Poem of the Sea That Never Misses Entering an Air-Conditioned Auditorium
By,Jacob Ereste
Freelance Journalist
This poem is truly rebellious, against his arranged marriage with Essay. But the registrar has already led them to follow the ijab kabul that has been witnessed by the villagers.
Many people were stunned, witnessing a new history being built, no one knows who started it. I was also amazed for a moment, then gave an explanation that marriage does not have to be of the same ethnicity.
I also secretly believed, if the beauty of poetry that is flexible and graceful, will give birth to a child who is as brave as Essay who speaks firmly even in a dark alley, there is no light to lead to the morning that marks all the work of last night must be continued in another form to welcome the beautiful afternoon.
The children of Essay poetry began to grow up, completing their characters and natures perfectly from the marriage of a beautiful poem with a handsome Essay.
Previously, the wedding party was paraded around the village and then spread to the neighboring villages next door. I saw Denny JA playing the tambourine like a Sufi poet who was intoxicated with love, making love to his works and the rhythm of his music.
Poetic allegories were boisterous, decorating the bridal procession in a sacred atmosphere full of moral beads complete with spiritual crowns.
At first, many people just watched, although slowly but surely, one by one they joined in dancing in patterns and colors that were never discussed. However, the event and ceremony took place lively like the pen of the poet who carved the sky wanting to redeem the sky that could not be divided by anyone, like the sea on the North coast of Tangerang, Banten which was not recorded in the chaotic land institution.
Because the sea not only stores the emotions of the earth and the sound of waves that tirelessly whisper the harmony of nature, but the sea is the fish warehouse for fishermen before being taken to the auction market. So that unpaid values can be counted all the way to the grilling kitchen for children’s provisions to be strong to go to school. Because free nutritious food rations can be more guaranteed to be available at home.
That’s how children learn to write and read, even though it is unknown when they will be able to write essay poems as their friends and Denny JA dream of, always in prayer without complaining tiredly, like fishermen who never want to give up before bringing the catch from their nets and nets
The faces of fishermen chanting vast sea poems such as Rumi, Hafiz, Rabiah and Amir Hamzah even surpassing Chairil Anwar and Rendra to Sutardji and Wiji Tukul accompanied by the sound of waves that will definitely return to the beach.
The reading of sea poems was not sung in an air-conditioned auditorium or in a one to five star hotel. And essay poems are just missed being read on a boat with a brackish aroma, continuing to compete with the roar of the waves tirelessly and screaming all the time.
Sea poems that do not miss entering an air-conditioned auditorium, because they are truly self-aware. Because the sea poetry is married by the storm with the dhikr of the earth language, the narrative of the wind and the poetic storm which is understood as dhikrullah, sacred full of nuances and spiritual vibrations.
Is there an essay poem like that?
Banten, June 30, 2025
Footnote:
*Sea poetry is not a dream to compete or stand side by side with essay poetry. But just to convince that differences and developments to even cross-breeding, can happen and even be done like cempedak fruiting jackfruit. And now — in the Gen-Z era — papaya has also been married to watermelon. So don’t be surprised if the duku in Palembang starts to taste sweeter, because it is married to longan.****
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