available now!
in two languages–bahasa indonesia and english
harga/price: 55,000 idr
hubungi/please contact: publishing@dinaoktaviani.com untuk pemesanan/for orders
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the author
dina oktaviani was born on october 11th 1985 to a large family in lampung where she spent her early years. alone, she made her way to java, and settled in yogya where she still lives today. at 21 she had her first book of poems published. this was biografi kehilangan (the biography of loss). (more…)
on broken heart walking
“dina’s poems, which arise from behind the palisades of sadness, with such strange grace cause trembles in the bottom of the readers’ heart.”
“puisi-puisi dina, yang lahir dari balik pagar kesedihan, dengan keanggunan yang aneh menimbulkan getar di dada pembacanya.”
–shinta febriany, editor (poet and playwright)
tanjungkarang ghosts/hantu-hantu tanjungkarang
english version and versi bahasa indonesia
(english version)
1
what is it now that makes you tremble
night is just something that often passes by
what is it that you don’t know about pain;
spiteful lovers, friends that vanish in space
you’re the one who never finishes anything
because everything is torn apart in your head (more…)
