author : Dorothea Herliany

kita menjadi makhluk asing di taman sendiri. kupikir beginilah
rasanya ketakutan. tak sedetik pun waktu bisa untuk berfikir
tentang cinta. sepasang lampu taman seperti mata hantu
yang mengincarmu. rumput-rumput menari di sela angin
menjelma bulubulu hitam raksasa terbaring.

siapa bilang taman itu indah? alangkah sunyi: angin
yang angkuh memperjelas gigil kesendirianku. bulan dan
bebintang di lembaran langit hitam mempertegas
notasi jeritanku.

author : Dorothea Herliany

siapa berjalan di atas cahaya?
tubuhnya berlumuran mantra dan doa-doa bisu.
sayapnya patah dan matanya buta.
seperti balerina menari di atas angin
tubuhnya melantunkan rerintih bayibayi yang hampir mati.
kakinya yang runcing menancap jantung layu malaikat
dan bidadari.

siapa berjalan di atas cahaya menuju jarum waktu?
kakinya melompat dari tubuh ke tubuh jutaan mayat.
matanya yang buta mengukir ayatayat gelap.
jantungnya diam. nafasnya tersumbat,

author : Dorothea Herliany

kutempuh perjalanan sunyi sepanjang ceruk luka kota tua.
masehi dalam sehelai daun lontar dan sejarah diam batu tua.
: manusia memburu seperti sekawanan serigala.
memburu dirinya sendiri yang separoh lumpuh dan renta.
usia dalam kuadrat tak terhitung. jam dalam weker beku
gelembung waktu.

kutempuh pelarian gagap melipat kota kenangan dalam chaos.
beribu surat dan iklan baris, sekotak kartu nama dan dering telepon.
saudara tua yang telah

Initially these aims were expressed through the publication of the book-length literary journal HEAT, fifteen issues of which appeared between 1996 and 2000. Now in its second series, and appearing twice a year, HEAT has a national and international reputation as a showcase for contemporary writing from Australia, and from overseas, often in translation.

In November 2002 the Giramondo Publishing Company began the publication of literary works by individual authors in its

Ivor Indyk is the founding editor of the literary journal HEAT, and its associated Giramondo book imprint . A critic, essayist and reviewer, he has written a monograph on David Malouf, published by Oxford University Press in 1993, and essays on many aspects of Australian literature. From March 2005 he will head the Centre for Writing and Society in the Whitlam Centre at the University of Western Sydney.

List of publications

As Author and Editor

Books:
edited, Memory