POETRY AS A MEDIA OF UNITY AND TOLERANCE
Siamir Marulafau
Penyairdcm2@gmail.com
DISCUSSION :
Discussion about poetry is inseparable from human life since poetry is one of the literary genres.The primitive societies dominantly used poetry as a main medium of communication because most of them were illiterate.They seemed to be very successful to speak and convey their opinion among people to whom they spoke in daily life, and what about poetry in today's time? This question may be one of the most important things to be answered because of its function whereas poetry is something spontaneously coming from the deep feeling of human beings as what William Wodrswoorth said that poetry is something which spontaneously overflows of powerful feeling.
If we trace back from what poetry is defined above, it means every author of poetry writes poetry as an art and creates poetry to be the form of poetry itself based on the expressing of human feeling rather than a thought.Philosophically,every man who writes poems has different ways of styles because of having different feeling, and background of knowledge which basically related to the meaning.
No wonder if every author of poetry as the creator of the art of poetry itself considered as a poet, who has a capability and talent to write poems,and not every person can write poem since it needs talent.As a matter of fact, many poets in all over the world such as poets in Western countries, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Thailand and some other countries in Asia have different talent, ways of writing and themes as well. Many of them tend to discuss about human life which related to the love, social life,humanity, politics and some other topics or themes as the subject matter of discussing.
In today's time, poetry becomes one of the most important figures be talked as a basic writing written in Anthologies as what have been seen in some poets like DR Ahmad Khamal Abdullah's Visiting the Land of Buds , DrRaja Rajeswari Seetha Raman's Mekar Bunga “; Badaruddin Othman's Balak Bangsa ; Siamir Marulafau's Bahtera Dalam Ayat” ; Iberamsyah Barbary's Gurindam 12 ; Aminur Rahman's Perpetual Diary Diari Pribadi ; Nashuha Jamidin's Renunganku Dari Daerah Sepi ; Shirley Idris' Perempuan Serpihan Malam ; Prof.A Halim Ali's Melihat ke Dalam Diri; Dr.Lanka Siva Rama Prasad's The Red Ochre Box; LK Ara's Ucap Gemercik ; r.hamkama's Sajak Lxv; Zulkarnain Siregar's Pulang ke Hulu, Faridah's Jawapan Kepada Tuhan ; etc.
Not only in Anthologies the reputation of poets can be seen and talked but the poets like Zulfaisal Putera's poems; Edrida Pulungan's poem ; Suyadi San's poems; Romy Sastra's poems and some other poets like Wacana Minda's poems ,Asmira Suhadis' Aku Dan Hujan; Norazimah Abu Bakar's Lelaki Tua Di Landasan Kereta Api; Ratnasam Sib II's poems,Lily Swarn's poems, Rima-Rima Re's poems ; Hj Harisharis Hj Hamzah's poems ;Latty Latisa's poems ; Saedon Ibrahim's poems ; Lily Siti Multatuliana SutanIskandar's poems ; Porman Wilson Manalu's poems and others can be read in some medias and talk the various themes and topics and all these concern with talking about social problems in relation with the unity and tolerance.
Why is poetry considered as a medium of unity and tolerance? It is because through poetry, man can share everything concerning with something in relation with personality, social problem and others to one with another based on the feeling deriving from holy soul as man created by God.Through poetry, man can be united and gathered in one place like in the festival poetry conducted in Singapore , Bachok,Klantan and Banjarmasin seemed to be an impression for every poet coming and reciting poems so as to unite the poets of all. Besides, writing poems indicates human relation be kept well in the era of globalization and creates a global peace in all over the world since the poems being written discuss too much about humanity and how the social life be kept peacefully, and the relation among with the nature created by Almighty.
Through writing poetry, the poets mostly discuss about tolerance as a specific theme being talked in every poem written by the poets so as to remind others not to be overacting to do as what they like with the same creatures in the universe.This ideas can also be found in some American writers like Christina Anne Porter, Sylvia Plath,and others who disliked social oppression and they wrote poems concerning about the social problems.They would like the people were in peace without insulting and oppressing one with another. These can be assumed happened in today's time whereas the modern poets in all over the world think too much about tolerance towards religion so as to keep a good human relation and friendship among of all in order not to create conflict in social life, and this one be the most important need as a vision and mission why the poets mostly write poems in daily life.
CONCLUSION :
Having discussed about the above topic, the speaker comes to conclusions that :
1.Poetry is really a mirror of human life,which may not be separated from man's life because through poetry man can be united from one place to another.
2.Poetry as a media can improve human resource, tolerance and avoid conflict among of all and construct a solution to social problems as well.
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Author's Life :
Siamir Marulafau was born in Nias.He is a lecturer at the University of North Sumatra ,Medan-Indonesia.He conducted seminar as speaker in Terengganu,2017,Pahang,2017, USM, 2017,Yala Rabath University,Thailand, 2018, Singapore,2018,
UNY,Yokyakarta,2018. He is a poet and writes research papers and scientific articles,published in International journals.
sm/11/09/2018,Mdn
JIKA DIKAU TAHU
Siamir Marulafau
jika dikau mau tahu dan mahu
pandanglah hamparan lautan
sebegitu jauhnya kasih dan cintaku padau-mu
tak bisa dipandang sejauh memandang
dan bukan hanya di kedalaman
tapi juga di pinggiran
akan kuselimuti dan kurangkul dengan lara
seiring DP Pinggiran akan berbayang di pelupuk mata
dan tak akan ke mana,,,,,
jika Tuhan memberkati akan semua
harapan tak tergelincir di pinggir jurang
berdoalah kepada Tuhan,,,,
agar senantiasa jasad beradu sesama
di temaran malam sunyi
menyepi dan bersatu dengan alam
dan hanya kau dan aku berada di dalamnya
tak akan ada siapa-siapa diantara
jika selendang merahmu mengikat sanubari
sepanjang napasku tak menerawang di langit biru
dan di sanalah cimuan mesra berembun di bibir merahmu
terserah padamu,,,,terserah padamu sayang
sm/20/02/2019,Mdn
KEMBANG SEMALAM DI KUALA LUMPUR
Siamir Marulafau
di pinggiran meluncur
kembang teratai berceloteh:
mengapa di kau tergiur?
kau adalah imam-ku dunia akhirat
aku bukan pecundang dalam impian
kasih-ku terbentang seluas langit bumi
terbentang di hamparan lautan
pandanglah,,,,pandanglah dan tak akan dapat dilihat
sepanjang kasih tak berliku dalam anganan
di pinggiran bernyanyi : Rindu,,,sungguh merangkul
kerinduan tak akan terhenti setiap saat
mengapa dikau tergiur?
ada apa dengan jasad-ku
aku bukan malaikat
hanya titipan dengan napas teremban di setiap celah cinta dan kasih
terukir di Johor pantai tanjung balu
dengan syair kudendangkan tak terasa pilu
dan hanyalah seutas senyum melambai di kejauhan
sepanjang burung besi akan terdampar di lumpur basah dengan bibir merah terjatuh dalam lara
mengapa dikau tergiur?
ada apa dan siapa dikau tanamkan kasih
dengan ulasan syair kau baca di atas panggung sandiwara
aku bukan pengkhianat cinta dalam lingkaran cinta
percayalah,,,,percayalah
wahai kekasihku,,,di semenanjung Malaysia
di kota metropolitan meluncur di gedung kembar
siapa gerangan teratai berbuah kembang di atas langit biru kuemban dalam napas?
sm/18/022/2019,Mdn
TO WHOM I GIVE MY LOVE?
Siamir Marulafau
love is not only for myself
love is for others
not only in my picture
love is something given to nature
love is in others' need
not for useless thing
that be given to my teachers
who have changed the darkness to brightness
love is not only for myself
love is for you all
which never betrays
to remind one's self
sm/07/03/2019,copyright
KASIH TERBINGKAI
Siamir Marulafau
di lautan malam namaku terukir
dengan bingkai emas terpatrik
seruanmu merangkul dunia kugapai
seiring banjarmasin berceloteh :
menanggung rindu di bawah pohon jeruk merimbun
tersuguhkan di lautan malam
tak sirna sepanjang masa
di kala cinta dan kasihmu kubisikan pada angin
menderu ke kalbu
seiring angin membalut rasa rindu
dengan hati lembut
berucap kasih dari serawak bersalam
akan ditunggu di langit biru syahdu
sm/07/03/2019,mdn
NYANYIAN SENJA
Siamir Marulafau
senja tak akan terkapar di ujung dunia
walaupun camar berkicau seribu satu malam
kasih tak akan sirna
sepanjang pincalan didayung menggapi pulau seribu
rindu akan tersimpan dan tersimpul
jika sanubari mengenang tak berduka
yakinlah pada setiap bait diucapkan
di kala awan mengembara
mencari sasaran bergumpal di langit cerah
badai pilu akan terhempas
di saat senja mengukir keindahan
buih di setiap gelombang
tak akan menggulung harapan ke pantai
jika senja tak terbiarkan terkapar
meskipun karang terjal dan tajam
napas tak tersesak, bugar sungguh di atas awan
sepanjang camar tak mengusik rindu
di semenanjung pantai berangin sepoi
rasa pilu mengubah damai
jika lara berbuka salam di kala alam berbisik
akan terpadu dirembang malam
sm/17/03/2019,Mdn
NYANYIAN DI KAPAL
Siamir Marulafau
berlayar sampai ke pulau
menggapai citra bahagia
sepanjang kemudi tak patah
meskipun tiang layarnya berderai basah
namun kuharungi sampai ke karang terjal
dan di sanalah memanjat dinding
dengan goresan ikhtiar
akan kulepaskan dihamparan lautan
dalam senja menabur sukacita
sebelum tertanam di lumpur basah
dan hanyalah Ilahi tahu
mengapa kapal berlabuh sejenak?
menunggu aroma senja di bawah lindungan kaabah
sepanjang lautan tak kering
helai napas membludak
mencari inspirasi terombang ambing
di hamparan berkiblat
dengan titipan buih melantun mencari kemudi
mau ke mana berlayar?
tanpa tujuan terapung di atas air garam
sm/17/03/2019,Belawan
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PLAGITAOR ADALAH BAJINGAN DALAM LITERASI BERHOMO FOBULAN,YANG HARUS DIPENGGAL
Uzt/17/03/2019
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