October 03, 2008

Four Haiku

Four haiku, a poem by Saut Situmorang


such boredom...
the goldfish swimming
measuring the aquarium


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CHURCH BELL
the city walls laugh at it

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ANCIENT TREE
a flower on the top branch


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MIDDAY SUN
the dew in the graveyard still


Saut Situmorang, one of famous Indonesian Poet, now living in Yogyakarta, a basis of Indonesian intellectual. Saut recently released his "Otobiography" which content his complete poem collection. Saut chalange Indonesian literature society to againts Utan Kayu domination.

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