My Mother Tongue

You talk to me of language

Of mother tongue

Mother tongue?

What’s my mother tongue?

What language I used to speak?

May be it has taken

Or swollen

By a language

Named English

You talk to me of language

Of English

We all do speak English

But …

Have you forgotten?

Your mother

Your tongue

Your mother tongue

Where do you put it?

Where do you drop it?

Where?

Somewhere there,

Between the English

Don’t talk to me of language

For I thought I have forgotten

Forgotten my tongue

My mother tongue 

But, listen…

Listen to the song I heard

Listen …

Carefully

Reminds me of my mother tongue

Sing to me more…

Speak to me even more

With our tongue

You’ll find it is there

Don’t ever lose it

Don’t ever forget it

Do not ever!

Think of your mother tongue proudly

Speak it loudly! 

                                                            March 5 2014 

This is the miss interpreted poem for I thought that the assignment is about mother tongue. 

and this poem inspires by Sujata Bhatt with her poem 'search for my tongue'

http://anthologypoems.wikispaces.com/Search+for+my+Tongue 

‘We are JAVANESE’

We were walking together

Down to the misty evening road

At the market

Where people gather

Talking of ‘Wedang Ronde’

While we conjure

The taste of ‘Whisky’

The road was crowded

By people wearing ‘batik’

While we felt lost

In the crowd

For we were wearing

Prada’s Summer Cloth

Don’t you feel embarrassed?

To be seen as stranger

In your own home

Now tell us…

Who is the singer they are talking about?

Nurjanah…

Didi Kempot…

We have no idea!

For we were talking about

Lady Gaga and Katy Perry all the time

What’s now?

Sing to me a song…

Listen …

            Listen…

                        Listen…

                                    Listen …

                                                Listen!

That’s what we are,

Javanese…

Who’s just come back to our mother land

From the land of English

And listen to us now

For we will speak it loudly

We are Javanese…

And we are proud to be Javanese

In English… 

                                                                      March 6 2014 

this is a poem that I wrote in a hurry due to Cross Cultural Understanding's assignment. 

my group and I had already prepared a poem actually but we got it wrong because we miss interpret the assignment :D 

so this is our last minute poem..and I'll post the 'wrong' poem after this... 
this poem inspires by Kenneth Wee's 'Festival' 

http://www.wattpad.com/23696395-poetry-collection-festival

I’m trying to sleep

I try to sleep

But I can’t sleep

        “why don’t you try counting sheep?”

                Because I’m waiting my phone beep

                                                        March 24, 2014

Once...

You sing to me a song

All night long

Some old songs

You bring from an old lounge 

            Recording your voice in my head

            Saving the songs in my heart

            “don’t stop now”

            Keep singing

            And let me bow

            Before you go

But you stop singing now

and I know

you’re singing for another sparrow

                                                            March 23, 2014

Nonsense

I do remember

That night in the park

When the day’s dark

And we talk

about ‘Jack and the Bean Stalk’

            we don’t know what it is about

            but we keep talking

            until you shout

            ‘that was nothing!’

                                                March 23^rd, 2014  

Call the Summer Back

Summer...
call them come sooner 
needed more than the heat of the fire 
I am tired of the fire 
more than everything, 
the sun tho'
always be missed 
                stand right there in the rain!
                not again
                I am in pain
Rain...
pouring in the evening 
with the wind moving its wings 
                drop me again
                in the rain
                I am in pain 
call for me the days 
that summer days

                                      March 13, 2014

                                                              

Greetings

I'll greet you when the sun sank 
at the edge of the ocean 
with a cup of a good evening coffee 

when the sky's dark 
and lighten by the lamps of universe 
when your eyes heavy and 
the bed tempted with its dreaming blanket 
thence, I'll greet you with a good night kiss 

I'll greet you when the shiny light ball jump from the east 
with a hot good morning tea 
only you ask for a sandwich 
hither your good morning sandwich 

I'll greet you when the sun heat your head 
and you drop a grain of sweat 
with a glass of good afternoon lemonade 

and I'll greet you now and then 
to keep your lips wet 

                                                              March 14, 2014 

When I was Sitting Behind You

Looking at you back here
linger behind your shadow
those black and strong arms
I wish I could hold on there
          must be warm
Reddish eyes that I could
          only imagine
I would dive there
I would even die there
I am scratchin' between your
          shadowy smile
        digging through your
          misty thought
I am lost

                                               February 2014

Enticement

Look at me not !
for hell opens its door for us both 
trace not the grace 
of heaven...
both see birds fly 
way far to the sky
tease me not!
for heaven had closed for us both 
                                           February 2014 

You are there with the mist

You are there with the mist

 It was a

 misty evening

 when

 I was given a

 box of nothing

 It was after a

 very heavy rain

 when

 I was thinkin’ of a

 mist-erious man

 It was before the

 mist covering the

 Evening

when 

I heard him singing our song 

                                                                                          February 2014

Room

behind the wall
behind that door
voices out there,
up there
so loud
yes I am deafen
yet I am forgotten
         from the morning light risen me
         to the light-less night taken me
I dive into the darkness
Eyes closed,
Feel your breath so close
For the wind are moaning
As you are trembling
         When we are diving the night
         Behind the wall…
         Someone’ s knocking the door

                                                  February 2014

Cigar

I smoke cigar 
Underneath the dazzling night light 
So popular, so familiar 
He… who sat lighting cigar 
With me, 
With the dazzling night light 
Passing throughout my thought 
We shared smoke 
We laugh 
Perhaps we loved
Perhaps we just tempted 
But we smoke cigar 
           Together… 

                                            February 2014

‘Sepenggal Kata’

Telah aku sematkan sepenggal kata

Bulan yang tahu aku merindu

Langkahkan kaki pada padang gulita,

Tanpa lentera

Di sini…

Tanpa bintang-bintang

Dan rembulan digenggaman

Ku ingin persembahkan kepada mu, rindu…

Tak tahu kah kau?

Berpura-purakah engkau?

                                               

                                                                  February 2014

the Audition (part 3)

talking about audition, it won't be complete without judges..here they are our gorgeous judges...  

Here they are, my beloved partner

why so serious? 

Mas Rio and Danielle were discussing something before the audition start
Danielle..you should have shown your face to the camera....



 

Black Team? 

the Audition (part 2)

here...here... some additional pictures,

well..well.. Aunt Em (right) should have came with Uncle Henry
instead of Professor Marvel (left)

Glinda, the good witch of the north..
she was the first person who came to the audition

The Wicked Witch of the West...
she already had the wicked smile though :D

the Audition

while waiting for the D.day which is only two weeks left, lets recall some memories from the audition...

Here they are..our Dorothy and the heartless Tinman 
what a coincidence that they came to the audition together 

                                  

      the brainless Scarecrow (right) and Zeke (left)       

  

         Unfortunately, I don't have the cowardly Lion's audition picture... :( 

Don't forget to join our fan page on Facebook :)  

https://www.facebook.com/pages/FLL-Drama-The-Wizard-of-Oz/497206840366696?ref=hl

The Wizard of OZ

The Wizard of Oz is a tale about Dorothy Gale from Kansas. One day she caught up in a tornado and carried away to a new land of Oz. Dorothy tries to get back home to her Auntie Em and Uncle Henry, but to do so she must travel to the Emerald City and receive the help of the great Wizard of Oz. In Oz she meets munchkins and a beautiful good witch, Glinda, who helps her by giving her a pair of magical ruby slippers and directs her to follow the yellow brick road. Along the road, she befriends a brainless scarecrow, a heartless tin man, and a cowardly lion. Together the group must work together against the evil spells of the Wicked Witch of the West to get to Oz and their hearts' desires, while learning some important lessons along the way.

Come and join us in our adventure on 21st and 22nd of March in BU UKSW Salatiga...  :) 
Reserve your seat now! 
email me for further information... 

Kau dan Waktu

Tak ku tahu waktu makin memburu 

tapi aku tak terburu 

tak sedikit pun aku...

Dahulu ku makan segala

pun kini ku tak makan tak apa

Betapa ku sadari waktu berlalu 

mengajakku bersenggama 

                  dalam senggang 

tapi aku enggan...

Enggan beranjak 

Enggan bergerak 

             mungkin merangkak, 

Dahulu ku makan segala, 

tak ku tahu siapa ku tiru 

kini ku tak makan pun tak apa

tapi kau yang lalu ku jumpa berpuasa,

melahap segala; tak hiraukan aku...

berkata :

                 "kau yang ku tahu 

                          kini 

                                 disenggama oleh waktu"

                                                                           Agustus 2013

Suatu Sore Ketika Hari Hujan

Hujan kali ini tak berangan,
sedang aku tak berkawan 
Di bawah rintik hujan
          dua muda mudi saling puji 
          tak sedikit pun membenci 
Diam, ku amati
Diam, ku awasi
Tak bersuara karna hujan rintik menggema 
           dua muda mudi menanti
Pulang... ku menanti 
            dua muda mudi pergi 
Sendiri, ku lagi
Rintik hujan menemani
lama aku...
     menanti, 
     tak berangan 
     tak berkawan
Di bawah payung dalam runtik-rintik hujan 
kunantikan, 
pulang...

                                                               Februari 2013 

Ku Gapai Engkau dengan Sepenggal Sajak V

Tuhan... 

        jika dia mencintai ku, 

        maka kirimkanlah dia kepada ku 

        Aku hanya ingin bersamanya 

        sesaat... 

                walau hanya sekejap mata 

                walau hanya satu tarikan nafas

                walau hanya satu hembusan angin 

                         meski hanya ku lihat bayangannya 

                         izinkan aku bersamanya 

                         sesaat... 

                                                                              2012 

Ku Gapai Engkau dengan Sepenggal Sajak IV

Ku coba berbagai cara untuk memahami mu
kadang begitu menyakitkan
bertahan,
air mata ku dapatkan
Pernahkah kau memahami ku sedetik saja?
            Mungkin terlalu bodoh mengharapkan kedatangan mu
            hingga aku menderita
            tak sanggup lagi bercerita
Diam dan tunggu,
sampai nanti kau tau
betapa aku membutuhkan mu
sangat...
           Mungkin harus ku relakan kau pergi
           Mungkin suatu saat nanti
           jika aku lelah,
           terlalu lama menanti
           kau akan mengerti...

                                                                  2012

Ku Gapai Engkau dengan Sepenggal Sajak III

Ku panggil nama mu di padang gelap,
Kau tak mendengar
terlelapkah kau, atau
lupakah kau padaku?
Aku tak tahu...
                          
                                  2012

Ku Gapai Engkau dengan Sepoenggal Sajak II

Aku berjalan mendekat, kau...
                    menjauh
Mungkin aku sedikit menggangu
akau menjauh, kau
        mendekat, dan nyatanya aku tak bisa
        menjauh...
Jadi aku diam di tempat ku,
sampai kau datang menghampiri
atau sampai waktu menghapus ku
Awalnya cukup bahagia melihat mu di sini
hingga ku rasa merindukan mu terlalu menyakitkan,
dan menggapai mu pun terlalu susah
Jadi aku diam...
sampai kesepian membawa ku
pergi.....

                                                                 4 Maret 2012

Ku Gapai Engkau dengan Sepenggal Sajak 1

Sepi...
karena menggapai mu terlalu susah
Sendiri...
karena aku  mungkin demikian
kadang ingin ku berlari mengejar bayanga mu
hasrat yang tak tertahankan meluap
menjadi sebuah 'rindu'
yang tak mampu ku ungkapkan

Bosan...
terkadang aku bosa, dan
terkadang aku terlalu lelah
Ku nantikan hadir mu
tapi tak pernah ku temukan kau di sini
yang ada hanyalah sepenggal nama mu
Aku ingin sedikit saja waktu bersama mu
pergi ke ujung senja atau di tepian mimpi ku saja
tapi tak bisa

Lalu mereka datang
ku ikuti...
Sampai keramaian,
kembali seperti dahulu
Biar hilang, tapi kutinggalkan jejak kaki
di belakang ku

Kepada mu ku berikan nafasku
Kepada mu ku gulirkan ari mata ku
Kepada mu ku korbankan segala yang ku bisa,
Kepada mu aku mencinta, dan
Kepada mu aku merindu

                                                                                     2 Maret 2012