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...Sonny hid behind the melons 
In a busy Asian marketplace,
Near the plantains and the mangos 
Where the shadows could obscure his face.  
He inhaled the air around him 
And enjoyed the fragrant s...

Categories: jakarta, adventure, allegory, corruption, murder,
Form: Ballad

Iwan Fals Born Virgiawan Listanto On September 3 1961-

...IWAN FALS born VIRGIAWAN LISTANTO ON September 3, 1961-


I  am Iwan Fals an Indonesian singer-songwriter Times™Magazine named me “A Great Asian Hero”.
While I was 18 formed a group...

Categories: jakarta, analogy, appreciation, celebrity, character,
Form: Acrostic

Bible Study

...The earth was void and without form…
And the voice of the Lord was upon the waters…

	In the roll of a tsunami wave across the Pacific
	Born of a collapsing mountain deep in the sea
	And in the ...

Categories: jakarta, bible, religious, weather,
Form: Didactic

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Bombing Indonesia

...Bombing Indonesia
So they broke the law and smuggled drugs etc. How about we drop some 1000lb bombs on Jakarta and nuke each individual Indonesian air force, navy and army base? FOR A BIT OF FRIGGIN...

Categories: jakarta, abuse, allah, anger, betrayal,
Form: Verse

Green Parrots

...On the patio I can see the chameleons
Their necks so red with lust
On the wind the green parrots
Call to one another hoping for a place to rest
The sky is orange and deep purple with the last whisper...

Categories: jakarta, loneliness, longing, loss, lost
Form: Free verse

Unrequited Love

...A Jarkatan guy’s love
Filled to the brim
Running over to a certain Diosaka
Only her under his sun 
Could seam his torn heart

This Diosaka’s love
Was already harbored in another’s heart
With vows in ...

Categories: jakarta, lost love, for her,
Form: Rhyme

Its a Wonder It Dont Snow In Indonesia

...It’s a wonder It don’t snow in Indonesia


I made a friend yesterday
And she was so kind to me
Just like a guiding light
To a sailor in the sea

A bubbling personality
Like a can of spite
A...

Categories: jakarta, friendship, snow, smile, snow,
Form: Light Verse

Indonesia and Poland

...
An Indonesian flag is a Polish flag upside down.
The capital of Jakarta is a long way from Warsaw town.
On the islands of Sumatra, Java, and Borneo,
sauerkraut and kielbasa is something they...

Categories: jakarta, people,
Form: Rhyme

Mantra

..."We must treat with love those whom God has placed in our path"
                          --Linda Hunt, as Billy Kwan
"And, so it begins..."
    says Linda Hunt, an actress
playing a man who is a...

Categories: jakarta, inspirational, people,
Form: Free verse

Abc's of Capital Cities

...Athens, quite a place, so full of mythology
Buenos Aires, in Argentina, a place I'd love to see

Canberra, is just antipodean class
Dublin, a pint of Guinness in a glass

Edinburgh, the capital...

Categories: jakarta, war,
Form: ABC

My Lips Is Your Wine Grail

...because you are so sweet.
too sweet.
more than all of words I’ve said,
more than all of tastes I’ve tasted.
like you’ve been harvested
from the finest farm,
along the side of fertile river,
an...

Categories: jakarta, dedicationjoy,
Form: Lyric