This collection of poems invites readers to experience moments of quiet, solitude, love, anger, and longing. The book offers meaningful takeaway inspiration and motivation for navigating daily life. … [Read more...]
Poetry
Halaman Ganjil
Halaman Ganjil is poetry born from R. Abdul Azis' reflections on life and death. Doubt, anxiety, and events beyond reason accompanied him as he wrote. Yet, just like most poems that are often dressed up here and there, this collection does the exact same. Poems already written over a long span of … [Read more...]
Dalam Rahim Ibuku Tak Ada Anjing
Words are the most slippery, decrepit, and absurd institutions of communication. Language is perhaps the most problematic of all human creations. The world of referents—residing in our memories or social labels (stereotypes)—is like a snake lurking, ready to pounce on every text. A text created by … [Read more...]
Trivia Kampung Sawah
IRZI localizes the urban landscape and its gestures within poetry through a somewhat different articulation—if poetry has long been merely textual. Rooted in orality, IRZI’s poetic practice possesses a rhetorical movement that is problematic in relation to its ethnographic character: moving from … [Read more...]