BRAIDS by Krisha Wignarajah

CONTENTS

It is raining...

Braids

Birds have wings...

Flies buzz...

It is evening...

Grade Two

I go home...

Wellawatta Outdoor Bazaar

Curfew

Amappa's Eyes

Islands

I reached out...

Evening Walk

Awakening shadow...

The Flight

A Robin's Bath

The Heron and the Swan

War on a Mango

Tea with Dadda

Granite Stone

Sigh with the wind...

Today, I have gone back...

About the Poet

Acknowledgements

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by Krisha Wignarajah

About the Poet

Krisha Wignarajah works as technical writer for a Kanata high tech firm. Her poems have been published in a.be.ce.dar.ian and A Time of Trial, Beyond the Terror of 9/11: An International Anthology of Poetry.

Acknowledgements

A heart-felt thanks to Seymour Mayne and the Friday Circle editorial, Christal Steck and Maria Scala for their help, mentorship, support, and encouragement in guiding this collection towards publication. Warm thanks to Christine Marlin for her treasured comments on this collection. A special thanks to Nicola Vulpe and Richard Taylor, my first mentors and to Amanda Earl for her valued suggestions.

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