À l’heure du tout à l’image et du buzz sans suite, «l’express» souhaite faire découvrir la plume de poètes, de chanteurs, d’écrivains et de tous ceux qui jettent leur âme sur le papier, et qui mettent en mots des réflexions profondes.

The island name places

now sounding surreal

tripped off the tongue

in mother’s dulcet utterances;

Congomah I recall

as paternal beginnings,

rurality at its rawest, greenest;

Ruisseau Rose comes

to mind, its babbling waters

its sedgy river bank

decked with flowers pink

and other colours;

in the cameo the mynahs

have sung, the sun has sparkled,

the moon has glistened,

the tropical rain has splashed.

27 January 2024

Souvenirs

When senses by cane syrup

are indulgently sweetened,

by Green Islands pepped up,

by teas of Bois Cheri titillated,

by basalt peaks elevated,

by shimmering seas

and languorous lagoons

beguiled and enraptured,

what more is there to please?

there are the winsome smiles ,

the mellow medley of colours

in a row in the market

or at random in fields,

all mementos in delicate

parcels tucked into memories

as candies to cherish in dreams.

20 September 2023

Your island

May your island

in spirit

remain green

and the sun of your smile spread

blessings radiant

all round

to light up

your every step,

brighten every part

of your demesne,

making your quiet

seclusion joyful,

though rain may fall.

11 May 2021

BIO

Jeewan Ramlugun

This author, African Development expert and academic has published five collections of poems, with around 1,500 pieces, both locally and internationally, such as “Mother & Memories”, in Mauritius in 2023 and “Hornbeam Dreams”, in Odisha, India, the same year. Several of the poems he has authored have been published in magazines while others have often been read in England, for instance, “Teddington Summer Music” by Paul Alexander, actor, writer and filmmaker, at the Normansfield Theatre in 2016.