It can’t have been fun for the Buddha’s wife,Left on her own for the rest of her lifeWhen her good lord fledThe royal bedTo seek for his own perfection. It’s said in praise of Mahatma Gandhi –A sort of saint, though his legs were bandy,He was skinny and quaint – but still, a saint –That... Continue Reading →
The Ballad of a Dead Friend
As we the withered fernsBy the roadway lying,Time, the jester, spurnsAll our prayers and prying —All our tears and sighing,Sorrow, change, and woe —All our where-and-whyingFor friends that come and go. Life awakes and burns,Age and death defying,Till at last it learnsAll but Love is dying;Love's the trade we're plying,God has willed it so;Shrouds are... Continue Reading →
Do Not Say
do not say my people are lazybecause you do not know.you are only a critic, an onlooker.you cannot know or judge,passing the kampong in your car,staring at economic data.do not think my people are weakbecause they are gentle,because they do not build skyscrapers.have you ever worked in a ladang,or danced the ronggeng?can you sing the... Continue Reading →
Ode to Tomatoes
The streetfilled with tomatoes,midday,summer,light is halvedlikeatomato,its juicerunsthrough the streets.In December,unabated,the tomatoinvadesthe kitchen,it enters at lunchtime,takesits easeon countertops,among glasses,butter dishes,blue saltcellars.It shedsits own light,benign majesty.Unfortunately, we mustmurder it:the knifesinksinto living flesh,redvisceraa coolsun,profound,inexhaustible,populates the saladsof Chile,happily, it is wedto the clear onion,and to celebrate the unionwepouroil,essentialchild of the olive,onto its halved hemispheres,pepperaddsits fragrance,salt, its magnetism;it is the... Continue Reading →
A smile
A smile is quite a funny thing, It wrinkles up your face. And when it’s gone You’ll never find Its secret hiding place. But far more wonderful it is To see what smiles can do. You smile at one, He smiles at you, And so one smile Makes two. - Anonymous Anonymous poem Appearance/nature... Continue Reading →
My Love Story with the City of Joy
The text 'My Love Story with the City of Joy,' which is taken from The City of Joy by Dominique Lapierre, features in B.Ed. 1st Year’s General English book (Tribhuvan University). Here follow the key takeaways from the text: 1. A 1985 novel "The City of Joy" written by French writer Dominique Lapierre was made... Continue Reading →
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