this city is full of legs young, clean-skinned, wild the legs of a golden afternoon 6 january 2003 jakarta in my head (ode_wallad a.k.a. Edo Wallad in Antologi Bunga Matahari, Avatar Press 2005, Jakarta, p. 146)
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Bukit Timur (1083)
Hujan mencuci Bukit Timur, bulan bersinar terang; Tadi orang kantoran bergegas, sekarang petani melenggang. Untuk apa khawatir tentang bongkah batu di pinggir jalan? Aku pukul dengan tongkatku, aku suka suaranya menggema. (Su Tung-p’o, dari Selected Poems of Su Tung-p’o, terjemahan Burton Watson, Copper Canyon Press 1994, hal. 104)
Pohon Lokus Mekar (v.2)
Dari antara hijau kaku tua cling! dahan patah datang putih manis Mei lagi (William Carlos Williams, dari Selected Poems, New Directions Publishing Corporation 1985, hal. 94)
Di Stasiun Metro
Muka-muka dalam kerumunan itu; Kelopak bunga pada dahan hitam, basah. (Ezra Pound, dari Selected Poems 1908-1969, Faber and Faber 1977, hal. 53)
Untuk William Carlos Williams
Hartford, September 7/27 Halo Williams, Aku kembalikan cartolina postale di poste italiane da Rapallo-mu, ya. Terima kasih banyak. Tapi percayalah, signor, aku sibuk sesibuk Mussolini yang Agung. Aku bangun subuh, cukur jenggot, etc; jam enam aku senam; jam tujuh aku dipijat dan mandi; jam delapan aku coba makan pagi; jam setengah sembilan sampai setengah sepuluhContinue reading “Untuk William Carlos Williams”
Two Girls & Me
S.M. Ardan I’m just waiting until I get paid Then I’ll ask Girl Number One out for dinner We’ll eat & drink Smell the roses in the evening air If the weather is fine We’ll talk about love My head feels heavy, & my chest, & my pockets & my stomach empty I’ll goContinue reading “Two Girls & Me”
Jakarta: Night
Sitor Situmorang At the corner of Kebon Sirih and Thamrin I stopped. And looked up at the neon lights blinking on rooftops. Metropolis! I freeze under the streetlights. Beyond the traffic lights I think, therefore I am. This is Jakarta not Hong Kong or Lake Toba. I left all that on a boat oneContinue reading “Jakarta: Night”
Digital Video Festival
Jimi Multhazam We are back To the future West of Jakarta! Make a U-ee Before Fatahillah To Glodok Raya! The National Film Centre The Kingdom of Movie Heaven Hollywood, Bollywood Cannes, Tehran Let’s go crazy! Digital Video Festival We don’t wanna wait in line Please, no more extra butter On our overpriced popcorns GimmeContinue reading “Digital Video Festival”
Disco Emergency
Jimi Multhazam Double discman. AA batteries Active speakers. Modern life Green mixing desk. Second-hand Lighting rig. 17th of August We dance Disco Disco Emergency! Disco Mozilla and CD-Rs A cramped bedsit 3×4 A school corridor late at night Art openings we nearly miss We dance Disco Disco Emergency! Disco No house music hey naContinue reading “Disco Emergency”
I Walk Amongst Them
Chairil Anwar I walk amongst them They who cornered me Into a face/off On the side of the street. I see the world through Their eyes. I follow them Through the crowd spitting their guts out. The reality as they see it. (The Capitol is playing American flicks, We dance To all the topContinue reading “I Walk Amongst Them”
Divagyrations 