Lynn Ockersz

2 weeks ago | island.lk | Sahan Weerasooriya |Lynn Ockersz

Many thousands in the annual grades race,Are brimming with the magical feel of success,And they very rightly earn warm congrats,But note, you who are on the pedestals of power,That 30,000 or more are being left far behind,In these no-holds-barred contests to be first,Since they have earned the label ‘All Fs’,And could fall for the drug-pusher’s lure,Since they may be on the threshold of despair…Take note, and fill their lives with meaning,Since they suffer for no fault of theirs.

3 weeks ago | island.lk | Sahan Weerasooriya |Lynn Ockersz

With his limbs ripped off in a blast,Mounting challenges await the Gaza boy,And though he will be winning good hearts,When he cries that Mum can’t be held now,The stony silence of the civilized world,In the face of his stepped-up mute suffering,Should be seen as another frontier of agony,And herein we have the conclusive evidence,That hearts are made numb by unending savagery.

3 weeks ago | island.lk | Sahan Weerasooriya |Lynn Ockersz

In a landmark move for Sri Lanka’s logistics landscape, EFL Project Logistics has completed a critical phase of deliveries for the Colombo West International Terminal (CWIT), a transformative infrastructure project poised to reshape the country’s role in global maritime trade. CWIT—a collaboration between Adani Ports and SEZ Ltd (51%), John Keells Holdings and the Sri Lanka Ports Authority—is set to be the island’s first fully automated deep-water terminal.

1 month ago | island.lk | Sahan Weerasooriya |Lynn Ockersz

By Lynn OckerszA learned judge across the Palk Strait,Had certainly got his basics in place,When he held for the primacy of Bread,And received wisdom freshly upheld,That it is to the eatery and not the library,That a starving human drags himself,Thus putting to rest at first blush,The Bread or Books first debate,But rush not to conclusions in this instance,For, while Bread satisfies the physical self,It’s Books that nourish the heart and mind,So, let not Books and Bread futilely contend.

1 month ago | island.lk | Sahan Weerasooriya |Lynn Ockersz

Survivors of the South-East Asian tragedy,Triggered by nature’s stern promptings,Somehow reining-in suffocating sorrow,Are leaving no unhinged stone unturned,To salvage the remains of those held dear,In fresh testimony of love’s staying power,But it speaks well for the untouched majority,That unstinted succor is pouring in,To render some solace to the hapless,Although no amount of fellow feeling,Could make up for the wrenching sorrow,Of parting from a priceless presence.