Ultimatum Orangutan by Khairani Barokka F Starik there is “love showing me

there is “love showing me the ground where I could lie down

She has the courage to tell her heart's deepest

Batty writes about twins

of the artist’s moral and imaginative engagement with the world as it actually is

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Ultimatum Orangutan by Khairani Barokka F Starik there is “love showing meKhairani Barokka's second poetry collection is an intricate exploration of colonialism and environmental injustice: her acute, interlaced language draws clear connections between colonial exploitation of fellow humans, landscapes, animals, and ecosystems. Amidst the horrifying damage that has resulted for peoples as interlinked with places, there is firm resistance. Resonant and deeply attentive, the lyricism of these poems is juxtaposed with the