like they never detected her slipping something in their drinks< -
Blog postTall Majesty is the second poem posted on the website of the 32nd Medellin International Poetry Festival. It was published in About Place Journal and written for the theme on trees.
Tall Majesty
. It got in the way.
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That’s what they said. They
needed space for the road for
the big cars to move.
My coconut tree had to go – too soon
too young. It fell
to the ground, a majestic
tree that didn’t harm a soul.
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One day it was no mor -
Blog postA few of the poems I will be reading at the 32nd Medellin International Poetry Festival are up on the website. They are in Spanish, translated by Arturo Fuentes. The funny thing is when translated back into English through the web translator, it works very differently from what I wrote. I’ll post a poem each, as I wrote and published them, in the original English.
Taken for Granted I drink straight from the tap
and mull over Fishman’s assumption;
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Blog postHonored to be participating in the 32nd Medellin International Poetry Festival. Thanks, Fernando Rendón for inviting me. Also thanks also to Luis Eduardo Rendón and the organizing team. I’ll be reciting poetry on July 18th at 20:00 Columbia Time. #32FIPMed #pazmundial #PazConLaNaturaleza #poetrycommunity #poetryfestival #poetry #poetryisnotdead #poetsofinstagram #shiranirajapakse
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Blog post“When Earth Locked Down” is published in International Times today. Read it below or at the site.
When Earth Locked Down We mastered the art of smiling
with eyes.
It didn’t matter that a mask
covered most of our face. We could still<
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