HANNA FRANSISCA
The Beauty of a Han Poet’s Poetry
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
This lady poet born in Singkawang uses culinary images most effectively in conveying very human themes.
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In a warm wave of heat
Mother in a duster of red and copper,
adds sugar and coconut milk as
she leaves her eyes resting
in the heart of the swaying fire
which calms all love.(from Mung Bean Poem)
HER poetry is so simple and yet so entrancing. “Hanna Fransisca’s metaphors surprise us because she uses culinary images to express them,” says Sapardi Djoko Damono who was one of the jury for the Best Literary Book chosen by Tempo for 2010
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