We HereAn Indo’s story is camouflaged between the dutch grandfathers’ “Hou je mond.” and the Indonesian grandmothers’ “Tahan mulutmu.” Do not speak of the horrors your grandmothers and mother endured, whitewashing their dark skin through the wringer of Dutch priviledge, claiming a small piece of equality hoping to erase their subservient status […]
Poetry
24 April 2019 | National Poetry Month WebPoetrySlam
Complement The moon is filling, Rounding himself with power and light. Mother Ocean reaches up, White caps and strong waves. He throws his light everywhere; She pulls it into her depths. He laughs. Her waves roil. He lights her way as her waters move to gently lap the sand; His […]
23 April 2019 | National Poetry Month WebPoetrySlam
The Giants March Mountains and hills float above the morning mist, like islands in a prehistoric sea, and I have come again to the giants march, where their arms, whiter than the clouds, flail round and round in the Djinn-laced air. I have come to the giants march when sun is rising to […]
22 April 2019 | National Poetry Month WebPoetrySlam
Motivation The whole day stretched before me To work on all this mess Dust bunnies danced along the shelf, Much laundry, I confess. I scrunched down in my favorite chair. My pans were mucked in swill. I wondered what to tackle first – The socks piled in a hill? While I yawned […]
21 April 2019 | National Poetry Month
A F T E R After there’re no mountains left to climb After there’re no poems left to rhyme After there are no more problems left for me to solve After there are no more urgent conflicts to resolve After goals I set no longer shine After things I wished for all are mine I […]