Tokoh Puisi: Raja Ali Haji

Pada bulan September 2022, Poetry Prairie menghadiri undangan Festival Sastra Internasional Gunung Bintan yang diselenggarakan di Kota Tanjung Pinang, Kepulauan … More

Pintu Gunung

Latar kenangan begitu rapuhDi pintu jantung kita yang berdebar-debarSelalu ada pertempuran, entah dari dunia manaMembawa nama, aroma dan bisik-bisik air … More

Wall of Fire

the wooden roots are crossing in the airuprooted from the ground, dangling lonelydry, die in rainy seasontear down the walls … More

Archaic Dream

I speak the words to the windcan you not hear my plea?hanging still like an archaic chandelier I speak the … More

Siapa Yang Akan Kita Percayai Selain Kita Berdua?

Menyambut badai yang lebih besar. Hari-hari penuh ketidakpastian berkali lipat banyaknya. Jatahmu kepadaku, jatahku di bahumu jua. Petualangan ini, Sayang, … More

Precarious Mind

We will lay our bodies next to the truth we cannot hearOr are we the ones who don’t want to … More

Ulang Tahun

Kita semua, kupikir, saling melihat kehidupan untuk saling menyaksikan kematian. Dalam setiap ulang tahun, kematian menyampaikan salam. Tak ada yang … More

Azure Ocean

The moment you touched my handOur lives changed into grey lightsIn the depth of azure oceanA silky line between thick … More

Moon Phase

I hide it under my skin, always hide itAnd like a moon phaseThere will be time it came out slowlyThis … More

Antediluvian Hurricane

Here comes another rainpouring down, on the surfaceof cold tarnished skinwith the ring of prose that rigorously dissheveled the vacillate … More

Scorch

As soon the sun erodes the moonI begin to recall the memoriesOf your smile, and our smilesOf my tears, and … More

The Wildflower’s Sorrow

Among all of the remaining messNothing can beat the sorrow of wildflowerBlooming endlessly by the roadside without designThe beauty they … More

Forest

From the forest we hear some noisesThe sound of migrating birds, the rotten leaves, decaying lichens,and all the voices of … More

Reciting A Mantra

I recite a mantra a psychologist wrote me one day“Aku mengasihi perasaan sendiri secara alami” I wonder how accepting damage … More

Night Time, The Lights Went Out

Whisper of loversin the night jazzed up by cricketsLights suddenly went outRoads, as empty as a dead city “Are your … More

The First Downpour

I love the rainthere’s something about itperhaps it’s the relief of a cool breezeon a skin-meltingly hot daysignifying the promise … More

Balcony Thoughts

The house is always darker inside than outWalls built to shelter inhabitants from harmSubsequently, unfortunately, sheltered them from lightEven windows … More