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Imam Setiaji Ronoatmojo

The Night Landscape

Who knows if a tree
sitting cross-legged in the middle of the night?
Glowing translucent his tears in the shimmering
of the moon and stars
There was a silence called forgotten
together with the time
Sitting with him looked at
losing as much as the memories
The night had countless
Trees with strong roots
walking from time after time
Let the rain keep it!

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Kapau (Indonesian)

Sadjakku pagi ini kapau
Buntjis dan nangka santan
Nasi hangat
Djiwa hangat dihidupkan
Nasi butuh kapau
Biar gurih tambo rendang daging
'Kering & hitam' katamu
Kesabaran api jang membakar putjuk kaju
Setelah bara terbitlah rasa
dari Padang dibawa ke Jogja
Dulu ajahku selalu membawaku kesini
RM. Sinar Budi djl.P. Mangkubumi
(depan bioskop Ratih)


Maret,2011

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To My Daughter

Probably only one memory
Fragile bridge passed the river rapids
The bridge was really glad
when your feet step on
Stand up on top of tweak
Then the longer it confidently
And finally you can run on it

Maybe you're be able to laugh now
But when you were sad
Don't you forget the bridge
Hold -the bridge it was- necessarily
because the bridge, it was me

(2012)

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To Lori Singer

You send the news of the leaves
when the sky is red brick
Stream your bed on the couch
Between radio and seismograph
Myths and legends ash
News continues on the randomness of your hair
Between exotica and aesthetics
Against heat blistered legs
Running and playing in the rain
'There is no banana leaves here'
Everything is weary brush
but with warm voice...

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To Tori Amos

(after Fearlessness; ep. Night of Hunters)

The ray of light, you said
Coming from the horizon
in the morning
Before sunrise
Through the fingers dance
on the piano keys

Run deep into the jungle
A thousand fables stories
Hiding behind the shoes
Bushes crying

Blue sea, blue sky
Land of the ancient
Land spill tears
Golden moon drops
on the cheek

[...] Read more

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The Birds Were Lazy To Fly

there was no anger here, my dear
but love and falling leaves ~
peace and love are 2 sides
of the same coin
it was like Abraham Lincoln
what is life without love?
what is the meaning of love
without making peace
tenderness of the mountain wind
abort sizzling yellow leaves
what does it mean of hate
for you, my dear?
in the row of trees
the birds were lazy to fly

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Fog Creeps In The Rubber Forest

and build a hill moments
on the corner
limp body in silence
is it not a time capturing the clouds?
marching into one sentence shrubs
rising in the morning on empty cans
are untouched since yesterday
the twisted bamboo baskets
silent on just one word
shrubs swaying
want to do?
does it build the wind gallery here?
the wind will soon collapse
between the sidelines of the tree
and flew my spirit

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And The Gates Will Be Closed Soon

to R.Aj. Kartini (21 April 1879 - 17 September 1909)

The moss green wall, my friend
is not the frozen wall confining
Among the shade of Keben trees
There was no pain eventhough
There is a little sadness
Reading will not be conquered
Heart of the wet pen
I want to swim to the land of your birth
If the days will be filled with gloom
Then writing a letter or poem
is a must and will that in
The floor was cold
And the gates will be closed
soon

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Stone Carvings On The Temple

Don't give me the ocean
then I kissed the moon
Among the pieces of the window
that floats in nothingness
Let your body swing swayed by
The sound of your pain is the presence of cues
A pair of running legs on the white sand
Lost in your embrace
Blowing intercourse between roses and thorns
Vanished in the temple stones arrangement
Perished in the fire
That burn in love
Eros arc drawn by a hundred horses

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A Letter Without An Address

your hand was unable to lift the paper
unreadable letters in the outdated script
fly the paper, fly my dear
hiding among the fragrance of roses
in the silence of the voice was chanting;
it's always immersed in the anchor
ships that wander away
far... far away
one day the ship was anchored
waiting is always the longing
the letters tucked behind the table
you hide well
quarter folded
no one knows

2012

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