YASODHARA’s Handwritten Inscription on the Cover Page of the pamphlet in my hands …. courtesy of the copy held by my late departed sister, Estelle Fernando
To ….My dearest Aunty Estelle,
Thank you for starting me off on my long trek” through the world of learning.
With Love
Yasodhara XX
EDITORIAL NOTE: The collection of short poems in this loose-leaf pamphlet is NOT presented below in either chronological order or paginated order [since the pamphlet is NOT numbered].
A Butterfly’s
Wise Words
&
Other Poems.
Yasodhara Kumaratunga
with Cover Design by Yasodhara Kumaratunga
To my beloved thaththi with love
in the hope that the blood which
flowed so vainly from your beautiful
face would mingle with the earth
of my land, to give forth
the blossoms of Peace & Brotherhood
for which you fought so passionately.
And to my ammi for
all that you have been to me
