Nostalgia = Transcendence Toeti Heraty Nostalgia is transcendence, yes, it’s another play on words and foreign words at that but everything is foreign now everything is an illusion let’s get back to nostalgia it is also, a loss, shadows in our memory which have lost their terror, irony has pillowed them the present in flashbackContinue reading “sepasang”
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Rehearsal
“I think poetry is a collective thing Considering where we live What people around us do What we do with people around us That tiny hint of thunder On a bright sunny day”
RED33MED AR3A
Do you know wher3 y0u l1v3? Pr0b4bly. 4bn3r 15 63tt1n6 t00 0ld t0 dr1ve but w0n’t 4dm1t 1t. Th3 0th3r d4y h3 60t 1n h1s car t0 60 buy 50m3 c0ugh dr0p5 0f 4 k1nd th3y d0n’t m4ke 4nym0re. And th3 dru65t0r3 h45 b3en incorp0r4t3d 1nt0 4 m4ll 4bout s3v3n mile5 4w4y w1th 0nly 4boutContinue reading “RED33MED AR3A”
the c so beautiful
’tis like when achilleus gave away his body armour to patroclus and he had to make do with odysseus’ ill-fitting loincloth. i can no longer walk through your garden in my own shoes. what’s left is a shed full of half-finished canvasses of happiness with dainty little clouds rolling in. ’tis like when the ironmongerContinue reading “the c so beautiful”
it’s a read-off!
i’m reading several books at once. i digress a lot when i talk to people, when i write, so why not when i read? it’s not like i haven’t been doing it all my life anyway. but i met jj for lunch at tim and he told me he’s writing 18 books all at onceContinue reading “it’s a read-off!”
apakah aku berada di mars atau mereka mengundang orang mars?
pergi ke rak sastra di gramedia. apa yang kau jumpai di sana? novel, puisi, novel, cerpen, puisi. kalau inilah ‘sastra indonesia’, rasanya tiga rak memang sudah cukup. hahaha. bagaimana dengan lirik lagu? catatan perjalanan? esei yang bukan tentang pramoedya? resensi film? ‘walau kamu / tak semancung / gunung-gunung / di belahan bumi pertiwi / uuuContinue reading “apakah aku berada di mars atau mereka mengundang orang mars?”
Divagyrations 