Merdeka! Poem by Sylvia Frances Chan

Merdeka!

Rating: 5.0


Merdeka! The slogan for the freedom of Indonesia,
freed from greedy foreign powers.

Happy Independence Day
my beautiful Indonesia
my prettiest!

now all corruption has gone
I eagerly hope
since Ir. Jokowi
the first president non-corrupt
abruptly ushered in
the death penalty again

since all predecessors had been in vain
they did not dare to give the death penalty
because there was only imprisonment,
so the drug smuggler has been exporting drugs for decades
to our beloved Indonesia
all previous presidents only dared to pocket
the countless billions

the only person who imported so many drugs for decades to this beautiful country in the tropics
was never hanged, murdered, or imprisoned,

until Ir. Jokowi came
he ushered in the death penalty,
in no time, that annoying drug smuggler,
all so many decades enriched himself,
was shot dead
despite his crying family
luckily this is just a memory now

I wish you good luck and freed from the delta variant
still so dominant
dear most beautiful Indonesia
once Merdeka and always
Merdeka!

© Sylvia Frances Chan - All Rights Reserved
Indonesian Independence Day Tuesday 17 August 2021

Merdeka!
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Once Merdeka, always Merdeka! Freed from foreign powers.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Sylvia Frances Chan 17 August 2021

since Ir. Jokowi the first president non-corrupt abruptly ushered in the death penalty again

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Geeta Radhakrishna Menon 17 August 2021

Dear most beautiful Indonesia once Merdeka and always Merdeka! Beautiful poem

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Geeta Radhakrishna Menon 17 August 2021

Happy Independence Day to beautiful Indonesia! Happy day to my beautiful friend Sylvia.... : ) Top stars

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Rose Marie Juan-austin 17 August 2021

Independence is the heart and soul of a nation and its loving citizens. In the very core of our being this is the ultimate aim of a nation to have a wonderful existence. This beautiful poem evokes these premises.

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Rose Marie Juan-austin 17 August 2021

A powerful poem, my friend, it uplifts and moves the spirit of all Indonesians to love their country. The opening lstanza alone says it all.

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Aufie Zophy 18 August 2021

I love this poem, Sylvia, Indonesia onze gebuur. Een prachtig land met zoveel potentiaal

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M Asim Nehal 18 August 2021

Happy Independance day. Nice poem, Madam Sylvia...5****

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Rose Marie Juan-austin 17 August 2021

Happy, happy independence day to all Indonesians. A wonderful and heartfelt poem so straightforward. Top Marks.

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Rose Marie Juan-austin 17 August 2021

Very incisive and brave utterances, my friend, woven straight from the heart. Yes, we must be strong enough to name names those corrupt leaders. They bring their nation to poverty depriving its people the right to live comfortably.

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Rose Marie Juan-austin 17 August 2021

Very incisive and brave utterances. Yes, we must be strong enought to name names of those corrupt leaders. They curtail the progress of a nation and bring its people to extreme poverty. They must be punished with the full force of the law.

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Sylvia Frances Chan

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Jakarta, Indonesia
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