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Terasa hebat merebut merdeka dari Belanda
Sahabatku sekelas, Thomas Stone namanya,
Whitefish Bay kampung asalnya
Kagum dia pada revolusi Indonesia

Dia mengarang tentang pertempuran Surabaya

Jelas Bung Tomo sebagai tokoh utama
Dan kecil-kecilan aku nara-sumbernya
Dadaku busung jadi anak Indonesia

Tom Stone akhirnya masuk West Point Academy

Dan mendapat Ph.D. dari Rice University
Dia sudah pensiun perwira tinggi dari U.S. Army
Dulu dadaku tegap bila aku berdiri
Mengapa sering benar aku merunduk kini

II
Langit langit akhlak rubuh, di atas negeriku berserak-serak
Hukum tak tegak, doyong berderak-derak
Berjalan aku di Roxas Boulevard, Geylang Road, Lebuh Tun Razak,
Berjalan aku di Sixth Avenue, Maydan Tahrir dan Ginza
Berjalan aku di Dam, Champs Elysees dan Mesopotamia
Di sela khalayak aku berlindung di belakang hitam kacamata
Dan kubenamkan topi baret di kepala
Malu aku jadi orang Indonesia.

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III
Di negeriku, selingkuh birokrasi peringkatnya di dunia nomor
satu,

Di negeriku, sekongkol bisnis dan birokrasi berterang-terang

curang susah dicari tandingan,

Di negeriku anak lelaki anak perempuan, kemenakan, sepupu

dan cucu dimanja kuasa ayah, paman dan kakek secara
hancur-hancuran seujung kuku tak perlu malu,

Di negeriku komisi pembelian alat-alat besar, alat-alat ringan,

senjata, pesawat tempur, kapal selam, kedele, terigu dan
peuyeum dipotong birokrasi lebih separuh masuk
kantung jas safari,

Di kedutaan besar anak presiden, anak menteri, anak jenderal,

anak sekjen dan anak dirjen dilayani seperti presiden,
menteri, jenderal, sekjen, dan dirjen sejati, agar
orangtua mereka bersenang hati,

Di negeriku penghitungan suara pemilihan umum sangat-

sangat-sangat-sangat-sangat jelas penipuan besar-
besaran tanpa seujung rambut pun bersalah perasaan,

Di negeriku khotbah, surat kabar, majalah, buku dan

sandiwara yang opininya bersilang tak habis dan tak
putus dilarang-larang,

Di negeriku dibakar pasar pedagang jelata supaya berdiri pusat

belanja modal raksasa,

Di negeriku Udin dan Marsinah jadi syahid dan syahidah,

ciumlah harum aroma mereka punya jenazah, sekarang
saja sementara mereka kalah, kelak perencana dan
pembunuh itu di dasar neraka oleh satpam akhirat akan
diinjak dan dilunyah lumat-lumat,

Di negeriku keputusan pengadilan secara agak rahasia dan tidak

rahasia dapat ditawar dalam bentuk jual-beli, kabarnya
dengan sepotong SK suatu hari akan masuk Bursa Efek
Jakarta secara resmi,

Di negeriku rasa aman tak ada karena dua puluh pungutan, lima
belas ini-itu tekanan dan sepuluh macam ancaman,

Di negeriku telepon banyak disadap, mata-mata kelebihan kerja,

fotokopi gosip dan fitnah bertebar disebar-sebar,

Di negeriku sepakbola sudah naik tingkat jadi pertunjukan teror

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penonton antarkota cuma karena sebagian sangat kecil

bangsa kita tak pernah bersedia menerima skor
pertandingan yang disetujui bersama,

Di negeriku rupanya sudah diputuskan kita tak terlibat Piala

Dunia demi keamanan antarbangsa, lagi pula Piala
Dunia itu cuma urusan negara-negara kecil karena Cina,
India, Rusia dan kita tak turut serta, sehingga cukuplah
Indonesia jadi penonton lewat satelit saja,

Di negeriku ada pembunuhan, penculikan dan penyiksaan rakyat

terang-terangan di Aceh, Tanjung Priuk, Lampung, Haur
Koneng, Nipah, Santa Cruz, Irian dan Banyuwangi, ada pula
pembantahan terang-terangan yang merupakan dusta
terang-terangan di bawah cahaya surya terang-terangan,
dan matahari tidak pernah dipanggil ke pengadilan sebagai
saksi terang-terangan,

Di negeriku budi pekerti mulia di dalam kitab masih ada, tapi dalam
kehidupan sehari-hari bagai jarum hilang menyelam di
tumpukan jerami selepas menuai padi.

IV
Langit akhlak rubuh, di atas negeriku berserak-serak
Hukum tak tegak, doyong berderak-derak
Berjalan aku di Roxas Boulevard, Geylang Road, Lebuh Tun Razak,
Berjalan aku di Sixth Avenue, Maydan Tahrir dan Ginza
Berjalan aku di Dam, Champs Elysees dan Mesopotamia
Di sela khalayak aku berlindung di belakang hitam kacamata
Dan kubenamkan topi baret di kepala
Malu aku jadi orang Indonesia.

MALU (AKU) JADI ORANG INDONESIA (ANTHOLOGY)

Okay, I know this technically isn't poetry, but this passage from Edensor
(Andrea Hirata) sure reads like one:

Aku ingin mendaki puncak tantangan, menerjang batu granit kesulitan,

menggoda mara bahaya, dan memecahkan misteri dengan sains.
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Aku ingin menghirup berupa-rupa pengalaman lalu terjun bebas menyelami

labirin lika-liku hidup yang ujungnya tak dapat disangka.

Aku mendamba kehidupan dengan kemungkinan-kemungkinan yang

bereaksi satu sama lain seperti benturan molekul uranium: meletup tak
terduga-duga, menyerap, mengikat, mengganda, berkembang, terurai, dan
berpencar ke arah yang mengejutkan.

Aku ingin ke tempat-tempat yang jauh, menjumpai beragam bahasa dan

orang-orang asing. Aku ingin berkelana, menemukan arahku dengan

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membaca bintang gemintang.

Aku ingin mengarungi padang dan gurun-gurun, ingin melepuh terbakar

matahari, limbung dihantam angin, dan menciut dicengkeram dingin. Aku
ingin kehidupan yang menggetarkan, penuh dengan penaklukan.

Aku ingin hidup! Ingin merasakan sari pati hidup!

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Dymussaga Mira, M.A. Literature, Universitas Indonesia

Answered Sep 25

Historically, Indonesian poetry known for its romanticism. Indonesia has this
poetic tradition, both orally and literary. There are Melayu influenced poetry
like syair, balada, soneta, etc. Java influenced poetry like kinanthi,
dandhanggula, maskumambang, and much, much more.

This huge romanticism wave couldnt stop amazes me. Yet, as the tradition and
time goes, avant-garde arts always be something I cant get o my mind of. One I
always consider the best of Indonesian avant-garde poetry is Afrizal Malnas
works. Among his experimental poetry, this one always captivated me:

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Above is Mauerpark, one of Afrizal Malnas on his anthology, Berlin Proposal

(2016). Since Mauerpark is visual poetry, it will be easier to took a photo of it
(sorry for the quality).

At first, it looked like a clusters of words. Tangled, jumbled, and has no specific
meaning. But if you try to understand the context, the title Mauerpark, and the
formation of word clusters, this poetry is actually a painting. A map of
Mauerpark. Malnas creative imagination tries to capture the scenery of
Mauerpark in Berlin not through sketches, but through words.

There are still more another great example of Indonesian poetry, but personally,
Mauerpark is one of my favourites.
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