Below are four of the best poems by Poet Pulo Lasman Simanjuntak.
Poem
Pulo Lasman Simanjuntak
MY POEM WRITES INDONESIA IS GETTING DARKER
my poem writes
indonesia is getting darker
in front of the people’s mirror
takes to the streets
carries a black flag
in the right hand
roots of bitterness
painted in the rain
because of rising food prices
scarcity of artificial gas
random layoffs
millions of people
lose their jobs
children no longer sit quietly
on the benches of education
hunger begins to be conveyed
through songs
street children
school children
promised a nutritious lunch
healthy and free
launching from the mouth of the cloud
paid with money
paid off with debt
my poem writes
indonesia is getting darker
sold by the ocean
mortgaged by the artificial sky
twin lighthouse project
injected by corruptors
money-minded
one thousand seven hundred trillion
with a wild whipping sentence
the lightest
where will it take me
if my country is divided split-
without tears
spitting blood
on the land that is not yet free
a hundred days can only be climbed by the sun
with insults
repeatedly it will definitely happen
wash your blood my Indonesia
with a humble spirit
to achieve one word
eternal victory
until finally
slowly without any resistance
this republic dies
swallowed by the mouth of the earth
heartache
Jakarta, Wednesday, February 19, 2025
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