Happy Indonesia Mother's Day (December 22nd)

A mother's love determines how We love ourselves and others. There is no sky we'll ever see Not lit by that first love. Stripped of love, the universe Would drive us mad with pain; But we are born into a world That greets our cries with joy. How much I owe you for the kiss That told me who I was! The greatest gift--a love of life-- Lay laughing in your eyes. Because of you my world still has The soft grace of your smile; And every wind of fortune bears The scent of your caress. (Turlough O'Carolan) For all that you have given me, I can return...

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Two moons in an hour

Two moons in an hourlike reflecting to each otheris there a mirror between?or my head is getting dizzy?Two moons with lazy raysthough no clouds in front of themkind of reflections I've never foundthey get me dizzy or I'm getting myself soThe importance and only thingthe only thing that I can thinkit's two moons in their real sha...

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Journey to the Mountains

Five great stones splitted a lone river. Right in the middle lied the biggest, yet the generous one. As I had walked for nine-hundreds steps under the knee-height water surface, I became slower than a band of snails. There, on the great stone I leaned. With all hopeless staring at high, high skyscrapers. My sweats ran dry like flood in rainy season, my throat was left nothing but the drought. Yet, the steps would have been twenty-fold of I had crawled from the river bank. To wipe the wet forehead, to scrap the dirts on shoulders unifying with the...

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Power - less

Empty road into the woodStony walks nearby the banksCrossing all bushes when sun so youngAt the gravel after the rainFootsteps were hard to find the shelterCloser about to water streamThis slippery soils prevented the standVerify too harsh, verily hardWhen light was blocked to blackened eyeIt was long way to go through itIt was very wild and m...

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Nothing more

When leaves start fallingthere's nothing to do but to hopethat they fertilize your soilsone dayOn which crops be alivefor your future needsDays come and go andyou're a cameo of universe blockbustersyou're nothing m...

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A World (Vladislav Katzarski)

Wind silence and sand. No strength even to die. Waiting hoping in vain. And a candle you light for yourself thereby. Enough the ivory tower all ablaze, Good for nothing, you see! Holes molehills and stones, Good though, we call it world. Author: Vladislav Katzar...

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Ketika Saya Bertanya

Sampai kapankah saudara berlari mengejar setoran sambil berkamuflase "Tuhan, berikanlah kemudahan", sementara lidah saudara siap-siap menjilat pantat bau busuk pimpinan saudara?Sampai kapan saudara berkhayal meniduri seorang cantik laksana bidadari sembari berdalih "aku mencintaimu", sementara saudara acuh terhadap cinta sejati seorang perempuan dekil?Sampai kapan saudara terus teriak, "aku cinta negeriku" sambil menenteng tas ransel bersulam materialisme, berisikan pernik-pernik bernuansa seberang entah-berantah?Sampai kapan saudara berpuisi,...

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O-zone ku menganga

Dengarkan ia merintihdengarkan ia menangisasa yang terluka olehgejolak insan semestaCamkan ia berkisahselamilah dalam pintanyaretak tempatku berpijaktertusuk panas sembiluTerkuras habis keringat negerioleh panas suasanatatkala langit kan binasakarena tiada atap menghal...

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Identity Crisis (E. D. Reeve)

Guest poem by F. D. Reeve He was urged to prepare for success: "You never can tell, he was told over and over; "others have made it; one dare not presume to predict. You never can tell. Who’s Who in America lists the order of cats in hunting, fishing, bird-watching, farming, domestic service--the dictionary order of cats who have made it. Those not in the book are beyond the pale. Not to succeed in you chosen profession is unthinkable. Either you make it or--you’re beyond the pale. Do you understand?" "No," he shakes his head. "Are you ready...

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Lagu Rindu

Pada tetes embun selaksa kali menggores batu,Pada air mata yang silih berganti bersihkan kabur,Pada malam sejuta bintang tanpa sulam cahaya bertirai fana,Pada liukan jalan berjenjang tatkala hijau meraba,Pada gersang ketika ingin dahaga membelai rasa,Pada kelam yang punahkan kesangsian di jiwa,Pada marah dan siksa yang berujung cambuk pendobrak sukma,Pada hampa swara swasana sisihkan gurauan lantang menggoda,Pada dera mencerai menerpa bisikkan sutra terhunus duri petaka,Pada badai, petir, ombak menyambar menguji bahtera,Pada cacian hina durjana...

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Flattering

When I go down you catch me inWhen I'm away you send a prayerWhen I get lost you trace me backWhen I'm asleep your angel guardsWhen I'm awake you never leaveIt's when only hope can fill the roomSWW, April 15, 2...

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It is never too late till it is late

When the Three Musketeers spell "all for one, one for all", no bullets or swords will hurt. Though aging times shadows, though exhausts bruise their fleshes and bones.Fighting for the honor in agony, easing the paralysed hope of their fellows. They stand on pain, the stand on wound.One for all the messages, which say "never give up!". All for one hope, "nothing's impossible".The kit they wear is the kit of million tears and joys. The kit they wear is one that denies impossibilities.When the Three Musketeers step up to the battlefield, their hearts...

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A Night Beyond the Horizon

By the sky I raise my sightsBy the moon I stare insightsBy the grass I lay my delightsBy the hills I see the lightsThe moon as I see through glancingLine of hopes continue growingAs I crawl the mountains with pain in rainFeel the beginning a chant of gainSteps are millions toward the shoreLeaving the home for the longed forThough nights deny long time beforeA simple mind I can ignoreShadows come as star fallingThe eastern sky the night's belongingThrough...

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I do

I do believe in...rain to shower the desertsnow hanging the tropical rimsixty-first second of a minutethe eigth day of just a weekthe thirteen month of just one yearI do comply with...signs I dreamt last nightstitch I mend my clothesstring that splits my necknails that bruise my legI do...I care what brought me downI care what turned me onI care what lifted me highI care what blacked me outI do...commit to what you needadmit the things you bringpermit how treat you beprofit you start callingI do...

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Purple Heart

Kan mentari undurkan dirimasih kusisa senyum di hatikan pelangi henti lingkaribidadari tetap bernyanyiDewi malam tak kunjung salamdi ujung pantai tak kilau tiramhembus bayu dalam temaramtajam menusuk keras menghunjamSatu warna beribu maknaenyah duka tengah melandakelebat sutra ungu meronakibaskan lara sang semenj...

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