Rengay

 City Frost

 

migrant mum's
first winter
cold talk                                             RDS

the sound of your name
freezes on my lips                              JW

cold morning
the smell of coffee
from the kitchen                                UD

evening frost
the crunch of footsteps                      SD 

infrared heater
defrosts fingertips
alleyway café                                    SG 

the click of spike heels
past the disco neon                            LA

 

 

Date: 12 July 2025 

Contributors:

Radhika De Silva (RDS), Julia Wakefield (JW), Udara Thambapanni Dikkumbura (UD), Stella Damarjati (SD), Subha Goonaratne (SG), Lynette Arden (LA).


After the drought

 

winter rain
under every drip
a bucket                                                 LA

children's happiness
is more than the water                           UD

after the rain
the smiling
stone Buddha                                        SD 

chanting of stanzas
through the sound of rain                     SG

over solid rock
the relentless
trickle of water                                     JW

rainy evening
mum at the old piano                            RDS

 

Date: 12 July 2025. Contributors:

Lynette Arden (LA), Udara Thambapanni Dikkumbura (UD), Stella Damarjati (SD), Subha Goonaratne (SG), Julia Wakefield JW), Radhika De Silva (RDS).

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