Yatti Sadeli’s Poetry

I ASKED

I asked a passing bird
Praying for enlightenment on a dark night
Where is he . . . . ?

None got an answer
I asked the wind that was blowing
That fills the void
Where is he . . . ?

Don’t know where he is
I asked the rain
Which flushes all the time
Where is he . . . . ?

Don’t even want to answer

I asked the waves
The ferocious one hit the beach
Where is he . . . . ?
Don’t know, he replied

Lastly, I asked the mist-shrouded mountain,
Also in the morning dew that clings to the tips of the leaves
Where is he . . . . ?
He said he was
In a Barzah Nature in Eternity

I look to the future
Unknowingly my heart was crying
Never looking for him again
Everything will disappear in the dream.

BIOGRAPHY

My name is Yatti Sadeli from Indonesia.

I started my career as a fiction and poetry writer in 1983.

Written works: 15 novels, 42 novelettes, 45 short stories, 80 poems, 24 Story poems and 12 Haikus

Published in local mass media and international mass media. Several poems are included in World Contemporary Poet vol 2 and Atunis Galaxy Anthology -2025.

Won several writing competitions.

Received 8 International literary awards.