Sufism poetry
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Sufism poetry is one of some poem genres in Indonesia contemporery poetry. Its mean a poetry with sufism idea and simbols. Many sufism poems expressed about relation between human and God, or expressed about loving for God.
Some of Indonesian sufism poets, like Abdul Hadi WM and Ahmadun Yosi Herfanda, were influensed by Persian sufism poets. Really, some of Persian sufism poets, like Jalaluddin Rumy, Al Hallaj, and Ibn Araby, were very known in Indonesia.
If we see the history of Indonesia modern poetry, really, the sufism poems had been in Indonesia literary reference since 16th century, at Aceh kingdom era, or Sultan Iskandar Muda (Young Alexander King) era. At that time, there was a sufism poet who known as Hamzah Fansyuri. "Syair Perahu" (boat verses), one of some Fansyuri's sufism poems, was very known until now.
After Hamzah Fansyuri, Indonesia has some sufism poets, like Amir Hamzah, Abdul Hadi WM, Danarto, Emha Ainun Nadjib, Ahmadun Yosi Herfanda, and Rukmi Wisnhu Wardani.
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