JEMBATAN POETRY SOCIETY

Friday, September 28, 2012

The Chief - the Indonesian Consul General & the Group

Falimah(?) thanks for the reading, Sri Rahayu, (?)....you got the impression sometimes probably they got lost and ends-up at the Jembatan or they just wanted to find it out........

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Maradona, Wiratno, Vitrio, The Chief, Dewi & Wirawan

Thanks for coming - Terima kasih atas kedatangannya!

Qusthan, Yacinta, Nani & Daniel

BAYANG-BAYANG
(Sebuah Petanyaan Bagi M2 & Y)

Di keheningan malam
lembutnya sumilir angin
yang menuturkan manis,
bayang-bayang itupun hadir lagi seperti mimpi,
tanpa senyum
begitu tegarr seolah tak kan sirna
diterpa badai,
membuat diri ini tenggelam di kedalaman lautan
yang membiru
birunya pandang mata yang memukau

Di kehangatan mentari subuh
maraknya kicauan burung-burung
yang meraup madu dari bunga-bunga
yang terpaku dibelai mentari pagi,
hadirnya bayang yang bersemi dalam hati
yang lara dan kesedihan yang tak berujung,
hilang sudah tempat kuberpijak karna berpaling dari kenyataan hidup
yang terpana bayang menggoda yang selalu
resah menanti jawab

Spring - Nani Pollard

Mannix Foster

\Ketika aku melihat sesuatu yang tak pernah kulihat sebelumnya

mataku terbuka betapa indahnya negri ini

dan ketika ku merasakan hal yang tak pernah kurasakan sebelumnya

hatiku terbuka betapa besarnya bangsa ini

hanya disini dirumahku yang membentang luas ke 4 penjuru

kupersembahkan seluruh jiwa dan ragaku

dan kupastikan tak kan ada yang mampu merebutnya dariku.

Hanya disini.. DI INDONESIA...

( Amazing! He memorised it!

Matthew Piscioneri

He read the English & Anton read the Indonesian part!

Why I like Melbourne

A very old-fashioned poem by Rolf Heimann

You’ll find no shark

In Noble Park,

It’s too far from the sea.

Snakes do not kill

In Yarraville

(another place to be).

And if you fear

The grizzly bear,

The tiger and the lion,

Kalau takut beruang, macan dan singa

Anda bisa pergi aman ke Ivanhoe

Ada tempat tidur buat rebahan

You safely go

To Ivanhoe

And find a bed to lie on.

Or you may dread the octopus,

The rhino or the nozerus,

The red-hot flowing lava,

The elephant,

The fire-ant -

You’re safe in Balaclava.

No killer whale

In Armadale,

No giant anaconda,

No poisonous frogs,

Nor falling logs,

You’re good in Moonee Ponda.

No giant beast

In Richmond East,

No ape and no hyena,

No killer bee

In Ripponlea.

Sleep tight in Murrumbeena.

And when your favorite aunt is dead,

‘Cause giant bats have killed her,

You can be reasonably sure

It wasn’t in St. Kilda.

KENAPA SAYA MENCINTAI MELBOURNE

Anda gak akan melihat hiu di Noble Park

Terlalu jauh dari laut

Ular gak bunuh orang

Di Yarraville

Dan kalau kau takut

Beruang buas

Harimau dan singa

Kau selamat

Ke Ivanhoe

Dan ada tempat tidur buat rebahan

Atau kau takut cumi-cumi

Badak atau nozerus

Lava merah panas

Gajah

Semut berbisa

Kau selamat di Balaclava

Tidak ada ikan paus ganas

Di Armadale

Tidak ada ular anaconda

Tidak ada kodok berbisa

Juga tidak ada balok kayu jatuh

Kau selamat di Moonee Ponda

Tidak ada beruang buas

Di Richmond East

Tidak ada monyet dan srigala

Tidak ada lebah berbisa

Di Ripponlea

Tidur nyenyak di Murrumbeena

Dan kalau Tante kesayangan kau meninggal

Karena kelelawar raksasa menggigitnya

Kau merasa yakin

Pasti bukan di St Kilda.

(Translated by Anton Alimin)

Rama - Sita Dialogue

"Cintaku padamu, Adinda," kata Rama, "adalah laut yang pernah bertahun memisahkan kita, adalah langit yang senantiasa memayungi kita, adalah kawanan kera yang di gua Kiskenda. Tetapi....., " Sita yang hamil itu tetap diam sejak semula, "kau telah tinggal dalam sangkar raja angkara itu bertahun lamanya, kau telah tidur di ranjangnya, kau bukan lagi rahasia baginya."

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"My love for you," said Rama, "is as broad as the sea which has divided us for years, as high as the sky which sheltered us, as plentiful as the monkeys in Kiskanda Cave. But...." Pregnant, Sita listened in silence, "....you have lived in that cruel king's palace year after, you have slept in his bed, he knows all your secrets."

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( by Sapardi Djoko Damono, translated by Harry Aveling).

LOVE THE PLANET

Let's loves.
Save the planet, love ourself
Save the planet, save ourself.
Save life on land, in sea and air,
In all our contacts - let us be fair.
Love all those who can't love themselves
And in so doing enrich ourselves.

Take from the earth just what we need;
Extinguish all the fires of greed.
Support those who strive to save
This planet for chaos could us enslave.
Let's show concern for starving millions
Thoughtfully dispensing of our billions.

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by Kay Fernando

Comments

Thank you so much for inviting me to participate in the reading and music event at the Indonesian Consulate General last Saturday - Lella

"I found the Jembatan Society's poetry reading a very stimulating experience, surrounded by like minded people in a very pleasant atmosphere. If you're interested in literature, either in English, Indonesian or both, I sytrongly recommend attending the next Jembatan Society gathering." - Mannix

"It was great to take part in the poetry reading organised by the Jembatan Society, on an extremely hot Melbourne Saturday afternoon, on 25 February 2012. The atmosphere was very friendly and relaxed and everyone listened keenly to all the readers who took their poems from a diverse range of Indonesian and English texts. Most readers explained the reasons for their selection of poem. This made the event even more enjoyable because it further personalised the reading. Some readers provided an even stronger side to the afternoon by declaiming poems they had penned themselves - Simon

'It was very enjoyable the other day, and I hope to come again to the Jembatan Society for the next meeting Rolf

I can just say that I enjoyed the opportunity to meet others who appreciate poetry and to become acquainted with Indonesian poetry. It was pleasing to see the conviviality between Indonesian and Australian poets. The food was most enjoyable and the setting was so unusual that it would have been worth going for the unusual ambiance alone! I hope I will get an opportunity to be there again on a future poetry night.

- Rory Hudson

AKU

Kalau sampai waktu
'Ku mau tak seorang kan merayu
Tidak juga kau

Tak perlu sedu sedan itu
Aku ini binatang jalang
Dari kumpulannya terbuang

Biar peluru menembus kulitku
Aku tetap meradang menerjang

Luka dan bisa kubawa berlari
Berlari
Hingga hilang pedih peri

Dan aku akan lebih tidak perduli

Aku mau hidup seribu tahun lagi........

When my time comes
No one's going to cry for me,
And you won't, either
The hell with all those tears!

I'm a wild beast
Driven out of the herd

Bullets may pierce my skin
But I'll keep coming,

Carrying forward my wounds and my pain
Attacking
Attacking
Until suffering disappears

And I won't give a damn

I want to live another thousand years..........

A Bush Girl

She's milking in the rain and dark
As did her mother in the past.
The wretched shed of poles and bark,
Rent by the wind, is leaking fast.
She sees the "home-roof" black and low,
Where, balefully, the hut-fire gleams-
And, like her mother, long ago,
She has her dreams; she has her dream.
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Farewell Rendra

Six days before he died, WS Rendra wrote a poem from his hospital bed. In the untitled poem, Rendra expressed his love to God. The handwritten poem was shown at his house in Depok on Friday.

I am weak

But not helpless

I am not complaining

about the painor the itch

I want to drink tajin [rice water residue]

I never have difficulty breathing

but my physique is not satisfactory

to have a normal and ideal position

I want to cleanse my body

from chemical poison

I want to return to nature's way

I want to improve my dedication

to Allah God,

I love you

Rendra 31 July 2009 Mitra Keluarga Hospital

Michael Parr

Michael Parr
.............So, my experience as an Australian living in Japan afforded me an open door to building relations with Japanese because there were open to Australian. So, as a foreigner going overseas attempting to into-relate with the local community understanding the nature and structure of 'social relationships' within the society is fundamental and required the new comer to step outside the own social morays and operate within the local framework; ie, "When in Rome do as the Romans do."

Interaksi

‘Ngembek di kandang kambing, ngaum di kandang macan.’ Gimana kalau ngembek di kandang macan? Ya, kalau kambing berani ngembek di kandang macan ya mati!’ Begitulah komentar anak penulis sendiri waktu dia masih di kelas 6! Ini kaitannya dengan situasi mahasiswa internasional di kampus-kampus di Australia. Artinya dalam laporan Overseas Students Association Universitas Adelaide 2005 dan laporan gabungan Universitas Melbourne dan Monash 2004 yang menyimpulkan bahwa interaksi antara kedua kelompok rendah sekali! Prof Simon Marginson dari Universitas Melbourne mengatakan bahwa interaksi antara mahasiswa asing atau yang sekarang lebih dikenal dengan nama mahasiswa internasional dan lokal cukup ‘mengkuatirkan’ tapi tidak ‘berbahaya’; worrying but not alarmed!

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