Susu means in Pilipino 'to suckle' as if a child with milk,
a word in Indonesian, which may be Balinese or Javanese,
also, as with the country entire, Anak in Pilipino
and in Indonesian means '(my) child'
The triumphs of
nations united
to create a small, sacred new space of Timor
to see that Papa New Guinea to the East
wants to be free of an Indonesia,
a word I learnt only recently,
when I lived in a house,
and there was a man there.
That man helped me with food and water,
and assorted helps.
He is the first Indonesian that I've met.
Dutch love coffee.
Indonesians love coffee.
This prayer poem reaches out to your
seventeen thousand islands,
Like the Philippines is close by, too,
with our seven thousand one hundred islands
(small? by comparison?)
A word, Susu, meaning milk, to give milk to
A word, Anak, meaning my child.
God in all awesomeness smiles down
as we cry,
in relief, in despair,
in terror, with succor for response.
May water, clean and sweet, be
available like the love of a good God- all the time.
I have three American mini-flags in a bucket. It also means Indonesia to me, because in Los Angeles I have met a bit of Indonesia in that one person, and now I know two words I knew already. It came from a guide book; if I meet that person again on the street he will help me, and I will help him, and he is my friend.
a word in Indonesian, which may be Balinese or Javanese,
also, as with the country entire, Anak in Pilipino
and in Indonesian means '(my) child'
The triumphs of
nations united
to create a small, sacred new space of Timor
to see that Papa New Guinea to the East
wants to be free of an Indonesia,
a word I learnt only recently,
when I lived in a house,
and there was a man there.
That man helped me with food and water,
and assorted helps.
He is the first Indonesian that I've met.
Dutch love coffee.
Indonesians love coffee.
This prayer poem reaches out to your
seventeen thousand islands,
Like the Philippines is close by, too,
with our seven thousand one hundred islands
(small? by comparison?)
A word, Susu, meaning milk, to give milk to
A word, Anak, meaning my child.
God in all awesomeness smiles down
as we cry,
in relief, in despair,
in terror, with succor for response.
May water, clean and sweet, be
available like the love of a good God- all the time.
I have three American mini-flags in a bucket. It also means Indonesia to me, because in Los Angeles I have met a bit of Indonesia in that one person, and now I know two words I knew already. It came from a guide book; if I meet that person again on the street he will help me, and I will help him, and he is my friend.