EWITH BAHAR

 

 

Before The Pond

 

Joy shines in a pond

Reflecting a beauty and serenity

of two fishes moving rhythmically

 

Two fishes, swishing their tails

From side to side

sounds like a profound poem

Singing to my soul

exude a feeling of pleasure

Sweeps all the dust in mind.

 

A Dance Season

 

The scintillating  colors

In blood lilies and dahlias

brighten the dull window

and lighten her mood

Spring opens a dance season for flowers and grass

 

she puts sugar on tea

and throws her sorrow away

on the flower petals

and painting brush

 

at her home before the window

she communicates with those beauties,

bring their soul

to enliven her gloomy walls

 

paintings are everywhere

dominate her house but emotionless

the sound of lyra and kithara from the gentle breeze

revive the life.

 

EWITH BAHAR

 

EWITH BAHAR is a multi-award-winning poet, novelist, translator and essayist from Indonesia, with a long-time career in radio and television industry. She has published eleven books, in all genres: poetry, novel, short stories, and essays. Her poems were published in many newspapers, journals and online medias, home and abroad. And also, can be found in approximately 90 poetry anthologies in Indonesia and international level. She’s also editor for more than ten poetry anthologies since 2014. The recent ones, as co-editor for poetry book with hundreds of poets from five continents, World Contemporary Poets, and as editor-in-chief for World Poets’ Legacy, that gathered almost two hundreds international poets. Many of her poems have been translated into foreign languages, such as English, Spanish, Indian, Serbian, Armenian, Uzbek, Tajikistan, Bengali, Nepali, French, Italian, Arabian, Chinese, Catalan, Bulgarian, Montenegrin, Macedonian and Korean. One of her poetry books, Sonata Borobudur, got a prestigious prize from Indonesian National Library as The Best Five Indonesian Poetry Books 2019. 2021 and 2022, she won third place in the two essay writing competitions, each on literature and insurance. And in 2023, her another book, Impromptu Terzina, won the top literary prize "Anugerah Buku Puisi Terbaik" (The Best Poetry Book) from Indonesia Poetry Day Foundation. As a literary activist, she joined many international literary associations and communities. She is a secretary general of Poetry and Literature World Vision; once appointed as a member of Organizing Committee of yearly Panorama International Literature Festival in 2021, 2022 and 2024, organized by Writers Capital Foundation, as a prominent collaborative event between India and Italy. August 2021, she obtained an honor as a keynote speaker, conveyed virtually, in a K.M. Anthru International Literary Prize in India. She is now active in KaBi (Kanal Buku Indonesia – Indonesian Book Channel) and as a public speaker for creative writing, communications and bibliotherapy.