Latitudes Magazine online focuses on Southeast Asia. Click on the image above for free access to the site.Posts Tagged ‘poetry’
December 2012 – Poem of the Month
NOT SO AIMLESS By Maraya Sjah, Indonesia Some moments take forever, Some last only awhile, And yet some just slip by like a whisper from the breeze, But everything that happens is not so aimless, If looked through every perspective there is, Just like the wandering bard, [Read More]
November 2012 – Poem of the Month
PAST & FUTURE By Dirk Rukka Sandarupa, Indonesia The past has touch my life The past has showed me many things The past has taught and made me better The past has open my eyes I never regreted for the past Cause it made me more mature From the past i could feel the [Read More]
October 2012 – Poem of the Month
Mecca By Ahmad Shiddiqi, Indonesia holy peace purest blessed different skins different parents different societies into one different feels different hopes different thoughts into one different countries different clothes different meals into one different schools different [Read More]
September 2012 – Poem of the Month
UNTITLED By Utami Sandyarani of Indonesia Look up to the sky Red sky When I was a little I guess sky was angry Then burnt down to the earth The sun is shining Red shine Of course she’s not angry Sun is already red When I draw the sun with a wide smile, I thought [Read More]
August 2012 – Poem of the Month
HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT By Angel Kananta of Indonesia Have you ever thought that life is cruel But because of it we’ll know how beautiful life is Have you ever thought that life is unfair But it’s more unfair if you think like that Have you ever thought this [Read More]
July 2012 – Poem of the Month
“Carved In Stone” By Emily Foead of Indonesia Their names stand Carved in stone For all eternity Those who died For our freedom Their sacrifices For our lives To be remembered As heroes As warriors Their deaths Were in honor And we grieve For those who died To [Read More]
June 2012 – Poem of the Month
ME By Hendro Johari, Indonesia People talk People say Whatever they said whatever they talk I don’t care It’s me I’m a people too Maybe I have some difference But Hey, it’s still me I am what I am Whatever they talk Whatever they say I’m still [Read More]
May 2012 – Poem of the Month
WOMAN AT CHANGI AIRPORT By Kusen Dony Hermansyah, Indonesia The carpet is too thick to trampled We ordered the same coffee But we both stayed together in silent, as usual The coffee still hot but she left me I think our conversation was boring Changi Airport – Singapore [Read More]
April 2012 – Poem of the Month
Eating Together By Li-Young Lee In the steamer is the trout seasoned with slivers of ginger, two sprigs of green onion, and sesame oil. We shall eat it with rice for lunch, brothers, sister, my mother who will taste the sweetest meat of the head, holding it between her [Read More]
March 2012 – Poem of the Month
WORLD WHICH IS LACK OF LOVE by Yuliana Fransiska, Indonesia Have you ever sit alone in a quiet place Think calmly about the world around you How it moves, how it works, how it spins You’ll find there are a lot of activities A lot of works, a lot of responsibilities A [Read More]
