Poetry

Poem: Vote

Vote

Fuel

Human Rights

Right to Speak

Right to Vote

Right to Be Chosen

Right to Win

Right to Lose

…………………..

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“Vote” is one of the poems in the book Nusakata by Ramita Paraswati. This poem delves into the inner conflict of choosing not to exercise the right to vote (abstention) amid a world filled with illusions of democracy. It portrays the dilemma between the duty to participate and the discomfort of choosing within a political narrative that feels too “white”

This poem is written in multiple languages: Indonesian, English, Javanese, French, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Spanish, Dutch, Russian, and Arabic, aiming to reach a wider audience from diverse cultural backgrounds.

Languages included in this e-book:
✅ Indonesian (original)
✅ English (Vote)
✅ Javanese (Swara Putih)
✅ French (Voix Blanche)
✅ Japanese (白い声)
✅ Korean (흰 목소리)
✅ Chinese (白色声音)
✅ Spanish (Voz Blanca)
✅ Dutch (Witte Stem)
✅ Russian (Белый голос)
✅ Arabic (الصوت الأبيض)

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Poem: Fading Culture

Fading Culture

My body slowly fades from civilization,

My blood dissolves, pooling on the courtyard stones

Returning to the earth, buried beneath the motherland’s embrace,

Culture perishes in the arms of a generation

That forgets the language of its ancestors

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E-Book: Faded of Culture

Fading Culture is one of the poems featured in Ramita Paraswati’s book, Nusakata. This poem deeply reflects on how culture gradually fades amidst the waves of modernization and capitalism. With poetic and profound language, it invites readers to contemplate the importance of preserving identity and cultural heritage before it completely disappears.

This e-book presents the poem not only in its original language (Indonesian) but also in multiple translations, making it accessible to readers from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds.

Languages included in this e-book:
✅ Indonesian (original)
✅ English (Fading Culture)
✅ Javanese (Lunturé Tinta Budaya)
✅ French (Encre Décolorée de la Culture)
✅ Japanese (色褪せた文化のインク)
✅ Korean (빛바랜 문화의 먹물)
✅ Chinese (褪色的文化之墨)
✅ Spanish (Tinta Desvanecida de la Cultura)
✅ Dutch (Verbleekte Inkt van de Cultuur)
✅ Russian (Выцветшие чернила культуры)
✅ Arabic (حبر الثقافة الباهت)

With translations in eleven languages, this e-book is not just a literary work but also a small act of cultural diplomacy, bridging different parts of the world through words.

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Peace Ball

Peace Ball

by Ramita Paraswati

I discussed 1325
But you hurt me inside
Lying to my theory
Putting yourself into a new hell

I raised you as my reasons
But regret a thousand times
No peace, no security
No negotiation table
Just break it into billions of pieces

Seven years are not enough
To show who you are
Playing children as balls
Is this fate or a repeated lust failure?

Let me turn your spectrum into guts
Eat your egocentric system
Make a note on your deep heart
That is written “home” on it

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Cost of Voting

Vote’s Cost

by Ramita Paraswati

Cost of Voting

by Ramita Paraswati

Vote
It is so noisy on your dancing stage
But it is only consumed in an unwanted peace cake
While waiting to change or cut your shake

When the sun starts to rise
Flirting me to fight
Do I wake up for vote light?
Or forsake it on my bed sight?

It seems so “white”
In the eyes of unidentified birth rate
For giving a vote rights
To those who suggest equal rights

Note : The Indonesian version was published on https://muda.kompas.id/baca/2024/02/16/suara-putih/

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Julid

Julid

Peace my earth

Peace my region

Peace my country

Peace my province

Peace my town

Peace my village

Peace my family

Make a peace with me

But……

Where can I start?

My heart or my brain?

Maybe not both

But avoid all negative thought

Is that enough to give peace?

Or…. from my family?

Ah, how is that possible

Every morning is filled with the anger of my father and mother

Maybe it’s better if I turn up my music

And I won’t listen to their bickering anymore

Is that enough to give peace?

Or…..my village?

Ah, how come

My neighbors make me insecure

When I want to start something, I’m afraid to be the subject of their conversation

When I’m silent, they don’t stop talking about me either

Where can I contribute to the peace of my earth?

The country’s leaders are fighting over the place to start a peace

Collaborate to create a more peaceful atmosphere

Trying to put women in peacebuilding

They are educated women

Get ready to take on that role

But they forgot to fix the root

A habit of gathering to talk about other people

How many people on my earth are like that?

And I…….

Still here, hiding in the idea of ​​eternal peace

Trying to escape from the village girl’s shadow

Closely related to the word “kanca wingking”

Dreams take a role in peacebuilding

Building a productive village

To stop the “Julid” tradition

Giving the courage to inspire

Closing the space for rebuttal

And support each other and collaborate

O ruler of peacebuilding

See us,

Free us from the tradition of “Julid”

So that we can be with you

Build a peaceful earth

Note: This poem was written by Ramita Paraswati and published by ASEAN IPR

Source: https://asean-aipr.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/DIGITAL-11-APRIL-2022-ASEAN-Peace-Poems.pdf

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