Poetry is not merely about dusk, rain, or heart. Or hearts in the rainy twilight. Poetry also questions the bookkeeping event. The books look for the remaining space in between rain, dusk, and longing which increasingly feeds the universe of ‘modern’ poetry. We refer to the poetry as a book from the eyes of the […]

The “Vision of Indonesia” speech by the elected president, Joko Widodo, on July 14 presented optimism and hope. In the speech, there were 5 priority targets of work programs delivered; continuing infrastructure development, human resource development, cutting back what hinders investment, bureaucratic reform, and using the state budget on target. Of the five priority of […]

In life, sometimes we are faced with conditions that are not entirely in accordance with what is desired. Like two sides of a coin, happiness and sadness is a necessity. Someone who views the disaster as something natural, that it all can happen according to the will of God, tends to be easy to be […]

God created day and night for human life. Of course humans must be able to manage the time by looking for the needs of the world and the hereafter. The world’s needs are related to making a living. As Allah said: “And We made the day to make a living” (QS: An-Naba: 11). The verse […]