Requisites - Softcover

Jirasinghe, Ramya Chamalie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 186984842X ISBN 13: 9781869848422

Publisher: Mica Press, 2025

Synopsis

Over two thousand five hundred years ago, the Buddha suggested that a seeker's possessions could be pared down to eight requisites -- an outer robe, an inner robe, a cloak for winter, a bowl, a razor, needle & thread, a belt and a water strainer. In this collection of poems, taking each element from his list, Ramya Jirasinghe accompanies us on a quest for contentment, where rejection of heedless consumerism could lead to ecological harmony and the Earth's restoration.

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About the Author

Ramya was joint runner-up to the UK's Guardian Orange First Words Prize of 2009, and the TimesOnline, UK, selected her work for its 2009 collection of contemporary war poetry. Her first book of poems, There's an Island in the Bone, won the State Literary Joint-Award, Sri Lanka, in 2011. Her second collection of poems, Love Poems from a Frangipani Garden, was published in the UK by Mica Press in 2018. Her poetic play, Water for Kings, was staged by Mind Adventures Theatre Company in 2024. Her debut novel, Father Cabraal's Recipe for Love Cake, which won the Gratiaen Prize in 2024, will be published by Penguin Random House India. She lives in Sri Lanka.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mica Press
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 186984842X
• ISBN 13: 9781869848422
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 60