Nipuni Ranaweera Poems

Back then at school
We had life-skills
Every week we would be taught, the girls,
Handicrafts by a gentle, lady-like woman.
...

Like obstinate waves upon
a composed beach-
I pound on you, vertically,
I crash on you, horizontally.
...

Tonight I extinguish the flame
I've been holding for you_
Tonight the wind whistled,
Speaking of new directions-
...

A poem once came to me.
I was pouring water-
On my infant's fragile head.
I didn't want to lose count-
...

I have kept you in mind for greater things,
For greater times.
Like the seven wonders one reverentially
puts off seeing,
...

Clipping my poems
so that they look cute
on instagram
so that they huddle
...

I see the fear in your eyes
That I will not fit within
Encircled arms;
And that I will spill over
...