Rain in June

By Evi Manalu

only now I get to make sense of the rain,
talking similar the wind greeted

this heat is too long
far from sign of going to rain

Rain ... did you say over there
It was me who raining you with longing

June 9, 2013
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Evi Manalu. Lives in Jakarta.

rain

By Cut Dini Desita

:for H

Suddenly I swept away, all sense of soluble
And must fold the dream into your pocket

on the front porch we plan farewell
while waiting for the rainy season slowly asleep

while the rain has not yet stopped
let's stay and complete our pending poetry

June 17, 2013
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Cut Dini Desita. Lives in Banda Aceh.

The Sea

By Sofyan Adrimen

float in the far-reaching
always broke every time I grasp
to you

...

June 12, 2013
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Sofyan Adrimen. Lives in Central Java.

Lost

By Sitok Srengenge

today
a wiseman
write a freedom lyrics
that he dreamed yesterday

tomorrow morning
he will sing
a freedom lyrics
that he wrote today

day after tomorrow
he wanted to paint freedom
which he sang the morning
that he wrote today
that he dreamed yesterday

The next day
he did not paint
not sing
do not write
even
not daydream

he lost
until
today

1997
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Sitok Srengenge. A poet.

Morning Reading By Dew

By Wanto Tirta

morning reading by your dew
heart feels light
cool down in the booth time
sense of luminous
opening page
write love with coolness

increasingly dive
feels right
really truth

increasingly embrace
feels right lovingly

April 28, 2013
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Wanto Tirta. Lives in Central Java.

Sketch without Ink

By Augustinus Abraham

I open the rice hood
there is a screams hungry echoed
then I closed again

I open the fridge
no demonstrators sounds tearing capitalist brands
then I closed again

I turn on the tv
there is an artists and photo model fuck by the politicians
then I turn off the tv

I went outside the home
watching the concrete muscles of the capital city arm wrestling
ignoring the inconsequential leader's speech

:then I burn another cigarette

Rawamangun, May 12, 2011
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Agustinus Abraham. Lives in Jakarta.

Kala Bendu

By Regi Sastra Sena

In this country...
On dry land, a bird pecked the rocks
Turns up to be fired

In this country...
On dry land, a fish swimming in the sand
Until sahara into ocean

Denpasar, May 1, 2013
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Regi Sastra Sena. Lives in Denpasar.