Oh, the city that is covered in night,
And always flies in the sky of my dreams,
Can you release your magic
So that all heartbeats no longer occupy silence.
Edy Samudra Kertagama, a poet from Indonesia, shares his poetry
Edy Samudra Kertagama is a renowned poet and theater director of Indonesia. His published poetry books are Dry (1997), Nyanyian Sinyi (2002), Short poems Dew White (2004), Mantra Sang Nabi (2016), Carriage and Poem of the Rajawali Bird (2019), Twilight and Drizzle (2024). Some of his poems were published in ‘Love in summer’ (Bilingual Anthology English and Spanish, The Mist (International Poetry global) Glacier (2024), Atunis Galaxy Poetry Magazine – Albania (2024), KOBIAL 24 Bangladesh magazine (2024). He received a Certificate of Appreciation from the Memorial of V.M Terkov 2023 (Nizhny Novgorod) Russia. Email: edysamudrakertagama@yahoo
HYMN OF A CITY
Oh, the city that is covered in night,
And always flies in the sky of my dreams,
Can you release your magic
So that all heartbeats no longer occupy silence,
Or at least without sounds that continue to tease
Because of the roar of a dreamer praying at night.
The fragrance of the sky,
Opening the verses of poetry,
Roses grow abundantly throughout the day,
There is no word of collapse there,
Let alone hymns being sung,
Everyone smiles, even though the sky always caresses the fragrance of the clouds
“Here, you say, the city that is always guarded by thousands of loves,” is often quiet,
Because for many years, you have never stopped, let alone stayed the night for a long time.
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LOVESICK
Pablo is lovesick Poe wrote about: People fell down In the middle of the night.
William is a wanderer.
Always take note of the sky armor “If, a cloud can’t wait to say hello to Paz Who always misses. There will be another sound. At the end of the morning without flowers.”
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Received from Angela Kosta Executive Director of MIRIADE Magazine, Academic, journalist, writer, poet, essayist, literary critic, editor, translator, promoter
