REMEMBRANCE – PERINGATAN # 4 NEEDING NED

Tanya is asking us to get better at being what we are.

She believes we need more of the the youthful, creative, courageous spirit of Ned Kelly.

Geoff Fox, 30th January, 2022, Down Under

KARTINIISM # 2 TOGETHER

Kartini’s love was gentle.

She lifted people slow.

Geoff Fox April 30, 2021, Austral-Indonesia

Literary Tujuhbelasan #12 The Children

The Indonesian text here is an edited version of a quote from a Rumi inspired passage in the book “Mamonisme” by Maman A Majid Binfas of Jakarta. It means “Give a home to their bodies but not to their souls. Their souls reside in the future.”

My English lines are inspired by an American equivalent of Rumi, country singer Paul Siebel.

Lest we forget: children can unite us.

Without them our world dies.

Geoff Fox 31st December 2020 Down Under

Literary Tujuhbelasan #11 DAD

This is a transcreation from the Indonesian language poem “Ayah” by Maman A Majid Binfas.

Fathers and mothers build us.

Geoff Fox, 21st December, 2020, Australia

Sustainable Development #7 Kartiniism

The family is the foundation of social life.

Few thinkers and activists in world history have achieved more than Raden Adjeng Kartini of Central Java achieved through the support of her family.

Praise the Lord.

Geoff Fox, 2nd March, 2020