Author Archives: mikaeljohani

prambors poetry attack sabtu-minggu ini

Start:      Jan 12, ’08 11:00a End:      Jan 13, ’08 12:00a Location:      sebelah ratu plaza 102.2 fm me and gratiagusti chananya rompas sabtu dan minggu 12 dan 13 januari 2008 jam 11 sampai 12 pagi siang menyanyikan lagu-lagu di bawah ini (temanya kali ini PELARIAN) (some of the original poems’Continue reading “prambors poetry attack sabtu-minggu ini”

sometimes it turns out something you’ve abandoned is way more interesting than the thing you’ve abandoned it for, for real*

jogja bagiku adalah badran bermain dhelikan di sisa kuburan cerita tentang kepala, atau perut yang meledak di krematorium sebelah pesta perak, dan pertanyaan dalam hati banci mana yang akan mengajar ngaji di masjid ppp malam ini? atau mungkin juga bertemu ‘sang pemabuk’ christine ay tjoe di antara s. teddy d. dan athonk di gudang galeriContinue reading “sometimes it turns out something you’ve abandoned is way more interesting than the thing you’ve abandoned it for, for real*”

Limitations (Doggerel Remix 2003)

Ceramic cups crack on tablesLowell would rewrite in a fableof bored urbanites instead of mammals.O he’d begin, soft, to intimidatewith the Greek vocative, long obsolete.I’d gawk at the brightness of his dictionlaugh at the arrogance of his fictionAnd my jaw would drop. I think of my headwhence my ambitions, a farce, should have fled.The steam-engineContinue reading “Limitations (Doggerel Remix 2003)”

lettres choisis #711 (arides the bashful)

ARIDES The bashful AridesHas married an ugly wifeHe was bored with his manner of life,Indifferent and discouraged he thought he might asWell do this as anything else. Saying within his heart, “I am no use to myself,“Let her, if she wants me, take me.”He went to his doom. (il miglior fabbro) But what exactly didContinue reading “lettres choisis #711 (arides the bashful)”

lettres choisis #712 (l’amour est plus épaisseur qu’oublier)

hey you, sebelum aku lupa. bayangkan gambar sore yang standar. kecuali awan yang bentuknya seperti tisu yang tak sengaja kau pilin di sebuah restoran, di pojok kiri atas sebuah layar, semuanya standar, kecuali awan itu berwarna kuning telur. di bawahnya, jauh di bawah awan-awan lain yang berwarna antara abu abu dan jingga seperti biasa, diContinue reading “lettres choisis #712 (l’amour est plus épaisseur qu’oublier)”

only the headstrong

one day it was a fine daythe bus broke down on the way to endei took the chance to pisson a great banyan treeon the side of the roadi saw in the distancethe perfect triangle of a virginactive volcanoit was smoking ashesout of its pointy labiathat was when i realisedtheres nothing harderthan tryingtake still picturesfromContinue reading “only the headstrong”