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So Dreamy Jan 2014
"Dunia ini terlalu indah untuk dilukis, Sayang,"
Begitu katanya
"Dunia ini juga terlalu luas untuk dipahami, Sayang,"
Begitu pula katanya

Aku tetap tak mengerti
Mengapa masih ada orang yang merasa dunia ini
Terlalu sempit untuk diketahui
Terlalu sulit untuk dijelajahi

Apakah jendela cakrawala mereka saja yang sempit?
Atau nyali mereka saja yang tak bisa berdiri sendiri?
Hanya berani menguntit ditemani mata menyipit?
Barangkali pikiran mereka juga hanya bisa mengintip?

"Dunia ini dipenuhi orang aneh, Sayangku,"
Ujarnya kemudian
Secangkir teh diteguknya perlahan
"Dunia ini juga dipenuhi orang berotak kosong, kamu tahu itu,"*

Kukatakan dalam hati bahwa aku tahu
Tentu saja kami berdua tahu
Bumi ini dihuni benak-benak yang melayang liar di balik masing-masing bahu
Yang tak bisa diam walau hanya menunggu waktu

Menunggu pikiran gila lainnya merayap masuk ke dalam kepalanya
Membuat secarik kertas dan sebuah pulpen meleleh di tangannya
Melantunkan kalimat-kalimat indah menjadi sebuah sajak
Menyulapnya menjadi sebuah mahakarya yang terus menanjak

Kukatakan sekali lagi dalam hati bahwa aku tahu
Tentu saja kami berdua tahu
Bumi ini juga dihuni benak-benak licik yang tak punya dinding malu
Yang meraup beribu untung tak kenal waktu

Diam-diam aku bertanya juga

Di manakah jiwa-jiwa kotor itu bisa membeli dinding malu?
Mengapa mentalnya tak beda jauh dengan mental para benalu?
Orang-orang aneh itu masih terus menunggu waktu
Orang-orang berotak kosong itu malah berlari meninggalkan waktu

Orang-orang aneh itu terus menciptakan karya
Orang-orang berotak kosong itu malah dibicarakan di berita pagi dan dunia maya
Orang-orang aneh itu terus menumbuhkan bunga di atas nama bangsa
Orang-orang berotak kosong itu malah menumbuhkan duri di bawah nama bangsa

Seperti yang saat ini banyak terjadi,
Seniman dan Koruptor.
Poets from all over the world are invited to submit their original poems to Mombasa poetry anthology 2016.These anthology is organized by the Kenyan society of poets and literary scholars. It is out of literary and cultural recognition of the historical fact that Mombasa and its environs is home man, it is an indisputable home to all types of people in all their capacities and stations. It is historically evident that, at least a European, an African, Asian, Indian, American, Australian or Chinese have a home in Mombasa. This has been the case from as early as 7 AD. When the Oman Arabs landed at the east African coast in the moon-son wind driven dhows.
This anthology will be published Kenya, as a print version latest by December 2016, under the title, ANTHEM OF HOPE.   The anthology will have a collection of 2000 poems, written in English, or written in any other language but accompanied with a translation to English, each poet is allowed to submit three poems, a poem must not exceed 500 words, all poems must be submitted as one document of MS word attachment, the font types to be used are times Romans, the size is 12. The poem can be in any style without having creativity of the poet being decimated by traditional literary canonicity, but as long as the poem will be addressing and not limited to the following themes in relation to Mombasa;
1) Mombasa city, other towns Around Mombasa like Kisumayu, Lamu, Kibino,Hola, Mpeketon, Bamburi, Malindi, Watamu, Gede, Matsangoni, kilifi, Vipingo, Takaungu, Mtwapa, Shimo la tewa, Bamburi, Likoni,ukunda,wa,msambweni,lunga Lunga,Vanga , Shimoni, Tanga,msofala, Dar salam and Zanzibar, as well as Mariakani and Voi,taita,taveta and Arusha,
2) Mombasa people, The miji-kenda,arabs,European, bajuni, Indians, and any other in relation to Mombasa
3) Mombasa features like the Indian ocean, likon ferry, fort jesus,beaches,vasco da Gama pillar, nyali bridge,Makupa cause way and any other feature,
4) Mombasa populations; Christians, muslim,LGBTI,drug addicts, the deaf, blind, scrotal elephantiasis victims,dwarfs,jinis and any other in realtion to Mombasa,
5) Mombasa fauna and flora, kilifi trees, mango trees, palm wine tree, crow birds, cats, flies, vultures,snakes,pythons Mombasa
6) Mombasa cultures,womenfolk,weddings, music, donkey-games, stick-games and any other in relation to Mombasa,
7) Mombasa city dynamics, hustles,bustles,Al-shabab, job seeking, youths and behaviour and any other theme ,
8 ) Overall themes to be addressed under the Mombasa city context are; Indian ocean and poetry, family, human rights, climate change, security , poverty, pollution, globalization,migration,corruption,cosmopolitanism,culture,langua­ge,war,refuges,natural resources and any other them pertinent to Mombasa
******, racist, prejudicial or any hate perpetrating poems will not be published, For the poets that will have their poems published there will be a ceremony of spoken word and poetry reading from the published poems in early December  2016 ( exact date will be communicated) on the white sands beach at Sarova hotel.
The last day for submission of your poems is July 31st 2016, the notification about your poem being accepted and yet to be published is 31st august 2016.
Submit your poems along with a bio note of not more than 500 words to the email mombasapoetryanthology@yahoo.com, along with a serial number and a scanned copy of the slip for payment of the handling fees of Kenya shillings 500 or 5 US dollars for the three poems. The account to pay in is Standard Chartered Bank (Kenya) account number; 0100310788200 the swift code is; SCBLKENX and bank code is 02
Five winning poets will be prized in the following order; the first poet will win 5000 US dollars, second poet will win 4000 US dollars, the third will win 3000 US dollars, 2000 US dollars, and lastly 1000 US dollars.
Each published poet will get two copies of the anthology free of charge. Further questions for clarification about the Mombasa Poetry anthology can be emailed mombasapoetryanthology@yahoo.com
nyatanya, sampai kini kau merasa aku sudah pulih,
namun tuanku sayang,
aku belum cukup kuat untuk melangkah,
ragaku masih tertatih meraba jalan pulang,
masih terasa sesak luka yang kau buat.

apa kau mengerti, anak cucu adampun akan merintih bila disakiti.
bukan, bukanku menyalahkanmu.
hanya saja aku yang terlalu terbuai.
menggantungkan seluruh hidup dan matiku padamu,
tanpa pernah terpikir olehku,
bahwa kaupun tidak mungkin menggantungkannya padaku seorang.

jika menurutmu aku baik-baik saja,
ya, kau benar, aku baik-baik saja.
setidaknya sampai aku besar nyali untuk mengutarakannya di depan wajah tak bersalahmu.

kau tak benar-benar tahu, sayang.
tapi, ah sudahlah!

semoga Tuhan menggenggam luka kita kuat-kuat.

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