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Poetry Index

English

Proud of My Broken Heart
Emily Dickinson
To Celia
Benjamin Johnson
If
Rudyard Kipling
The Meaning of Success
Ralph Waldo Emerson
You're the Result of Yourself
Pablo Neruda
The Road Not Taken
Robert Frost
For the World Is Hollow...
William Ames
The Dance
Oriah Mountain Dreamer
Recommendation
Thich Nhat Hanh
The Philosopher
Sara Teasdale
The Philosopher
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Monday's Child
Mother Goose
Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night
Dylan Thomas

Indonesian

Anak Laut
Asrul Sani
Awan
Sanusi Pane
Padamu Jua
Amir Hamzah
Do'a
Chairil Anwar
Kepercayaan
M. Poppy Hutagalung
Aku Ingin
Sapardi Djoko Damono
Hujan Bulan Juni
Sapardi Djoko Damono
Dalam Diriku
Sapardi Djoko Damono
Berjalan ke Barat
Sapardi Djoko Damono

Translated

Gacela of Desperate Love
Federico Garcia Lorca
Shut Up
Marguerite Burnat-Provins

Recommendation

Thich Nhat Hanh
"Being Peace"


Promise me,

promise me this day

while the sun is just overhead

even as they strike you down

with a mountain of hate and violence,

remember, brother,

man is not our enemy.



Just your pity,

just your hate

invisible, limitless,

hatred will never let you face

the beast in man.

And one day, when you face this beast alone,

your courage intact,

your eyes kind,

out of your smile

will bloom a flower

and those who love you

will behold you

across 10,000 worlds of birth and dying.



Alone again

I'll go on with bent head

but knowing the immortality of love.

And on the long, rough road

both sun and moon will shine,

lighting my way.