Echoes of Chains A Poem on Colonization in Malaysia
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Once, the rivers ran free and bold,
Through emerald lands, rich with gold.
Mountains whispered to the sky,
Under the watchful, sovereign eye.
Then came ships with foreign flags,
Tongues of s...
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Categories:
gamelan, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Balinese Bride
...Captivating scents, in delicate layers
Ylang ylang , Jasmine and Tuberose flowers
Sandlewood, Frangipaini, Lilies and Rose
the fragrance of love in a scene so close.
Gamelan percussion
for th...
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Categories:
gamelan, beauty, culture, wife,
Form: Rhyme
The Island of Gods
...Worship dance blared fulfilled the stroke of sunset
The beauty of heavenly panoramic captivate the admiration in depth
Gratify the devotees whose hunger for the sublimity of art
Even breezes kindly ...
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Categories:
gamelan, holiday, nature, sea, travel,
Form: Free verse
Java Blood
...I may speak like I’ve lost my identity
I may look like I’ve ignored my ideology
But in this body, a Javanese blood is moving swiftly
There is a deep bond, hard to be disregarded
The tradition ...
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Categories:
gamelan, urbanmusic, may, music,
Form: Free verse
A Letter From Indonesia
...Dear Home:
Please forgive my departure, silent and without warning, like the simmering
warmth of mountain springs that bubble, unexpected, in the pale tropic light of
morning. I am now straddl...
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Categories:
gamelan, imagination, nature, places, light,
Form: Rhyme