Bagaimana harus aku ceritakan pada semua
Tentang debu-debu yang tiada pernah kuundang
Menumpang dan bermukim di ceruk hidupku…..
Akan terjawabkah soalanku
Sedang sang bayu menahan lidahnya
Diam menabur debu di merata dunia…..
Debu-debu…
Kaukah puing-puing peradaban yang kian sirna?
Atau kaukah airmata sikecil yang lapar dan dahaga pada kedamaian dan keindahan?
Atau kaukah noda-noda serakah yang menjerut tulang-belulang sipapa?
Atau kaukah sisa-sisa nafsu dari lorong-lorong merah dan rumah-rumah?
Atau kaukah yang mengingatkan aku pada kematian?
Wan Jumaiah Bte Mohd Jubri is 59 years old and works as a senior library assistant at Singapore Press Holdings’ Information Resource Centre. She is the author of two books; and a compilation of short stories. She only started writing poems seriously at the age of 45. In 2015, she challenged herself and submitted five poems to the Golden Point Award.
Debu-Debu, which was one of the poems submitted, went on to clinch third prize.
Charlene Shepherdson is a Singaporean poet and community organiser focused on language in written, performative and visual forms. She is interested in heritage, technology and creative education. Her poems have been published in
From Walden to Woodlands and
UnFree Verse (Ethos Books),
A Luxury We Cannot Afford,
SingPoWriMo 2014: The Anthology (Math Paper Press) and
The Straits Times. Her visual poetry has been displayed in The Arts House, The Substation and in Singapore libraries under National Art Council’s Project LAVA. She is currently working on the textures of text through textiles.
http://www.charshep.com
