Bridging Connections – Property

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Bridging Connections, On Moving into a Rented House, Parakrama Kodituwakku, Passion for Furniture, Poetry, Property, R Sivanandan, To My Son His Inheritance, Wickramasena Jayasekera

Poetry does not often deal with property. In itself, I suppose, this does not seem a very poetic subject. And the three poems brought together here are really about feelings, not property. The juxtaposition may also seem facile, in that the feelings depicted are very different in character. Still, it is interesting to explore the use made of houses and furniture to convey essential aspects of the Sri Lankan experience.