i.
nyalinya telah lama senak menghimpun ego;
tika belitan aspalnya mengalirkan status
dalam bentuk mobil mahal & COE.
ii.
udaranya kian likat dilarutkan monoksida;
meski aroma mahal sesekali menyumpit hidung –
kala bidadari berahi melintas melewati
mereka mesra dengan dada & paha terbuka.
penghuni di sini menyarung kastanya;
kedudukan berjaya nan sonder membahagiakan –
mereka membimbit kelayakan diri
nan bergerak
sesekali tertinggal lewat kederasan.
iii.
di sini tiada belaian buat seorang gipsi;
nan tiba-tiba tercencang & tertimbus
di sela semua keterasingan ini.
Published in Aisberg Kesimpulan: Kumpulan Puisi, Ahmad Md Tahir. (Singapore: Akademi Anuar Othman, 2013)
Ahmad Md Tahir (b. 1967), has published two collections of poems – Bunga Makna (1992) and Aisberg Kesimpulan (2013). He has received commendation awards in the Saadon Ismail Award (1990, 1992, 1993, 1994) and commendation awards in MBMS Literary Award (1993, 1995). His poems have been translated in English and published in various anthologies of poetry – Journeys: Words, Home & Nation (1995), Memories & Desires (1998), Rhythms: A Singapore Millennial Anthology of Poetry (2000), Verse Of Angels (2010), From The Window Of This Epoch (2010), Moving Words (2011), SingaPoetry: An Anthology Of Singapore Poems (2015) and Contour: A Lyric Cartography Of Singapore (2019).
Qamar Firdaus Saini is in the Public Service, and is especially fond of Explosions in the Sky. He writes to remember. His poems can be found in
Quarterly Literary Review Singapore,
Moving Words (Ethos Books),
ASINGBOL (Squircle Line Press),
This is Not A Safety Barrier (Ethos Books), and various editions of
SingPoWriMo (Math Paper Press), among others. His works have also been commissioned by National Gallery Singapore and the Singapore Art Museum.
