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"harum" poems
Jakarta, 25 Mei 2008 Kapan ku boleh ke sana Dunia terindah untuk semua Udara harum nan sejuk Tiada panas mentari yang menyengat Boleh kah aku melangkah Menuju ke pintu surge Impian semua manusia Sudikah Kau Tuhan? Bila ku pijakkan kaki di surge Merasakan hidup istimewa Penuh ayat-ayat doa Surga-Mu indah Tuhan… Bolehkah ku sentuh sejenak Merasa damai nan indah Ku mulai masuk ‘tuk selamanya
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Oct 17, 2011
Oct 17, 2011 at 8:39 AM UTC
Surga
We've crossed the road into teenage haste Generation gap With confusion, harum scarum, mistrust, disparity Not knowing who to listen or follow Family, or so called, not your friends You keep thinking we the parents our your enemy When we only try to teach you Embrace you with the facts of life Are life, Are love has been No More, No Less   You know we given the best lessons of life But it's your choice to make it right You can't keep trying to keep pushing Not expect to get pushed back We our your parents Not your friends My word as your parent is bond Don't take and misstep Out of your place Cause even though Still you're moving around to find the right direction The wrong direction will be probation officers In your face Think long and hard of the identity you want to choose One time, two times, three times You Lose I'm just talking and giving tough love All can be remove With your last desire To breathe free air Your wake up call could be Being locked up In the streets with a dare Bang, Bang, you're dead So can we sit down without a lot of frustration Talk things over Everything changes in life Nothing stays the same for long Soon you'll be an adult To make the choice If they are wrong or right Just don't make them now Preferably not ever Strange day's of a teenage life Doesn't stay the same Forever One thing I do know God doesn't put us here On Earth Without a purpose or a plan (upwc)-Zenobia/aka/LadyZ710-1/30/10
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Jan 30, 2010
Jan 30, 2010 at 7:47 PM UTC
Generation Gap
Jakarta, Senin 20 Oktonber 2008 Malam ini aku bersedih Aku menangis, aku berfikir Agar waktu menunggu Hingga aku mulai tenang Cobaan hidup datang Melumuri ragaku Hingga terasa lumpuh Tak berdaya bagai mati Ku tunggu hujan bunga Yang harum bebaskan raga Mungkinkah aku bisa sabar? Jika petir tetap menyambar
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Oct 17, 2011
Oct 17, 2011 at 8:27 AM UTC
Cobaan Hidup
Seteguk apapun, semua tak akan berakhir Aku adalah seorang pemabuk yang selalu menguarkan harum arak kemanapun aku pergi. Anggur, dan berbotol-botol ***** telah kutenggak pagi ini. Dan hanya hari ini pula aku ingin bicara, tentang segenggam racun yang kalian semua suntik ke dalam nadi dan pembuluhku. Topeng yang dengan bangga kalian pakai tak ubahnya ketelanjangan hanya mengumbar malu dan aib Tawa yang sesenggukan kalian jeritkan hanyalah tangis jiwa kalian yang memudar memutihkan kejujuran dan kebajikan Oh, beginikah cara kerja dunia berduri dan berbatu, sama saja disetiap lajurnya kemanapun aku pergi, dijejali mulutku dengan dusta dan hanya dusta belaka Menghitamnya jiwaku, seandainya bagai langit malam tak ada chandra di ufuknya Sudah selayaknya aku berkabung atas jiwaku, dimana dia merintih penuh sesal dan tanya. Apakah lalu lalang motor dan diesel itu memusingkan kepala atau hanya sebuah kesibukan belaka. Dan dengan itu pula jiwaku berakhir, terdiam, dalam kematian. Kukubur dia dengan layak, diantara nisan-nisan lain disekitarku, yang diberi nomor, sesuai urutannya. Jiwaku tersungkur di nomor tujuh. Beruntung sekali! Kukubur dia, pelan sekali dengan tertidur. Tak berharap bangun lagi di keesokan pagi. Kutaburi bunga-bunga dan prosa yang harum, dan kusiram dengan sebotol Martini dan bir. Harum. Seharum embun yang kau injak ditepian jalan. Wangi. Sewangi sukmamu yang kuingat telah pergi. Aku adalah pemabuk. Yang selalu menenteng sebotol arak, bermabuk di tepian jalan kehidupan. Mengambil jeda diantara kalimat-kalimat mencela dan busuk, yang tergelincir masuk ke dalam telingaku. Botol-botol inilah sang penawar, berminum pula para nabi terdahulu menyesali umatnya, sedangkan aku? Menyesali kalian.
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Sep 7, 2016
Sep 7, 2016 at 12:30 PM UTC
Sebotol Penawar
Seteguk apapun, semua tak akan berakhir Aku adalah seorang pemabuk yang selalu menguarkan harum arak kemanapun aku pergi. Anggur, dan berbotol-botol ***** telah kutenggak pagi ini. Dan hanya hari ini pula aku ingin bicara, tentang segenggam racun yang kalian semua suntik ke dalam nadi dan pembuluhku. Topeng yang dengan bangga kalian pakai tak ubahnya ketelanjangan hanya mengumbar malu dan aib Tawa yang sesenggukan kalian jeritkan hanyalah tangis jiwa kalian yang memudar memutihkan kejujuran dan kebajikan Oh, beginikah cara kerja dunia berduri dan berbatu, sama saja disetiap lajurnya kemanapun aku pergi, dijejali mulutku dengan dusta dan hanya dusta belaka Menghitamnya jiwaku, seandainya bagai langit malam tak ada chandra di ufuknya Sudah selayaknya aku berkabung atas jiwaku, dimana dia merintih penuh sesal dan tanya. Apakah lalu lalang motor dan diesel itu memusingkan kepala atau hanya sebuah kesibukan belaka. Dan dengan itu pula jiwaku berakhir, terdiam, dalam kematian. Kukubur dia dengan layak, diantara nisan-nisan lain disekitarku, yang diberi nomor, sesuai urutannya. Jiwaku tersungkur di nomor tujuh. Beruntung sekali! Kukubur dia, pelan sekali dengan tertidur. Tak berharap bangun lagi di keesokan pagi. Kutaburi bunga-bunga dan prosa yang harum, dan kusiram dengan sebotol Martini dan bir. Harum. Seharum embun yang kau injak ditepian jalan. Wangi. Sewangi sukmamu yang kuingat telah pergi. Aku adalah pemabuk. Yang selalu menenteng sebotol arak, bermabuk di tepian jalan kehidupan. Mengambil jeda diantara kalimat-kalimat mencela dan busuk, yang tergelincir masuk ke dalam telingaku. Botol-botol inilah sang penawar, berminum pula para nabi terdahulu menyesali umatnya, sedangkan aku? Menyesali kalian.
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Mendengarmu berceloteh, Daun telingaku kian mengecil, Menciut sesak dalam lubangnya, Hingga tiada bunyi menggugah pikiran. Memandangmu beserta materimu, Kelopak mataku tak kuasa terbuka, Ku paksa terbelalak, menatap tajam, Sampai pandanganku kosong hampa. Menghadiri kelas mata kuliahmu, Detik jarum jam seakan tertidur tuk berdetak, Ruangan seakan penuh dengan jeritan jiwa, Tinggallah hasrat untuk kembali pulang. Wahai bapak dosenku, Adakah engkau menawarkan air di panasnya hati, Akankah kau menabur harum bunga di otak yang usang, Atau apakah rasa jemu takkan terganti?.
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Mar 14, 2015
Mar 14, 2015 at 3:10 AM UTC
To : Mr. Dozzen
Bapak, aku ingin pulang Aku rindu dengan rumah atau ide akan rumah Tapi kau telah mempunyainya. Aku rindu disambut harum masakan buah tangan sang Ibu Tapi kau tak pernah menyicipinya, Ibu tak bisa masak. Aku rindu berduduk diatas kursi kayu yang terletak di ruang makan Tapi kau bahkan tak pernah melakukannya. Kau, tak pernah makan. Aku rindu akan ruang sesak penuh sayang Akan kentalnya keakraban yang melekat di dinding-dinding bisu; yang dalam diam mendengar isak tangis setiap manusia yang menjajalkan diri dalam rumah ini Akan hangatnya cinta kasih yang tergurat diantara bisingnya suara televisi yang kau nyalakan setiap Minggu jam tujuh pagi dan gaduhnya percakapan seorang diri yang terproyeksi dalam tiap benak manusia, lagi-lagi, dirumah ini. Kau tak akan menemukannya disana Aku dan Ibumu ini hanyalah tamu Kau adalah rumahmu Tapi kau adalah bukan tempat singgah Badanmu bak ruang luas tak terbatas Tamu-tamu tak bisa lalu-lalang melalui satu pintu saja Banyak pintu-pintu lain didalamnya namun tak terbuka Ribuan pintu tersebut tertutup adanya Terkunci dengan rapat Namun kuncinya telah kau telan   Dibalik pintu itu, Lagi-lagi ribuan misteri Teka-teki tentang dirimu yang tersimpan dalam boks berbagai macam ukuran Tersimpan terlalu aman Jiwamu adalah fondasi Kebaikanmu harum masakan yang mengundang setiap orang Keingintahuanmu benda mahal; memikat tamu untuk ingin bertualang ke setiap ruang Kenekatanmu—sisi Sang Pembangkang yang kusayang—menantang mereka untuk tinggal lebih lama Empatimu alunan musik yang menyodorkan kenyamanan Namun parasmu, anakku sayang, Matras termahal yang membuat mereka ingin menginap Hati-hati dalam memberi izin Jaga rumahmu Bersihkan Bagiku Istana terbesar di Dunia tak ada nilainya jika disandingkan dengan Rumah yang kau punya.
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Mar 24, 2019
Mar 24, 2019 at 1:23 AM UTC
RUMAH
Bapak, aku ingin pulang Aku rindu dengan rumah atau ide akan rumah Tapi kau telah mempunyainya. Aku rindu disambut harum masakan buah tangan sang Ibu Tapi kau tak pernah menyicipinya, Ibu tak bisa masak. Aku rindu berduduk diatas kursi kayu yang terletak di ruang makan Tapi kau bahkan tak pernah melakukannya. Kau, tak pernah makan. Aku rindu akan ruang sesak penuh sayang Akan kentalnya keakraban yang melekat di dinding-dinding bisu; yang dalam diam mendengar isak tangis setiap manusia yang menjajalkan diri dalam rumah ini Akan hangatnya cinta kasih yang tergurat diantara bisingnya suara televisi yang kau nyalakan setiap Minggu jam tujuh pagi dan gaduhnya percakapan seorang diri yang terproyeksi dalam tiap benak manusia, lagi-lagi, dirumah ini. Kau tak akan menemukannya disana Aku dan Ibumu ini hanyalah tamu Kau adalah rumahmu Tapi kau adalah bukan tempat singgah Badanmu bak ruang luas tak terbatas Tamu-tamu tak bisa lalu-lalang melalui satu pintu saja Banyak pintu-pintu lain didalamnya namun tak terbuka Ribuan pintu tersebut tertutup adanya Terkunci dengan rapat Namun kuncinya telah kau telan   Dibalik pintu itu, Lagi-lagi ribuan misteri Teka-teki tentang dirimu yang tersimpan dalam boks berbagai macam ukuran Tersimpan terlalu aman Jiwamu adalah fondasi Kebaikanmu harum masakan yang mengundang setiap orang Keingintahuanmu benda mahal; memikat tamu untuk ingin bertualang ke setiap ruang Kenekatanmu—sisi Sang Pembangkang yang kusayang—menantang mereka untuk tinggal lebih lama Empatimu alunan musik yang menyodorkan kenyamanan Namun parasmu, anakku sayang, Matras termahal yang membuat mereka ingin menginap Hati-hati dalam memberi izin Jaga rumahmu Bersihkan Bagiku Istana terbesar di Dunia tak ada nilainya jika disandingkan dengan Rumah yang kau punya.
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The yucca plant from my mother’s garden sits unattended and on the verge of death next to her eldest rose bush, now wildly overgrown and lightly blushing in the cosset of the midmourning sun.  Its withered rosettes droop down to its bed of maroon-stained stones in crisp, harum-scarum patterns as if the plant is spending its life like currency trying to touch its toes.  I oftentimes find myself wondering if the reason behind this slow rotting of mother dearest’s garden is hidden within her five-year absence.  If I didn’t know any better, I’d say her nursery missed the d                                               i                                                  g                                                      g                                                         i                                                             n                                                                 g of her weathered hands. She was the biosphere of my world; I suppose that it only makes sense for the earth to match my thirst.  We sit side by side, that yucca plant and I, as we struggle to nod our heads towards daylight while we rise on the side of the house that is more or less cloaked in shadow; the side that she would sunbathe on during scorching late afternoons.  Perhaps without her body giving shelter, all her garden is doomed to atrophy like muscle in the sunlight. I find irony in the way that my mother’s favored plant was the “ghost in the graveyard;” a perverted parallel to the game that she never wanted us to play.  I think it to be sort of sardonic that her pride swallowed the possibility of a cure being found within that ****** plant’s roots. She, a third generation American girl, had blood as muddled as the mud that buried that yucca’s heart. The boundary line between Mother and nature coalesces into one: Gaea six feet under melting into soil I hope she becomes seawater.
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Apr 5, 2014
Apr 5, 2014 at 1:41 AM UTC
Floristics
The yucca plant from my mother’s garden sits unattended and on the verge of death next to her eldest rose bush, now wildly overgrown and lightly blushing in the cosset of the midmourning sun.  Its withered rosettes droop down to its bed of maroon-stained stones in crisp, harum-scarum patterns as if the plant is spending its life like currency trying to touch its toes.  I oftentimes find myself wondering if the reason behind this slow rotting of mother dearest’s garden is hidden within her five-year absence.  If I didn’t know any better, I’d say her nursery missed the d                                               i                                                  g                                                      g                                                         i                                                             n                                                                 g of her weathered hands. She was the biosphere of my world; I suppose that it only makes sense for the earth to match my thirst.  We sit side by side, that yucca plant and I, as we struggle to nod our heads towards daylight while we rise on the side of the house that is more or less cloaked in shadow; the side that she would sunbathe on during scorching late afternoons.  Perhaps without her body giving shelter, all her garden is doomed to atrophy like muscle in the sunlight. I find irony in the way that my mother’s favored plant was the “ghost in the graveyard;” a perverted parallel to the game that she never wanted us to play.  I think it to be sort of sardonic that her pride swallowed the possibility of a cure being found within that ****** plant’s roots. She, a third generation American girl, had blood as muddled as the mud that buried that yucca’s heart. The boundary line between Mother and nature coalesces into one: Gaea six feet under melting into soil I hope she becomes seawater.
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It was so hard to put in words Tho I spoke to you when idle ears were far from my lips When words flowed like a river Like a river yes and still but your beauty is my sun In your presence only steam pours from me Your heat burning the shell from my heart You make me weak My Venus I wanted to plough your fertal pastures Like a good stuard For its own benefits before my own You were sharp and curious Listened intently to my ranting and stared into my eyes I thought myself weak but you understood better than my pupils Your apatites reached my ears as a warning but iticed me instead Your history no surprise or mark against you I wanted all of you for mine To make perfect an only slightly tarnished vestal To complete you in hopes you could complete me But your eyes cut my soul like a knife without ever seeing it Your voice crushed my bones to dust with a whisper Pity Gref How low we were when heavens bowed before us I would have given myself to you in no unbinding terms But you could not offer the same and I could tell you wanted too I value your honesty and wish you had lied Should fate spit on us again in this way We're I to find myself in your shoes I suposse I'd recomend Polyamory I wouldn't take you up on it for him Then I'm not gay and you never did discriminate Just saying the world could be my harum Time and space at my Mercy A machine in the next room to customize entitys for company You would be my bottom ***** for life Given that's as bigoted as an analogy gets It's coming from a good place
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Nov 17, 2015
Nov 17, 2015 at 6:36 AM UTC
Pasture
It was so hard to put in words Tho I spoke to you when idle ears were far from my lips When words flowed like a river Like a river yes and still but your beauty is my sun In your presence only steam pours from me Your heat burning the shell from my heart You make me weak My Venus I wanted to plough your fertal pastures Like a good stuard For its own benefits before my own You were sharp and curious Listened intently to my ranting and stared into my eyes I thought myself weak but you understood better than my pupils Your apatites reached my ears as a warning but iticed me instead Your history no surprise or mark against you I wanted all of you for mine To make perfect an only slightly tarnished vestal To complete you in hopes you could complete me But your eyes cut my soul like a knife without ever seeing it Your voice crushed my bones to dust with a whisper Pity Gref How low we were when heavens bowed before us I would have given myself to you in no unbinding terms But you could not offer the same and I could tell you wanted too I value your honesty and wish you had lied Should fate spit on us again in this way We're I to find myself in your shoes I suposse I'd recomend Polyamory I wouldn't take you up on it for him Then I'm not gay and you never did discriminate Just saying the world could be my harum Time and space at my Mercy A machine in the next room to customize entitys for company You would be my bottom ***** for life Given that's as bigoted as an analogy gets It's coming from a good place
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Pernahkah aku menjadi kembang apimu Meletup-letup berirama Mempesona penuh warna Memantik rindu tak kunjung reda Pernahkah aku menjadi senyummu Segaris indah warna merah Membentuk sudut surga Di atas pipimu yang merona Pernahkah aku menjadi bungamu Harum mewangi walaupun sepi Senyum melekat tiada henti Bermekaran di relung hati Atau Apakah aku ini sedihmu Terbendung oleh pelupuk Membasahi mata cokelatmu Tumpah menyusuri sudut matamu
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Sep 9, 2017
Sep 9, 2017 at 12:45 PM UTC
Pernahkah aku
mungkin akan menjadi cerita ter-lusuh yang pernah aku tulis ----- ingat ketika aku dan kamu di padang rumput yang menguning? lalu kita sama-sama terpukau dengan pemandangan di depan mata waktu itu kita sama-sama tidak berusaha memotretnya karena masing-masing kita hanya fokus mencari ide untuk memulai percakapan mungkin saat itu aku sudah terpikir sesuatu untuk aku mulai tapi lucunya, malah kamu yang memulai percakapan waktu itu kamu bertanya tentang kehidupanku semester ini baik atau tidak baik seperti biasa aku mengumpat, sungguh, tidak baik hidupku satu semester ini kamu tertawa, entah menertawakan nasibku atau reaksiku kamu tertawa seakan aku baru saja memberi lelucon terlucu abad ini mungkin kalau kamu bukan kamu, aku sudah marah tapi aku justru suka dan jujur, aku bisa saja bersyukur mempunyai nasib seburuk itu hanya untuk mendengarkanmu tertawa setelah itu giliranmu bercerita aku sudah bisa menebak, ceritamu pasti seputar hal yang tidak penting dan memang benar..... tapi aku tetap mendengarkan, karena pupil matamu melebar tanda kamu suka dengan hal yang kamu ceritakan dan aku suka ketika kamu semangat dalam meceritakannya aku mendengarkan -//- waktu berjalan, obrolan kami mulai masuk dalam topik yang rumit tentang penciptaan, tentang dunia, tentang alasan kami hidup biasanya otakku mulai memanas ketika membicarakan hal ini dengan lawan bicara yang lain tapi denganmu, aku mengidamkan lebih seperti perpustakaan yang disinari lampu kuning hangat dan kutu buku yang tersenyum membaca tumpukan buku harum setelahnya...
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Jan 5, 2020
Jan 5, 2020 at 11:23 AM UTC
catatan waktu itu1
mungkin akan menjadi cerita ter-lusuh yang pernah aku tulis ----- ingat ketika aku dan kamu di padang rumput yang menguning? lalu kita sama-sama terpukau dengan pemandangan di depan mata waktu itu kita sama-sama tidak berusaha memotretnya karena masing-masing kita hanya fokus mencari ide untuk memulai percakapan mungkin saat itu aku sudah terpikir sesuatu untuk aku mulai tapi lucunya, malah kamu yang memulai percakapan waktu itu kamu bertanya tentang kehidupanku semester ini baik atau tidak baik seperti biasa aku mengumpat, sungguh, tidak baik hidupku satu semester ini kamu tertawa, entah menertawakan nasibku atau reaksiku kamu tertawa seakan aku baru saja memberi lelucon terlucu abad ini mungkin kalau kamu bukan kamu, aku sudah marah tapi aku justru suka dan jujur, aku bisa saja bersyukur mempunyai nasib seburuk itu hanya untuk mendengarkanmu tertawa setelah itu giliranmu bercerita aku sudah bisa menebak, ceritamu pasti seputar hal yang tidak penting dan memang benar..... tapi aku tetap mendengarkan, karena pupil matamu melebar tanda kamu suka dengan hal yang kamu ceritakan dan aku suka ketika kamu semangat dalam meceritakannya aku mendengarkan -//- waktu berjalan, obrolan kami mulai masuk dalam topik yang rumit tentang penciptaan, tentang dunia, tentang alasan kami hidup biasanya otakku mulai memanas ketika membicarakan hal ini dengan lawan bicara yang lain tapi denganmu, aku mengidamkan lebih seperti perpustakaan yang disinari lampu kuning hangat dan kutu buku yang tersenyum membaca tumpukan buku harum setelahnya...
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Pertama kalinya kugenggam tanganmu Satu kembang api dipantik dari ulu hatiku Seribu lainnya menyusul saat jemari kita saling bertaut Menghiasi langit malam dengan pendar menggoda Hitam pekat dibasuh percik api warna-warni Kusaksikan dengan jelas saat kutatap wajahmu lekat-lekat Kala itu tak satupun kata berhasil kita ucapkan Namum dalam hati, tiap detik kulayangkan ribuan doa dan segala mantra : "Tuhan sang empunya dunia ini, hendaklah hentikan waktu sejenak untuk hambamu ini. Atau panjangkanlah malam sebelum mentari terbit nanti. Terima kasih Engkau turunkan bidadari, tepat disebelah hambamu ini". Rambutmu bagaikan ombak musim panas Bergulung-gulung indah harum manis bergairah Namun dadaku layaknya laut dikala badai Gemuruh layaknya seribu ksatria berkuda Inginku berteriak sekencang-kencangnya Gemanya terdengar sampai kampung Ayah-Ibuku Jikalau nun jauh di belahan dunia sana Seseorang berhasil menginjakkan kakinya di bulan Inginku umumkan pada dunia Malam itu akulah manusia pertama yang berhasil menggenggam bulan Akulah pungguk yang melawan seluruh hukum gravitasi Akulah pungguk yang tak lagi merindukan bulan Kalau saja bisa, saat itu juga Ingin kutuliskan berlembar-lembar puisi cinta Ingin kupetik gitar dan bersenandung mesra Karena bisikan lembutmu melantunkan hasrat hidup Tatapan sayumu membiaskan mimpi-mimpiku Senyuman indahmu melukiskan harapan-harapanku Mimpi dan harapan seorang lelaki biasa Menghabiskan hidup dengannya, tuan putriku ratuku, malaikatku, wanitaku yang istimewa
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Jun 4, 2018
Jun 4, 2018 at 12:31 PM UTC
Kugenggam Tanganmu
Pertama kalinya kugenggam tanganmu Satu kembang api dipantik dari ulu hatiku Seribu lainnya menyusul saat jemari kita saling bertaut Menghiasi langit malam dengan pendar menggoda Hitam pekat dibasuh percik api warna-warni Kusaksikan dengan jelas saat kutatap wajahmu lekat-lekat Kala itu tak satupun kata berhasil kita ucapkan Namum dalam hati, tiap detik kulayangkan ribuan doa dan segala mantra : "Tuhan sang empunya dunia ini, hendaklah hentikan waktu sejenak untuk hambamu ini. Atau panjangkanlah malam sebelum mentari terbit nanti. Terima kasih Engkau turunkan bidadari, tepat disebelah hambamu ini". Rambutmu bagaikan ombak musim panas Bergulung-gulung indah harum manis bergairah Namun dadaku layaknya laut dikala badai Gemuruh layaknya seribu ksatria berkuda Inginku berteriak sekencang-kencangnya Gemanya terdengar sampai kampung Ayah-Ibuku Jikalau nun jauh di belahan dunia sana Seseorang berhasil menginjakkan kakinya di bulan Inginku umumkan pada dunia Malam itu akulah manusia pertama yang berhasil menggenggam bulan Akulah pungguk yang melawan seluruh hukum gravitasi Akulah pungguk yang tak lagi merindukan bulan Kalau saja bisa, saat itu juga Ingin kutuliskan berlembar-lembar puisi cinta Ingin kupetik gitar dan bersenandung mesra Karena bisikan lembutmu melantunkan hasrat hidup Tatapan sayumu membiaskan mimpi-mimpiku Senyuman indahmu melukiskan harapan-harapanku Mimpi dan harapan seorang lelaki biasa Menghabiskan hidup dengannya, tuan putriku ratuku, malaikatku, wanitaku yang istimewa
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When the sun came crashing from the sky we knew why the oceans all ran dry and we, like harum scarum lunatics watched all this, believed it was a magic trick and later it would be alright. But the night grew strong the longer it went on and we were wrong to laugh and play while everything we had, faded into grey,then black and we realised it would not be back at the click of the fingers. Some vestiges of a memory lingers on and fables told are of a day of gold and light and might we hear the story one more time,as told by the old man with more time upon his hands,about the distant lands where men could see,it seems an eternity of gloom has left much room and yet not to expand but contract back into caves, and slaves we were to ever think the madness could go on without some form of retribution, some divine or godly intervention an architect whose own invention had been superseded by what those whom he had invented needed? It's all too late we'll have to wait for another spot that turns up in a universe,where nothing worse than this could possibly occur and though the candle is unlit,a bit of it will fall into another lighting of the sky and once more I'm sure we'll wonder why the magician always spins a double zero and wins.
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Sep 22, 2013
Sep 22, 2013 at 1:50 AM UTC
Ploughs and scatters
Rumah joglo di tengah sawah. Dengan cahaya remang yang berasal dari pojok ruangan ini. Pemutar piringan hitammu baru selesai kau perbaiki. Ku memilih untuk mendengarkan album Chet Baker Sings dengan vokalnya, seingatku itu milik mendiang kakekmu. Gelas-gelas tinggi sudah kau siapkan, sebotol anggur dari Bordeaux sudah ku buka. Makan malam kita sudah tandas, dua piring penuh berisi daging sapi yang sore tadi ku panggang, hampir matang penuh, bersama hancuran kentang yang sedikit dibubuhi garam dan lada, dengan saus krim jamur. Jasmu sudah kau tanggalkan dan sampirkan di sisi sofa coklat tua itu. Gaun hitamku masih rapih melekat pada tubuhku, namun rambutku, yang hanya sepanjang bahu, sudah ku urai, agar kau bisa menghirup harum bunga sakuranya. Kita menari, pelan, sembari menengguk asam dan manisnya anggur Bordeaux itu. Ku kira Chet Baker telah letih bernyanyi dan bermain trumpet, suaranya perlahan hilang, digantikan oleh suara jangkrik dari luar sana. Aku pun lelah, ku rebahkan tubuhku di sofa coklat itu, menyandarkan kepala di dekat sampiran jasmu, menghirup bau cendana yang hampir hilang. Kau menghampiriku, memelukku erat, menghirup leherku, pipiku, dan mengecup bibirku. Pelan-pelan, satu per satu pakaian kita tanggal, di bawah cahaya temaram, ditemani suara jangkrik, kita melebur, melebur jadi satu. Tanah Ubud, tak pernah gagal membuatku jatuh cinta, sengaja maupun tidak.
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Jun 5, 2020
Jun 5, 2020 at 1:57 PM UTC
Malam Malam, Ubud
Bacakan untukku tragedi penghancur semesta Dalam bayang yang merana Ditengah malam para pendosa Bacakan untukku kematian yang harum Melesat masuk kedalam ringkuhnya tulang-tulangmu Hingga remuk berbutir pasir Panggil para penguasa dalam mayanya utopia Biar mereka merangkak disana
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Aug 11, 2020
Aug 11, 2020 at 12:18 PM UTC
Bacakan
Seharusnya aku ingat bagaimana penampilanku saat pertama bertemu denganmu Seharusnya aku ingat kalimat pertama yang kuucapkan padamu Seharusnya aku ingat harum minyak wangi yang kupakai saat pertama bertemu denganmu Sekarang aku kebingungan, bagaimana agar membuatmu jatuh hati lagi padaku
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Aug 29, 2017
Aug 29, 2017 at 10:53 PM UTC
Renungan Rindu
We need more Martians , they nattered at me all the time, More monsters—people like to be scared, As if those callow youngsters, Growing up with two cars in the garage And three sets at the country club, Their fraternity mixers at Whittier or Occidental, Knew the first **** thing about terror. Still, they wanted me to grind out the harum-scarum hokum They enjoyed watching two-reelers on Saturday afternoons While men were doing hard work in Leyte and Manila, As if the transitory fear of some ghoulish bogeyman Would last through the thirty-second epics Featuring some cartoon bear shilling for beer Or bunnies extolling the virtues of toilet paper. Let me tell you what fear is, I would say time and again, *It’s a padlocked fence and a smokestack Which isn’t churning out a **** thing. It’s the jobs you can’t get because you said something (And more likely, you didn’t) twenty years ago. It’s one more envelope from the bank or the phone company With bold red lettering on the front That you don’t open because you know what it says And how it doesn’t matter one bit, Because you can’t do a ******* thing about it*, And these promising young men would just look at me Like I was some poorly made-up extraterrestrial From one of their Buck ******* Rogers potboilers. Several of my neighbors here were among the men, Mostly boys in truth, who marched with the 126th New York, Taking fire at Petersburg and The Wilderness, At Spotsylvania and Cold Harbor. We have spoken about the horrors of war, The kaleidoscope of confusion and dread, No direction leading to shelter, no road guiding the way to home. They have said that, as frightening as the sound of the minie ***** Zipping overhead like malevolent flies, And the cannon were, what they found truly awful Was the manner in which those fields, So like the ones where they had flushed out quail as children, Became foreboding nightmare landscapes, Containing a dark madness That they never dreamed could have existed.
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Mar 6, 2017
Mar 6, 2017 at 10:28 AM UTC
Rod Serling Muses From His Plot, Lakeview Cemetery, Interlaken, New York
We need more Martians , they nattered at me all the time, More monsters—people like to be scared, As if those callow youngsters, Growing up with two cars in the garage And three sets at the country club, Their fraternity mixers at Whittier or Occidental, Knew the first **** thing about terror. Still, they wanted me to grind out the harum-scarum hokum They enjoyed watching two-reelers on Saturday afternoons While men were doing hard work in Leyte and Manila, As if the transitory fear of some ghoulish bogeyman Would last through the thirty-second epics Featuring some cartoon bear shilling for beer Or bunnies extolling the virtues of toilet paper. Let me tell you what fear is, I would say time and again, *It’s a padlocked fence and a smokestack Which isn’t churning out a **** thing. It’s the jobs you can’t get because you said something (And more likely, you didn’t) twenty years ago. It’s one more envelope from the bank or the phone company With bold red lettering on the front That you don’t open because you know what it says And how it doesn’t matter one bit, Because you can’t do a ******* thing about it*, And these promising young men would just look at me Like I was some poorly made-up extraterrestrial From one of their Buck ******* Rogers potboilers. Several of my neighbors here were among the men, Mostly boys in truth, who marched with the 126th New York, Taking fire at Petersburg and The Wilderness, At Spotsylvania and Cold Harbor. We have spoken about the horrors of war, The kaleidoscope of confusion and dread, No direction leading to shelter, no road guiding the way to home. They have said that, as frightening as the sound of the minie ***** Zipping overhead like malevolent flies, And the cannon were, what they found truly awful Was the manner in which those fields, So like the ones where they had flushed out quail as children, Became foreboding nightmare landscapes, Containing a dark madness That they never dreamed could have existed.
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the sonofabitch tremor from a tall cup of americano i am somewhere in the heart of Libis feeling the libidinous snarl of trucks, the poignant treason of leaves slamming against each other, the bamboozle of the youth this is my 5th poem sliding out of my whetstone mouth sharpening the dull blade of tongue as the harum-scarum of the swivel door crafts a rising hullaballoo. spilling coffee on my ****** white this sonofabitch tremor terrorizes the purity of the ******* clenched against no succor, eyes squinting in lachrymose fretting palpebral shade of tossed out gray caprice of clouds — no more coffee for me, these words nudging me keeping me awake with persistence.
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Oct 31, 2015
Oct 31, 2015 at 2:51 AM UTC
Sonofabitch Tremors (Writing Poems In Libis)
slipshod toboggan feeling before nakedness reeling past dried vandals on walls colorway harum-scarum entrails of blinded sides open to eyes and their possible misconceptions such that baring all is showing less and showcasing more is no other than pretension going guillotine sick or sane in one asylum afloat like flotsam there and jetsam here hoarded onomatopoeic cacophony: street beat back to basic superstition— no continuations or ellipses tell-tale that gamblers all and losers swell, the jazz needed to synchronize in tune, an off-beat gyration in split-screen flat affect. exeunt.
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Nov 6, 2015
Nov 6, 2015 at 10:56 AM UTC
Rituals
New age blindly falling from grace, fighting a hidden enemy Teen and anxious once the norm now a psych diagnosis, distress taken as some bad label Faceless facts hard to retract, flashing light world in blight, Harum-scarum analysis isn't reality Inner truth now given to a mental sleuth, hidden truth never seen, cause and effect does it mentally disable or inadvertently enable Swallowing knowledge left us choking, repetition offers no variation, life has no on or off switch, harder to remain stable when emotions are constantly displayed openly on the table so irrationally Paranoid covered in a blanket of fear, selected target our mind now a part of the market, pointing at humans being inhumane part of the game, being playful becoming a lost fable Why always recall when you're about to fall, simple shuffle of memory cards can show greener yards, following pre-plotted maps leads to another casualty Not as bad as it appears, forget learning to simply survive, permanent pessimist, Impossible to relax when buried in facts, wasteful worry replacing meaningful ways to remain grateful Instant diagnoses blown into multi tethered prognosis, finding middle ground when being told you're not normal or crazy leaves many lacking, losing leverage when searching for adequacy Mass medias senseless sayings gather no moss to keep the blues ball rolling, taking fun from function, new dog and pony show, subconsciously afraid, living life now seen as something fateful Digging our own graves, personal pall bearers for basic thought, selling freedom for an unfulfilled diagnosis, words a magic elixir, removing ways to face fear rationally Social wisdom masking the freedom of a child to walk through a puddle instead of a lifetime of insight finding knowledge to walk around them, remembering to smile gives strength to go the extra mile, life on life's terms need not be painful. R.C.
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Dec 13, 2021
Dec 13, 2021 at 5:56 AM UTC
Psycho-Logical-Slope
New age blindly falling from grace, fighting a hidden enemy Teen and anxious once the norm now a psych diagnosis, distress taken as some bad label Faceless facts hard to retract, flashing light world in blight, Harum-scarum analysis isn't reality Inner truth now given to a mental sleuth, hidden truth never seen, cause and effect does it mentally disable or inadvertently enable Swallowing knowledge left us choking, repetition offers no variation, life has no on or off switch, harder to remain stable when emotions are constantly displayed openly on the table so irrationally Paranoid covered in a blanket of fear, selected target our mind now a part of the market, pointing at humans being inhumane part of the game, being playful becoming a lost fable Why always recall when you're about to fall, simple shuffle of memory cards can show greener yards, following pre-plotted maps leads to another casualty Not as bad as it appears, forget learning to simply survive, permanent pessimist, Impossible to relax when buried in facts, wasteful worry replacing meaningful ways to remain grateful Instant diagnoses blown into multi tethered prognosis, finding middle ground when being told you're not normal or crazy leaves many lacking, losing leverage when searching for adequacy Mass medias senseless sayings gather no moss to keep the blues ball rolling, taking fun from function, new dog and pony show, subconsciously afraid, living life now seen as something fateful Digging our own graves, personal pall bearers for basic thought, selling freedom for an unfulfilled diagnosis, words a magic elixir, removing ways to face fear rationally Social wisdom masking the freedom of a child to walk through a puddle instead of a lifetime of insight finding knowledge to walk around them, remembering to smile gives strength to go the extra mile, life on life's terms need not be painful. R.C.
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Bermekaran bunga mengiringi senyummu Harum mewangi semanis madu Rendahkan sedikit sekuntum kelopakmu Tak ayal kumbang bergemuruh Semanis madu kau mengundang Aku terbuai layaknya kumbang Indah gemulai tak kunjung lekang Kau ratuku bukan sembarang Tak kusadar burung berkeciap Gagah benar paruh mengkilap Hebat benar kepakkan sayap Kumbang limbung terbangnya kalap Bunga indah harum mewangi Ternyata pandai bermain api Tak disangka membakar janji Batang indah bertumbuh duri Kumbang sesak terbangnya lirih Perihnya hati dusta sang terkasih Berharap terang hujanpun masih Berharap lekang sayangpun masih
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Nov 8, 2017
Nov 8, 2017 at 12:19 AM UTC
Si Malang Kumbang
Eclectic as long as I recall labeled weird by peers nothing could wipe the smile of all 32's ... Scanning for tunes memory lane some frightening many sweet.... from Procol Harum to James Brown... Flashbacks ~ A happy "pool rat"... AM lessons that led to free swim followed by team practice and night swim... Oblivious to the burnt out shells ~vestiges of the summer of '65. Heavy police presence Ghetto birds day and night... Coalescence willfully ignoring the horrendous savoring the sweet.... the boy around the corner who broke into song each time I walked by "My Cherie Amor..." Dancing in the street, the parks where ever a boom box bellowed... Cheap wine blissful ignorance... all revisited thanks to a song.
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Jun 30, 2016
Jun 30, 2016 at 12:47 PM UTC
Oldies Station
I hate spring hatching eggs chirping birds and blooming flowers especially the disparagingly flourishing violet-blue, harum-scarum hyacinth despite your aching absence
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Apr 23, 2021
Apr 23, 2021 at 4:20 AM UTC
Harum-scarum Hyacinth