We kept buying cars; we couldn’t say no. From Jakarta to Surabaya, Yogyakarta, and Semarang(***
The air is polluted ’cause nobody says no.
The air gets an “F” by government analysis,
And this is the result of public paralysis.
We’ve known it for years–the smog’s getting worse–
But we shelved all our fears, and now here comes the hearse.
It’s powered, of course, by petroleum gasses.
Cars may bring us death, but they’re loved by the masses.
Today, Indonesia(***, but tomorrow the world.
To the depths of perdition our future’s been hurled.
Each car, truck, and bus made its own contribution;
We all–let’s be clear–have caused this pollution.
We all saw it coming and did nothing about it;
We all are to blame; there’s no reason to doubt it.
To our offspring to come, well what can we say?
WE danced to the piper, but YOU have to pay!
We’ve left to posterity all kinds of pollution.
Now, what can we do to make restitution?
We can replant the forests, and stop making cars,
Stop poisoning the aquifers, and paving with tars;
We can stop all the dumping in all of our seas;
We can stop the destruction of all of our trees,
And start saying “YES” to environment pleas.
It isn’t too late to at least make a start–
Or are we all lacking the necessary heart?
* Puisi dpt di antara skian banyak file2 di laptop.. dulu “bbrp thn yg lalu” nemu ni puisi scr googling… *lali pisan.. 
** Iseng pengen posting ni puisi selepas berdiskusi ttg masalah lingkungan dgn sorg kakak 
*** Aslinya nama2 kota di USA.. tp krn qt di Indonesia jd sy ganti nama kota2nya..
24 comments
hmm,, what an amazing poetry!! 🙂
nice 🙂
😛
From Jakarta to Surabaya, Yogyakarta, and Semarang(***————–yach rutenya gimana yach..:D
Polusi memang menyebalkan…
bikin rusak lingkungan yaaaa? bikin ga sehat tho???? waduh…waduh…
save our planet
polusi….masalah kita bersama
sebenernya lebih terkesan analisis ilmiah dari pada puisi ya ^_^TFS kak Dewi
keren, dek. diksinya bagus:) mantaaaaaap
hm…jangan lupa ganti tisuenya ma plastik kreseknya yach ^_^
*sibuk bolak balik kamus* heuheuheu
@shariiv: yupz… 🙂 tp ni bkn puisi sy.. hny nyomot doang & direpost skdr utk sharing aj :)@mbak lala: yupz mbak… ^_^@dek teguh: hehehe.. naon? sy nyebut kotany panjenengan y? hehe.. maaph.. abs binun.. kmrn g nyr dulu data kota2 mana aj di indo yg pny tingkat polusi tinggi… sepurane yo dek.. :P@mas ibnu: sy nyebut kota sampeyan kan mas? bener toh faktany begitu? :P@kak leila: ho oh kak.. polusi itu sampah!!@dek zawwad: yup dek.. bikin g sehat.. duh smoga nanti di masany zawwad besar keadaan bumi bs jd makin lebih baik ya. aminn… ^_^@kak inna: Let’s go Green!! *izin metrotv pinjem sloganny bentar 😀 @kak yanti: yupz kak.. polusi memang masalah qt bersama.. krn qt memang tak hidup sendirian kan? 🙂 qt sama2 tinggal di bumi yg sama.. di belahan manapun qt tinggal, qt tetap pny tanggung jawab bwt menjaga bumi tercinta… *y kcuali qt pindah k mars :P@dek zaza: hehehehe… puisi g hrs selamanya bermain dlm kata2 kiasan kan dek? ^_^@kak intan: wah… g mudeng diksi2an kak… 😀 *ngangguk aj deh.. scara kak intan lbh mudeng mslh ini.. ^_^
@mbak dy: sip mbak… *mulai mencoba bwt mengurangi tisu 😀 belum smpt beli sapu tangan mbak.. gmn klo mbak ngadoin ita handkerchief aj? 😛 @teh tina: hehehe… maaf y teh… tp dah mudeng kn teh? ^_^
nggak ngerti..:D
pa kabar say? pinter deh bikin puisinya 🙂
@bang yudi: buka kamus deh sono :P@mbak rahma: wuaaaaaaaa!!!!! alhamdulillah bi khair.. *miss u sist…. peyuk mbak rahma… 😀 ni bkn puisi ita kok mbak, hehehehe….
the rights thing to do..sekarang,fahamikan kan apa yang kita faham dengan sahabat kita,dan seandainya dia faham,semestinya dia akan memahami kan sahabat dia tentang apa yang kita faham,adakah dewi faham?atau sesiapa yang baca coretan dewi faham?kalau tak faham,macammau perlu buat buat faham??heheheana nak fahamkan sahabat kita?at
the rights thing to do..sekarang,fahamikan kan apa yang kita faham dengan sahabat kita,dan seandainya dia faham,semestinya dia akan memahami kan sahabat dia tentang apa yang kita faham,adakah dewi faham?atau sesiapa yang baca coretan dewi faham?kalau tak faham,macammana nak fahamkan sahabat kita??atau kita kena buat buat faham?hehhe
hayah.. cik aiyim.. sorry.. i can’t understand what u talked about :Dactually i just want to share this poem to my friends… want to encourage them to save our earth ^_^
heheh..pening kepala saya untuk menhatai puisi ini,,(saya kurang bab puisi dan sastera,masa sekolah asyik bermain,now when ppl say about poem…clueless langsung..iskisk cik puisi girl..
wah aiyim.. actually saya pun tak bakat sastra.. ini pun puisi saya temukan di suatu tempat *by googling in net… :Drasanya tak mungkin lah saya bisa bikin puisi cam ni.. hehehe….tapi buat puisi ini rasanya tak terlalu banyak makna kiasan.. jadi saya rasa asal paham english insyaAllah paham apa maksud puisi ini.. ayo aiyim.. berjayalah menhatai puisi ni.. yang semangat ye! 😛
pening and stil pening..iskisk ..need to pick new brain at ebay,,just to understand it..slowly…but stil cannot but yang saya faham this poem are nice and make me want to learn more and help the earth…
hahaha… ebay tak mungkin lah jual new brain :Paiyim nih bercanda saja…it’s ok brother…slowly but sure, then u will understand this poem btw thx for that maklumat kesihatannye ^_^smoga bisa menambah khasanah ilmu saya…