Excerpt from Poem

A VISIT TO MY OLD VILLAGE

An evening stroll

in my tiny old village I took;

saw the old folks

once so young,

now so frail and weak.

Aged with time at nature’s quest

they stared at me in total disbelief;

they seem to think I too

have aged along with them perhaps

yet neither of us could fathom

what time and years

had done to us in tandem.

A nostalgic

collection of poems

and stories

that transport the reader

back to blessed times.

Evocative glimpses

into a blissful era

that has aged

perhaps with time,

but not forgotten.

English Poems,

English Short Stories,

Illustrations,

Goa in Pictures,

Goan Proverbs

& Sayings

Glossary

Excerpt from Story

OF CHAPELS & FEASTS

As he neared the chapel in the misty early morning dawn, a girl dressed in her best approached running to the young lad, and picking a tiny paper flower from her small and neatly decorated basket, she pinned it on his shirt. Reaching in his pocket he deposited a coin in her basket for which she thanked him.

Simple, rustic life

captured through descriptive renditions

via narrative poetry, drawings, paintings and photographs

About the Author

Tony was educated at St. Anthony’s High School, Monte de Guirim, Bardez, Goa, and subsequently at Kareer Polytechnic, Bombay, studying Commercial Art, where he excelled in Painting and Photography.

It has always been his endeavour to write poetry about his childhood memories of Goa. Although he has been away from his homeland all these years, he has constantly kept in touch with his roots by visiting Goa every now and then.

Born with a natural flair for writing poetry and fuelled with a nostalgic craving and love for his native land, he has now compiled a collection of his poems.

Tony presently resides in Mississauga, Ontario - Canada, with his wife and three children.

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