Asoka Weerasinghe was born in Sri Lanka. He lived in England for a dozen years prior to relocating to Canada in 1968. In 1970 Weerasinghe completed an M.Sc. degree at Memorial University in St. John’s, NL where his thesis was entitled: Stratigraphy and palaeontology of the Ordovician Long Point formation, Port au Port Peninsula, Newfoundland. His poem “Trail of Mankind” was adopted as the storyline for Canada’s National Museum of Man’s Orientation Hall in Ottawa in 1972. A resident of Ottawa, Ontario, Weerasinghe co-founded the Gloucester Spoken Art poetry and storytelling series. This work earned him the City of Ottawa Distinguished Civic Award for 2003 in the field of Arts and Culture.
Poetry
Butterfly Poems
Gloucester, Ont.: Gloucester Spoken Art, 2001.
Poetry
Exile, 1956-1978
Cornwall, Ont.: Vesta Publications, 1978.
Poetry
Home Again Lanka
Ottawa.: Commoners’ Pub. Society, 1981.
Poetry
Hot Tea and Cinnamon Buns: Poems
Cornwall, Ont.: Vesta, [1980].
Poetry
Kitsilano Beach Songs: A Collection of Poems
Ottawa.: Commoners’ Pub. Society, 1990.
Poetry
The Land of Serendipity
Gloucester, Ont.: Gloucester Spoken Art, 2008.
Poetry
Mayan Love Songs
Gloucester, Ont.: Gloucester Spoken Art, 2007.
Poetry
Poems for Jeannie
Cornwall, Ont.: Vesta Publications, 1976.
Poetry (Chapbook)
Poems from daddy
Gloucester, Ont.: Gloucester Spoken Art, 1997.
Poetry (Chapbook)
Poems in November
Ottawa.: Commoners’ Pub., 1977.
Poetry
Selected Poems 1958-1983
Cornwall, Ont.: Vesta Publications, 1983.
Poetry (Chapbook)
Tapestry: Poems
Gloucester, Ont.: Gloucester Spoken Art, 1999.
Poetry
Tears for my Roots: Poems
Ottawa.: Commoners’ Pub. Society, 1994.
Poetry
Tewa: Selected Poems
Gloucester, Ont.: Gloucester Spoken Art, 2004.
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Publisher Gloucester Spoken Art