HOMAGI Mag#02

HOMAGI
ED 02 / AUGUST 2021 GLOBAL MAGAZINE

GLOBAL Indonesian
STORY & POETRY Story & Poetry

Selma Kopic | Bosnia & Herzegovina Khalid Alrasyid | Indonesia
Valles Garcia Isabel | Peru Aisyah Amsal | Indonesia
Apu Mondal | India Heru Antoni | Indonesia
Shaun Robertson | Scotland
Garry Oliver | USA VISIT STORY

ENGLISH WRITING Oreste Lombardi | USA

Adisa Jumai | Nigeria JAVANESE POETRY

BATAK STORY Emi Sudarwati | Indonesia
Lila Kavya | Indonesia
Bangun Simbolon
sundanese POETRY
| Indonesia
Atep Yogaswara | Indonesia
BATAK WRITING Achmad Sopian Effendi

Antonia Hutajulu | Indonesia

| Indonesia

SAUT
POLTAK
TAMBUNAN

GLOBAL STORY . POETRY . VISIT STORY . CREATIVE WRITING . MUSIC . ARTS . CREATIVE VIDEO

FROM

editor

This second edition features Lineker SONG & MUSIC
Situmorang who works in the field of pop
music in Indonesia, as well as Indonesian LINEKER SITUMORANG
Batak writer, Saut Poltak Tambunan. This “If it is not you, who else? I
edition also features a mini-story written by am you, you are me. Keep
Shaun Robertson from Scotland and poems moving forward, never go
from Bosnia & Herzegovina, Peru, India, and back”
the USA. Oreste Lombardi from the USA also “Kalau bukan kamu siapa
talked about his adventure in the Saline Valley. lagi? Aku adalah kamu,
Indonesian poems, Batak mini-story, Javanese Kamu adalah aku. Maju
poems, and Sundanese poems are also terus pantang mundur”
featured in this Edition. We hope readers can
enjoy it. BATAK STORY & POETRY

Edisi kedua ini menampilkan Lineker SAUT POLTAK TAMBUNAN
Situmorang yang berkarya di bidang musik pop “According to SPT, it is
di Indonesia, serta penulis Batak Indonesia, time to return to
Saut Poltak Tambunan. Edisi ini juga indigenous peoples with
menampilkan cerita mini yang ditulis oleh local wisdom.”
Shaun Robertson dari Skotlandia dan puisi dari Menurut SPT, ini saatnya
Bosnia & Herzegovina, Peru, India, dan USA. kembali ke masyarakat
Oreste Lombardi dari USA juga bercerita adat dengan kearifan
tentang petualangannya di Lembah Saline. lokal.”
Puisi Indonesia, cerita mini Batak, puisi Jawa,
dan puisi Sunda juga ditampilkan dalam Edisi 1
ini. Kami berharap para pembaca dapat
menikmatinya.

EXECUTIVE EDITOR DEPUTY EDITOR

MnkSga DRoezdi

MANAEK SINAGA DIAN RUSDI (ROEZDI)

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Contents Daftar Isi

05| Lineker Situmorang 28| Saut Poltak Tambunan, Khalid

............................................................................. Alrasyid, Aisyah Amsal, Heru Antoni
..............................................................................
10| Selma Kopic, Valles Garcia Isabel, .

Apu Mondal, Shaun Robertson, Garry 36| Saut Poltak Tambunan, Bangun
Oliver
............................................................................. Simbolon
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18| Adisa Jumai
43| Antonia Hutajulu
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22| Oreste Lombardi
45| Emi Sudarwati, Lila Kavya
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50| Atep Yogaswara, Achmad Sopian

Effendi
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HOMAGI INTERNATIONAL (HOMAGI) is a magazine about global song & music, global story & poetry, visit story, Indonesian story & poetry,
Batak story & poetry, Javanese story & poetry, Sundanese story & poetry, creative writing, arts and creative video.

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SONG MUSIC

Lineker Situmorang

“If it is not you, who else?”

“Kalau bukan kamu, siapa lagi?”

“Molo so ho, ise be?”

SONGMUSIC Kalau
bukan kamu
If it is siapa lagi?
not you
who else?

Lineker Situmorang Lineker Situmorang Lineker Situmorang

is a singer from adalah seorang penyanyi
dari Indonesia, yang
Indonesia, who is very sangat konsisten
consistent in singing menyanyikan lagu-lagu
ethnic Batak songs.
He is a prolific singer etnik Batak. Dia adalah
in singing Batak pop penyanyi produktif dalam
menyanyikan lagu-lagu
songs as well as pop Batak dan juga lagu-
Indonesian pop songs.
lagu pop Indonesia.

Lineker Situmorang who is often called Lineker Situmorang yang sering dipanggil
"Lineker" has an official Youtube, namely: “Lineker” memiliki Youtube resmi, yaitu:
Lineker Situmorang official. Lineker Situmorang official.

MUSIC BACKGROUND LATAR BELAKANG MUSIK
Lineker has a long background in music, Lineker memiliki latar belakang yang panjang
particularly Batak pop music. dalam bermusik, khususnya musik pop Batak.
In 2009, Lineker started singing at Pada tahun 2009, Lineker sudah mulai
traditional Batak parties at Dolok Sanggul bernyanyi di acara-acara adat pesta Batak di
Humbang Hasundutan. In this early musical Dolok Sanggul Humbang Hasundutan. Dalam
activity, the Lineker family happened to kegiatan awal bermusik ini, kebetulan
have a sound system instruments in Dolok keluarga Lineker memiliki alat musik sound
Sanggul with the name "GOLIONG MUSIC". system di Dolok Sanggul dengan nama
“GOLIONG MUSIK”.
In 2010, GOLIONG Music entered the
recording studio produced by CMD Records. Pada tahun 2010, GOLIONG Musik masuk
This album is a compilation of Humbahas dapur rekaman yang diproduksi oleh CMD
artists who live in Dolok Sanggul. record. Album ini adalah kompilasi artis-artis
Humbahas yang berdomisili di Dolok Sanggul.

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In that album, Lineker recorded in the Dalam Album itu, Lineker rekaman dalam
formation of GOLIONG TRIO, with trio formasi GOLIONG TRIO, dengan personil trio:
personnel: BARITA SITUMORANG (Lineker's BARITA SITUMORANG (adik Lineker),
younger brother), MARGANDA LUMBAN MARGANDA LUMBAN GAOL dan Lineker. Lagu
GAOL and Lineker. The songs were: Mengkel yang dibawakan, yaitu lagu: Mengkel ma Ho, dan
ma Ho, and Mauliate TUHAN. There is also Mauliate TUHAN. Ada juga satu lagu solo, yaitu
one solo song, namely: DIDIA HO lagu: DIDIA HO HAHOLONGAN.
HAHOLONGAN.
Pada masa awal bermusik ini, Lineker
In this early musical period, Lineker started mengawalinya dengan mengikuti kelompok trio
by joining the trio group Lams Situmorang Lams Situmorang di Medan. Lams Situmorang
in Medan. Lams Situmorang is Lineker's adalah abang Lineker sendiri. Ketika mengikuti
own brother. While following the trio, kelompok trio ini, Lineker mendengar-dengar
Lineker listened and saw how they sang. dan melihat bagaimana mereka beryanyi.
Lineker had no job for a year, before joining Lineker sempat menganggur satu tahun,
the Ladostar Trio group, one of whose sebelum bergabung dengan grup Ladostar Trio,
personnel is Lineker's own brother, Lams yang salah seorang personilnya juga abang
Situmorang. Lineker sendiri, Lams Situmorang.

THE BOYS TRIO GROUP GRUP THE BOYS TRIO
In his music development, Lineker later Dalam perkembangan bermusik, Lineker
became a member of the musical group kemudian menjadi salah seorang personil grup
“The Boys Trio”. The trio group personnel musik The Boys Trio. Personil grup trio ini
consist of: Lineker Situmorang, Hotben terdiri dari: Lineker Situmorang, Hotben
Situmorang and Lams Situmorang. Situmorang dan Lams Situmorang.
The Boys Trio's musical activities began in Kegiatan musik The Boys Trio dimulai pada
2013 in the city of Medan. tahun 2013 di kota Medan.

Some of the Video Clip albums produced by Beberapa album Video Clip yang dihasilkan
“The Boys Trio” include: oleh The Boys Trio antara lain:
1). Batak Pop Album Vol.1, 2013: 1). Album Pop Batak Vol.1, tahun 2013:
This album features the songs: DONGANI MA Lagu-lagu dalam album ini: DONGANI MA AU,
AU, TUNG SO TARLUPAHON and others. TUNG SO TARLUPAHON dan lain-lain.
2) Pop Batak Album Vol.2, 2014: 2) Album Pop Batak Vol.2, tahun 2014:
This album features the songs: HOLAN AU Lagu-lagu dalam album ini: HOLAN AU
MANGANTUSI ROHAMI and BETA MATI MANGANTUSI ROHAMI dan BETA MATI RASA.
RASA. 3) Album Pop Batak Vol.3 tahun 2015:
3) Pop Batak Album Vol.3, 2015: Lagu-lagu dalam album ini: TOKKA MANDELE
The songs in this album: TOKKA MANDELE dan lain-lain.
and others. 4) Album Pop Indonesia Vol.1, tahun 2016
4) Indonesian Pop Album Vol.1, 2016 5) ALBUM POP INDONESIA: SELVI
5) Indonesian Pop Album: SELVI 6) Album Pop Batak Vol.4, tahun 2017
6) Pop Batak Album Vol.4, 2017 Lagu-lagu dalam album ini: Setia hian do
The songs in this album: Setia hian do jolmakku dan Galau.
jolmakku and Galau. 7) Album pop Batak Vol.5 dan Pop Ambon, tahun
7) Batak pop album Vol.5 and Pop Ambon, 2017:
2017: Lagu dalam album ini: Jujur ka parlente dan
The songs in this album: Jujur ka parlente lain-lain.
and others.

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8) Pop Batak Album Vol.6, 2019: The songs in 8) Album Pop Batak Vol.6, tahun 2019:
this album: GARA and SELAMAT JALAN. Lagu-lagu dalam album ini: GARA dan SELAMAT
9) Pop Batak Album Vol.7, 2021: The song in JALAN.
this album: PARKOPERASI SIAN KOTA 9) Album Pop Batak Vol.7, tahun 2021:
BANDUNG. Lagu-lagu dalam album ini: PARKOPERASI SIAN
KOTA BANDUNG.
All these albums are produced by CMD
RECORD. In fact, THE BOYS TRIO still exists Semua Album yang dihasilkan ini adalah
today, but there has been a change in produksi CMD RECORD. Kenyataannya, THE
personnel. BOYS TRIO masih eksis sampai sekarang, tetapi
sudah ada pergantian personil.
SOLO MUSIC ACTIVITIES
Besides the activity in THE BOYS Trio, KEGIATAN MUSIK SOLO
Lineker is also active in recording solo Disamping kegiatan THE BOYS Trio, Lineker
albums. juga aktif dalam kegiatan rekaman album solo.
In 2011 Lineker recorded a solo in Jakarta, Pada tahun 2011 Lineker rekaman solo di
then he returned to Medan. Jakarta, kemudian dia kembali lagi ke Medan.
In 2014, Lineker recorded solo album Vol.2 Pada tahun 2014 Lineker rekaman album solo
and in 2017 he continued solo album Vo.3. Vol.2 dan tahun 2017 berlanjut album solo Vo.3.
In 2019, Lineker recorded a duet with Pada tahun 2019 Lineker sempat rekaman duet
Dompak Sinaga, performing the song: Dang bersama Dompak Sinaga, membawakan lagu:
Tolap Au Dao. Then, in 2020, the solo album Dang Tolap Au Dao. Kemudian, pada tahun
Vol.4 was produced. Lineker also recorded 2020, album solo Vol.4 diproduksi. Lineker juga
other albums by PELITA UTAMA Records rekaman album lainnya di PELITA UTAMA
and GIDEON Music. Then in 2021, Lineker Record dan GIDEON Musik. Kemudian pada
recorded a solo album Vol.5 by Saribu Naga tahun 2021, Lineker rekaman album solo Vol.5
Persada Records. di Saribu Naga Persada Record.

HOPE AND MESSAGE HARAPAN DAN PESAN
Lineker hopes that Batak music will be Lineker berharap musik Batak semakin maju
more advanced and known in any area in dan dikenal di daerah mana pun pada masa
the future. According to Lineker, what needs yang akan datang. Menurut Lineker, yang perlu
to be developed in Batak music is how to dikembangkan di musik Batak adalah
make Batak songs known to the world. bagaimana caranya agar lagu-lagu Batak
Lineker hopes this will be happened. dikenal dunia. Lineker berharap ini akan
Lineker still considers the need for support, terwujud. Lineker tetap menganggap perlu
so that Batak music entertainment is dukungan, agar hiburan musik Batak makin
increasingly recognized in the national dikenal dalam lingkup nasional, sekalipun
scope, even though Lineker has recorded in Lineker telah rekaman di beberapa perusahaan
several label companies: CMD RECORD, label: CMD RECORD, PELITA UTAMA, SNP, dan
PELITA UTAMA, SNP, and MOMENTS. Even, MOMENTS. Bahkan, Lineker pun ingin
Lineker also wants to open his own label at membuka label sendiri di Lineker Situmorang
the Lineker Situmorang official. official.

In his message as a musician, Lineker Dalam pesannya sebagai seorang pemusik,
thanks to GOD ALMIGHTY, because Lineker Lineker mengucapkan terimakasih kepada
has been given a talent: being able to TUHAN YANG MAHA KUASA, karena Lineker
entertain and sing Batak music. telah diberikan talenta: bisa menghibur dan
bernyanyi untuk musik Batak.

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Lineker also thanks to CMD Record, because Lineker juga mengucapkan terimakasih kepada
if it wasn't the CMD Record's efforts, Lineker CMD Record, sebab kalau bukan usaha CMD
personally would not be known in the Batak Record, Lineker pribadi tidak akan dikenal di
music. blantika musik Batak.

For future Batak musicians who are Bagi para penerus atau musisi Batak yang
pursuing a career, Lineker advised to sedang berkarir, Lineker berpesan agar terus
continue to be enthusiastic, never give up. If bersemangat, pantang mundur. Kalau bisa
it’s possible Batak music is increasingly musik Batak semakin dikembangkan.
developed.
Dalam kesempatan wawancara dengan Homagi
In this interview with Homagi, Lineker also ini, Lineker juga menyampaikan kepada
conveyed to people all over the world, masyarakat seluruh dunia, dimana pun berada,
wherever they are, especially the Batak khususnya masyarakat Batak; Lineker
people; Lineker thanks to them for their mengucapkan terimakasih atas doa dan
prayers and support. Lineker said, “If it was dukungannya. Lineker berkata, “Kalau bukan
not the public support, I wouldn't be here. karena dukungan masyarakat, saya tidak akan
You are all amazing. May we all be more ada di sini. Kalian semua luar biasa. Semoga kita
blessed. God bless us". semua semakin diberkati. Tuhan memberkati
kita”.
In motivating the fighting spirit of the music
and song in this world, Lineker did not Dalam memotivasi semangat juang dunia musik
forget to convey motivational dan lagu, Lineker tidak lupa menyampaikan
encouragement. Lineker said, “Molo so ho, dorongan motivasi. Lineker berkata, “Molo so
ise be? Hita sesama musisi Batak ho, ise be? Hita sesama musisi Batak
marsidukungan be ma, dang i. Au do ho, Ho marsidukungan be ma, dang i. Au do ho, Ho do
do au. Keep moving forward, never go back". au. Maju terus pantang mundur”. (Kalau bukan
(If it is not you, who else? We are fellow Batak kamu siapa lagi? Kita sesama musisi Batak
musicians, we support each other, don't we. I saling mendukunglah, begitu bukan. Aku adalah
am you, you are me. Keep moving forward, kamu, Kamu adalah aku. Maju terus pantang
never go back). mundur).

Lineker concludes this interview with a very Lineker mengakhiri wawancara ini dengan
strong message of motivation, to keep suatu pesan motivasi yang sangat kuat, agar
moving forward in our world of music. tetap maju dalam dunia musik kita. Pantang
Never go back!.  mundur!. 

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Selma Kopic Valles Garcia Isabel Apu Mondal Garry Oliver Shaun Robertson

www.homagi.net Homagi International homagionline

GLOBALSTORYPOETRY Selma Kopic

FAMILY - Bosnia and Herzegovina

Family is not a house you build, renovate, choose,
that is something what you gain once and never lose.
Family is not a device that has parts you can replace,
it's always there, it isn't something you have to chase.
Family is a port where the lighthouse always shines,
and to which you always return from your wanderings.
Family is an old tree with rich canopies
on which, quite naturally, new branches take their place.
And when something in it family bothers you,
like a pebble in your boots,
you can always rely on its deep roots.

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GLOBALSTORYPOETRY

EVERYTHING

WILL PASS

Selma Kopic

- Bosnia and Herzegovina

You silently observe
how everything falls apart,
how secrets are revealed
and everything in your life
becomes
an open book.
And you would like to escape.
Distances entice you,
clear mornings and moonlights ...
Someone is calling you!
He appears in a dream
and attracts you with a smile.
Awakened, you realize
that everything will pass.
You stand buried
while rubbing your eyes.

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GLOBALSTORYPOETRY

The Lake Girl

Valles Garcia Isabel - Peru

Regular body
peaceful surrounded by earth and earth
Vegetation with transparent waters
sustained by imperceptible blades
There he was attractive and gentivous.
She always knew how to come true
His dreams and was striving to achieve it
without abdicating anything, never allowed
lose the smile despite life
And the eventuality seemed not to be of
his side.
Every afternoon as the sun went down
her steps led her to the shore
And on the stones confidently and with
bare feet enjoyed the sunset
the moment was magical because the energy
He filled his body and soul.
Filled in the night under the glow
Sorbia cirios drop by drop coffee
How generous it produced him alive
while slowly pouring all the ingenuity
transformed into literature that reason
allowed her satisfied and delivered.

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GLOBALSTORYPOETRY

Lost Chances

Apu Mondal - India

I have used all the
Choices,
To get myself forward
In life
As in love,
Without waiting to think
Of neighbouring faces,
Of marginalised people,
Waiting with raised arms,
People looking up from
Rusted window sills,
Eyes that seemed
Helpless, frantic
And chests that had lost
Hopes.
Now, I bear the burden of
Heavy sighs blowing
Through my garden of roses.

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GLOBALSTORYPOETRY

Lightening in the Eye

Garry Oliver - USA

Stay Strong.
Be fierce.
Fly High.
I AM Always in
Flight with You.
I look the lightening
In the eye.
I will never leave you
Nor forsake you.

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GLOBALSTORYPOETRY

WINTER

of the Soul

Shaun Robertson - Scotland

The snow really DID fall thick, very thick, and very

fast. He didn't care, in fact, he welcomed it. Despite

his pain, still the scene was very beautiful.

Everything was covered in a white, virginal blanket.
A fresh start. Cliches filled his head and he took

some comfort from their familiarity. He was in a

new situation, a new life and he needed something

to cling to, some kind of security which only the
solid, unchangeable elements of his everyday life

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He was becoming inured to the emotional in delight and fear, whilst others were in
pain, but still he let it through sometimes crumpled, hysterical heaps at the bottom,
and blinded by tears allowed himself to sledges upside down.
connect with his suffering rather than dam
it up. It was a pressure release which His ex-wife's home was a short walk away,
prevented him from wallowing in the his young daughter there too. He and his
luxury of a complete breakdown. daughter once enjoyed being together in
the playground at the foot of the incline.
What he had realized over the past few
months was that any pain could be got He felt like a ghost, like Marley, cast away
through. That somehow his capacity for from life in death, full of regret, reaching
being hurt and for suffering grew to out, unable to touch. He knew Marley's
encompass his burdens. He had only pain, his grief, and his own chain weighed
learned this for real during that difficult heavily. Part of the world, yet not part of it.
time. That he could crawl on the floor
sobbing his very heart out, that he could He looked across the snow toward the place
be blinded by tears and lie on his bed, where his family was and where he no
mind filled with longing and begging. longer was since the separation. He knew
he no longer belonged there.
Sleep rarely came. He could get through
the pain and he felt the same person, but As he turned and walked off through the
how on earth could he be? His life was thick snow which was bereft of life and
changed other than for a few constants. broken only by bare trees with a white
covering upon their branches, he felt that
He stood at the top of the snow-covered the new year held a promise which was
slope, hearing cries and laughter and empty of the life that he had known. It was
muffled noise. Some children were a bleak thought. He allowed himself to cry
tentatively edging themselves forward, as the thick snowflakes fell from the sky all
some were sliding fast, screaming around him. 

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WrEiNtGiLnISgH

ENGLISHWRITING

Adisa Jumai - Nigeria

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and places can be too much of a task. And sometimes, it
might leads to writer's block or the imposter syndrome that
feeling of thinking that your writing is not good enough.
Writing an exceedingly clear description of things is an
essential skill any writer should have. It helps to save the
readers the stress of imagining by themselves. Having a clear
description shows the reader what something looks like
exactly, making them have a lucid perspective in their mind.
Here are few tips to make a vivid description of places and
characters.

ENGLISHWRITING

1. Character's description It helps you to create a perfect description
of your characters in the mind of the reader.
Here, you make the characters describe If a place is bad, there's no point covering
the places themselves; in their own up. Say it outright how awful it is.
perspective. This is best done when there
is a clear description of someone in your If you write that "the seminar was good",
mind. Make sure you write everything you you might have left the readers to imagine
know about the person. how good it was. Show, not tell. There are
great adjectives to use other than "good".
Here's an example below: You could say "the seminar was amazing"
this gives a vivid description of the seminar
In The Secret History, Tartt first describes in the mind of the readers. Your choice of
the overbearing character Bunny thus: words determines a reader's perspective. To
make the best out of this, know the origin
‘He wore the same jacket every day, a of the words you want to use and find their
shapeless brown tweed that was frayed at synonyms in the dictionary.
the elbows and short in the sleeves, and
his sandy hair was parted on the left, so a 3. Building a rich vocabulary
long forelock fell over one bespectacled
eye. Bunny Corcoran was his name, Bunny Having varieties of words in your toolkit
being somehow short for Edmund. His really helps. You should find words that are
voice was loud and honking, and carried in associated with each other too. For
the dining halls.’ (p. 18) example, words associated with
international business and imports include;
You could see that Bunny was described waybill, merchandise, deals, bill of lading,
from Tartt's point of view. packing list, freight, proforma invoice e.t.c.

2. Making proper use of adjectives. Words associated with the Court and Law
include; contract, case, evidence, client,
You've been told in English classes that guilty, subpoena, solicitor, plaintiff, rested
Adjectives are describing words. They help his case, respondent, etc. 
to describe a noun which in this case are
characters and places.

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SVtiosrity

Oreste Lombardi

My motorcycle was a 200 cc Francis Barnett
made in England. I built an aluminum box that
attached behind the seat.

VISITSTORY

Saline Valley
Salts and Brines

Oreste Lombardi - USA

This project began in December 1953 with the selection of salt deposits and their source areas for a master’s
thesis research project for New Mexico Tech. The selected salt deposits had to be in a closed basin (valley)
with no contamination from neighboring basins (valleys). The information available at that time on salt
deposits were sketchy; thus, I would have to visit the basins in person to make the selection. Most of the
basins were small. Saline Valley appeared to be problematic due to size and complexity; therefore, it w as not
in my original exploration plan.

I planned a one-week exploration trip to scout out the various basins beginning in the region around Searles
Lake (a dry lake) on about 17 Aug 1954. The best I could find in that area had only a thin covering of salt.
Spent my first night sleeping on the Trona golf course in the sand. I visited the Death Valley National
Monument headquarters at Wild Rose Canyon in the Panamint mountains. They advised me on road
conditions. They said that the roads were doable. I reached Scotty’s Castle, in Death Valley by sunset. A mild
day with a high of 41 degrees C. There were no tourists. The employees at Scotty’s Castle invited me to use
the motel bathing facilities for free, which I did. My motorcycle was a 200 cc Francis Barnett made in
England. I built an aluminum box that attached behind the seat.

In It was 20 liters of water and a petrol can as well as food.
My sleeping bag was tied over the front wheel. My map board
was attached to the side of the aluminum box. My bike got 35
Km to the liter of petrol.
Next morning, I left Scotty’s Castle on my way to Racetrack
Valley. Went by Ubehebe Crater, a volcanic explosion crater.
In some of my Facebook posts I use this crater as a suitable
hell hole to send your bad thoughts.

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Past Ubehebe crater (picture) the road rapidly
deteriorated. Recent rains had just converted the road
into a gravely wash, which made progress difficult.
Several hours and 30 Km later I arrived at Racetrack
Valley at 1070 meters elevation. Racetrack was a saltless
mud flat. The rocks leave tracts on the lake bed. Riding
the motorcycle on the dry lake gives the sensation of being
in a surreal world. When it rains (rare), the mud flat
becomes exceedingly slick. . Then thin ice forms on the
shallow water. When the ice begins to melt, winds pile the
ice against rocks.

This gives the needed surface area for the wind to act on to move the rocks. This is a rare event. It does not
happen every year. At the edge of the lake is the grandstand composed of monzonite pegmatite with a heavy
dark coat of desert varnish. It appears to have emerged from the lake. The grandstand sheds the rocks that
move. The moving rocks weigh upward to hundreds of pounds.

https://slate.com/technology/2014/09/mystery-solved-the-sliding-stones-of-death-valley.html

The above URL describes the rock movement mechanism in detail.

Leaving Race Tract Valley, I descended into
Saline valley via the Lippincott lead mines
road (not maintained) and got this grand
view of Saline valley

Like I said before, Saline Valley was not in my
plans; however, the unforeseen was about to
intrude and change everything. My next
destination was Hidden Valley and Pictured rocks
on a road that would take me to Panamint
Mountains and then to Panamint Valley. The rains
had turned the road into a sandy wash.

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Could not reach Pictured Rock due to deep sand and lack of power to handle deep sand. As I got ingloriously
stuck in deep sand on a steep hill, a jeep came over the top of the hill. I was informed that there were many
more hills like it, but only worse. It was recommended that I take the Lippincott Road to Saline Valley to get to
Panamint Valley. The situation was so obvious, I took the recommendation without dispute. I already knew

21HOaMbAouGtI.tNheEThorrors of the Lippincott Road. Also, the washed-out road I came in on was bad enough. I did not
want any more of it. Rather than turn back, I pressed forward to Saline Valley. The URL below is for a topo map of
the area. It shows the Lippincott mines and the Vega Mines. Going down the Lippincott Road by car would have
been suicidal. A big motorcycle would not have made it.

https://mapcarta.com/23157316/Map

This road to Saline Valley looked impossible. It snaked down a steep canyon with grades up to 18 %. Covered
with loose rocks. My bike skidded and creped down the road threatening at almost every instant to go into a
skid and perhaps over the edge. There were wash outs such that a car could not have made it. The brakes got
hot and stunk. White knuckle ride to the bottom. Reached the bottom of Saline Valley late in the afternoon. I
wanted to spend the night at the warm springs. However due to distance and poor road condition, and the
lateness of the hour I turned back and went up the road to the Vega Mine Camp at the mouth of Hunter canyon.
This was at the top of an alluvial fan. The base of the fan was at the salt deposits.

There were two salt miners staying at the Vega
Mine camp: Morris and Tony Pinheiro of
Bakersfield. They had an arrangement with Mr.
Rowan of Bakersfield and “Monty” Monteith to live
at the Vega Nine camp as caretakers. Caretaking”
was important to the owners because of junk
thieves.

I spent Friday exploring Saline valley. I was
impressed with the valley as a potentially fruitful
area of investigation.

There were springs that would simplify the logistics of exploration. Saline Valley presented itself as a
‘package” deal, meaning no contamination from other basins. The climate was pleasantly hot. I say that
because I enjoyed the heat. I was endowed with a body designed for extreme heat. It felt good to me. And the
nights were free from chills despite this being an unusually cool summer. Saline Valley has the same climate as
Death Valley.

The salt is reported to be 99 % plus pure Sodium chloride down to about 40 meters (huh?) I say, huh, because
upon drilling I found only about 60 cm at the most of salt before getting into mud. Streams flowing into the
valley from the mountains disappear into the alluvium and reappear at the borders of the salt. The origin of
the salt is from the leaching of marine sediments and volcanic materials. Some of it comes from the sky as sea
salt spray fed into rain clouds.

The exploration of other basins yielded disappointing results. I went to the experts. They said that Saline
Valley was possible. I decided on doing Saline Valley.

During the next 3 weeks I studied Saline Valley and collected water samples in glass bottles. These had to be
discarded due to exchange of trace elements with the glass.

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December 1954, I spent two weeks in Saline Valley. I met Mr. Taylor from Bakersfield. He had a scintillator for
uranium prospecting. We got together and did a radiological survey across the salt deposits and into the
mountains on the east side. The salt area had the lowest activity. The highest radioactive was found in the
muds and the dirty salt area on the north side of the salt.

The nights got a tad chilly. I slept in an Eskimo suit inside a sleeping bag inside a sleeping bag. I am made for
the heat. I do not do well with cold. I collected brine and water samples in one-pint (abt 500 ml) polyethylene
bottle for spectrographic analyses. The road coming in from the south was hard packed snow that didn’t thaw
in mid-day as it was in the shadows most of the time. I did my travel by motorcycle early in the morning when
the temperature was below freezing so I could get traction on the snow. At near the freezing point, the ice and
snow became very slick, too slick for a motorcycle. I spent weekends in Trona. Joe Edwards family let me
sleep at their place, which was a wonderful break. At that time, I was going to school at Caltech and living with
my mother in Altadena, California. Riding back to Altadena in rain over the Angeles Crest highway was not fun.

The saga of Monte Monteith: He was one of the owners of the Vega mine and the Vega mine camp in 1954, where
I lived. He gave color to the history of Inyo County. He dealt in Real estate, but there was a problem. He sold land
that was not his to sell, thus he made many enemies. He had plans, high wide, and handsome, for the Vega mine
camp. It would become a resort with a swimming pool.

Excavation for the pool got underway. He was also
fascinated with aviation and flew airplanes. Somehow,
he got a young Indian mad at him. I do not know what
Monte did, but it must have been raw. The young man
had homicide on his mind as he crept up to the Vega
mine camp. He looked in the window and saw a man
that looked like Monte. However, the man was an
infantile paralysis cripple who was there to mind the
property to keep junk thieves away. The young man took
a successful pot shot, thinking that he killed Monte. He
was arrested and tried in Inyo County Court.

The court could not condone this error in judgement. He got 2 years for this error. Had he got Monte; he
would have probably been given a medal for services rendered. When He got out, Monte grew uneasy. Then it
was rumored that the FBI was interested in Monte in connection with drug dealing. Whereupon Monte did a
disappearing act, never to be seen again. This was about the time I came in on the scene.

Vega Mine Camp at the mouth of Hunter Canyon. There were two springs there, one somewhat warm and the
other cold. It was said that the place had both warm and cold running water naturally. These springs fed a
small stream and pond by the house. A wood bridge was built over the stream where you could sit under
shade and dangle your feet in the water. The house and adjacent structures are no longer there. I had an
arrangement with the Rowan family to have the use of a small shed that was furnished with a table and chair. It
served as my field laboratory and living quarters. In July I was surprised to find a young lady, Dorothy Button
working as a domestic for the Rowans. She was a Timbisha Indian (A Shoshone tribe). The Timbisha used to
live in Death Valley, and Saline Valley. She lived in Lone Pine at about 1220 meters elevation.

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She came to work by walking from Owens Valley to the top of the Inyo mountains, about 3050 meters,
elevation and then down to Vega Mine camp at about 340 meters elevation. This was July! This was not
unusual for the Timbisha and related tribes in the old days. Because of rules against cousin marriages, they
would walk long distances to distant communities to find a spouse. The routes taken in romancing were the
same routes used earlier in migration. Thus, migration routes became romance trails.

Rowan family from Bakersfield was there that
summer to harvest salt. They had a truck and
front-end loader for that purpose. Mid-august, Mr.
Rowan had a sunstroke. He survived, but no more
salt mining. After that I was there alone. No mining
activity in the summer. At that time no one did
sightseeing or camping in Saline Valley. No one
lived there in the summer except me after Rowans
retreated to Bakersfield. He had the only flushing
toilet in the valley until somebody used too much
toilet paper. Has not worked since.

In my shack, I put the table legs in cans of oil to
keep creepy-crawlies and mice off my table. Slept
outside.

She came to work by walking from Owens Valley to the top of the Inyo mountains, about 3050 meters,
elevation and then down to Vega Mine camp at about 340

I did my bathing at the Palm warm springs northeast of the salt beds. A natural hot tub. (Photo)

This was long before the nudists discovered the springs.
I brought a big box of 500 ml polyethylene bottles for collecting spring waters, ground waters, and brines. To get
brine and ground water samples I hand drilled boreholes with a hand auger. I borrowed the auger from a friend in
West End on Searle’s Lake near Trona. I made a device for using mouth suction to get the sample out of the bore
hole by drawing up a mix of water and air from as low as 20 feet into the ground. I could intercept ground waters
moving towards the salt playa as they got more saline via evaporation through the shallow ground cover. The
weather was always hot so all work had to be done with gloves. Anything metal was too hot to touch. My safety
rule was to start the day with four gallons (16 liters) of water. When half of it was consumed, I went home. I never
violated this rule. I never went climbing in the canyons. A broken leg meant an agonizing death since no one would
come looking for me in time. I never got close to sinkholes on the salt flats because if the ground gave way, they
would never find me. In Saline Valley, you are incommunicado.

With an adze I hacked a motorcycle road across the thenardite area on the north of the salt to get access to the
east side where I found brine springs and streams (nearly saturated with salt)

On Saturdays, I Traveled out of Saline Valley into Panamint Valley and then to Trona on Searle’s Lake, (a dry lake
covered with a salt crust under which were valuable salt brines containing useful chemicals). I stayed overnight with
the Edwards family so I could go to church. The church gave me a home teaching beat that went from Wild Rose
Canyon in the Panamint Mountains to the north and then south to Johannesburg and Randsburg. A beat 150 Km
long. I worked it by meeting my teaching companion in Panamint Valley as I came from Saline ‘valley. I parked my
motorcycle behind a big rock. Then we went to the Death Valley Ranger station in Wild Rose Canyon to teach a
family. This was the first time they had home teachers. It was great pleasant surprise to them. They had teen age
children and were concerned about them and access to church and good schools. The next month that we came
the father announced that because of our visit he wanted to get his family active in the church and in good schools
for his children. Accordingly, he took a job in San Bernardino and would not be in Death Valley anymore. 

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Saut Poltak Tambunan

Khalid Alrasyid

INDONESIAN

STORYPOETRY

Aisyah Amsal

Heru Antoni

TIBA-TIBA KAMI TIBA PADA MASA ITU

SAUT POLTAK TAMBUNAN

HOMAGI.NET sayap-sayap burung langit tersekap oleh kepak sendiri
rerimbun putri malu sembunyi

pada lipatan bentang daunnya sendiri
hujan pun diam termangu dalam derainya sendiri
gemercik riam sungai di batu-batu terbenam arus sendiri
kesiur angin kembara terhenti dibungkam gemuruh sendiri

anak-anak ayam tercekat
surut meringkuk kembali ke dalam telur asal sendiri

bahkan kupu-kupu bergegas pulang
menyuruk kepompongnya sendiri

begitulah tiba-tiba kami tiba pada masa itu
prahara pandemi virus korona

ayun langkah kami terkunci wabah
nalar logika terpasung oleh kalut sendiri
pada ketiak ranting pada lipatan daun
pada liang-liang pohon pada gua-gua batu

pada liung jurang pada lubuk kelam
pada kotak segi empat bilik-bilik perawatan

pada aturan dan kesepakatan
untuk tetap berondok berkurung

‘di rumah saja’.

bencana ini membelokkan arah peradaban
menekuk segala tegar-tegak hingga rebah
bersimpuh luruh setiap lutut dan tengkuk

sujud merapal doa-doa panjang
dari kitab-kitab tebal

yang tersimpan lama di laci paling bawah

rindu kami rindu reriuh langkah kerja keseharian
rindu tengkar-teriak anak

sebab sepatu sandal hilang sebelah
rindu cerewet emak sisihkan uang belanja

uang sekolah
utang arisan dan amplop kondangan
rindu kami rindu lampu hijau di perempatan jalan
rindu kami rindu pasar dan rumah-rumah ibadah

perubahan menjadi keniscayaan
maka kami harus berubah

menyongsong kewajaran baru
kebiasaan baru

kepantasan dan kepatutan baru
tak ada gentar tak kenal ragu
sebab kasih Tuhan tak berubah
tangan-Nya tak kurang panjang
untuk menolong
tak pernah terlambat
kita hanya perlu: percaya!

Jakarta, 8 Juni 2020

28

Menyemai Hari

KHALID ALRASYID

Aku mencari ruang
Di bilik pagi
Apa yang bisa kubaca
Bahasa tak lagi ada
Kata kata menguap bersama embun
Pada mataku yang padam
Kukecup cinta
Agar cahaya tetap tertanam
Di hari yang kian mencekam

Moker, 130721

HOMAGI.NET 29

SETEGUK KOPI PAGI

KHALID ALRASYID

Angin tertunduk
Sunyi masih kupeluk
Menetas pagi dengan jingga bermata saga

Kulayarkan mata
Sedang perahu-perahu menambatkan berita
Tentang bulan yang sahaja

Seteguk kopi
Beraroma laut pagi
Ikan-ikan menggantung nasib nelayan
Ada rindu yang tak tersampaikan
Suara gaduh cinta
Terpancar wajah cahaya

Paiton, 251120

Khalid Alrasyid terlahir di kota Gerbang Salam Pamekasan. Saat ini tinggal di Kemlagi-Mojokerto. Penikmat sastra
yang juga pendiri Komunitas Kopi & Diksi, serta penggagas Puisi Semaris bersama Nurul Swandari. Karya-karyanya
termaktub dalam antologi Dari Panca Laku Hingga Webinar, Narasi Bait Waktu, Maafkan Kata-Kata (Lingkar Studi
Sastra Setrawulan). Antologi Gembok, Antologi Asu, Tadarus Puisi Ramadhan (Lumbung Puisi Sastrawan Indonesia).
Antologi Kopi Puisi (Seni Sastra Budaya Sumba). Antologi Merangkai Semaris, Edelweis (Komunitas Kopi & Diksi).
Antologi Kitab Pentigraf, Antologi Putiba Indonesia (Komunitas Sastra 3 Indonesia). Antologi Puisi Kebaya Bordir
Untuk Umayah, dll.

HOMAGI.NET 30

DERU OMBAK Aisyah Amsal

biru laut
deru ombak
biduk berlabuh

riak gelombang
bermandikan cahaya
dermaga bergeming

kini diam termangu
rasa kian merapuh
terbalut bayang langkah

senyum menawan
ada rindu bujuk merayu
terbelenggu manis angan-angan

ah...hati yang terpasung

Pinrang, 10 Oktober 2020

HOMAGI.NET 31

CINTAKU BELUM SEMPAT BERPELUK

Aisyah Amsal

Kisah antara kau dan aku
kidungnya telah lama kulebur
kuhempaskan pada biru lautan
dan berharap debur ombaknya tiada mengalunkan cerita cinta lagi

Kisah antara kau dan aku
serpihannya telah lama kualirkan ke hilir
dan berharap deras alirnya menenggelamkan anganku tentangmu

Kisah antara kau dan aku
jejaknya telah lama kutitipkan pada belaian angin malam
dan berharap embusannya menerbangkannya jauh
hingga tiada lagi penawar rindu

Yah, aku telah berjuang merangkai aksara
agar kelak menjadi kisah indah
namun…
duri menyusup, memendam perih
kesetiaan terkoyak karenamu
hingga tiada lagi lantun indah menawan hati

Lalu...
mengapa hatimu begitu cepat berpaling?
sedang cintaku, belum sempat berpeluk….

Pinrang, 4 Juni 2021

Aisyah Amsal, dilahirkan di Pinrang Sul-Sel, hobi menulis dan membaca puisi, beberapa karyanya:
Membingkai Rasa Menata Haiku (2019), beberapa antologi bersama yaitu Puisi Guru Terbanyak (Rekor
Muri 2018), Filantropi Sunyi (2019), Kasih Tak Sampai (2019), Senja dan Kerinduan dan lain-lain, dan
sekarang masih belajar di beberapa grup Sastra dan sebagai guru dan pembina OSIM di MAN Pinrang

HOMAGI.NET 32

LIPATAN 33

WAKTU

HERU ANTONI

kembali ia pada sungai menuju lautan
ketika daun-daun luruh melayang terjatuh
burung-burung terbang membawa mimpi
melepas fraktal setiap ingatan di kepala
kemana ruh bertatap muka
mentertawakan jasad pada cermin?
sambil berjingkat menangisi sikap
memandang ombak penuh ketakutan
di langit awan senja keemasaan
memberi tanda pada titian waktu;

matahari ikhlaskan bulan bersinar
kita;
membaca alam maknai dunia
bukan sekedar hidup dan mati
dikuasai napsu untuk memiliki
dan sesal di balik tangisan asa
lpg'21

HOMAGI.NET

LANGIT TIPIS

DI KUBANGAN

HERU ANTONI

suara di musim hujan
tinggalkan gerimis

orang-orang sibuk
mencari bara api
melepas dingin

di jalanan yang basah
genangan air keruh
menuju hening

biarkan saja
dalam kesunyian
ia akan jernih sendiri

bulan hadir malu-malu
langit pun terlihat tipis
muncul di kubangan
mengintip malam

lpg'21

HERU ANTONI lahir di Teluk Betung, kota Bandar lampung.
Karya-karya puisinya telah termuat di beberapa buku antologi puisi ANAK-ANAK AIR dan antologi puisi
MEMINTAL BULAN, karyanya juga hadir bersama penyair-penyair tanah air dan Asia tenggara dengan di
antaranya, Seribu Haiku Indonesia (jilid satu, dua dan tiga), Kitab Karmina, Untuk Jantung perempuan,
Cemara Cinta, Palagan Sastra, Setelah 67 Tahun di Karet, Kumpulan Puisi 1.550 mdpl, Matahari Cinta
Samudera Kata, Kita Bersama, Mengeja Kitab (Lampung-Banten), Negeri Bahari, Tanah Air Daun, Jejak
Di bumi Raflesia, Negeri Para Penyair.

HOMAGI.NET 34

BATAK

STORYPOETRY

Foto: Saut Poltak Tambunan

SONGGOT MASA NA SO HEA MASA

SAUT POLTAK TAMBUNAN

Habong ni pidong partonga langit tarjanggil di herbangna sandiri
bulung sihirput sorpi martabuni, lompit di hembangna
por ni udan mangungu dihuntam dorasna sandiri

pamirsak ni aek sampuran tarbonom di habaoranna sandiri
alogo paredang-edang mansohot sip-sip mamborhos parhasakna sandiri

dohot porhas sironggur balu pe tahuton disoro sillamna sandiri
anak ni manuk tarsongkik dibahen siok-siokna sandiri

manginsurut laho murgup mulak tu bagasan rentengna hian
dohot lampu-lampu humalaput naeng mulak mangilulu gabe gulok

asa bolas manuruk tu lampusungna hian.

Songon i ma tahe songgot so sian panagaman
hamamasa ni so hea masa i

pandemi sahit na sun jorbut parbali Korona-19
gabe sumurut laos tarhinsu langka-langkanami
lomos manginsombut di roha nang pingkiran
tarbeang gumalempot di dangka dupang di ruang ni hau
di liang-liang batu - di lombang rurus - di tao tolping

di kotak maropat suhi bilut-bilut parubatan
di angka ruhut-ruhut dohot aturan na ingkon siundukon

asa monggop mamulik-mulik:
“di jabu ma”

Ai nunga dipaordong panahit on ngolu hajolmaon
suhar dompak paralitan

dipaunduk nasa tois-tongam jala dirgak martudu langit - laos peak
marsinggang tungkap nasa dugul nang jugul

martabas mamulung tonggo-tonggo, manonun tangiang
mangenet ayat-ayat habadiaon sian pustaha na hapal
naung leleng simpan jala buni di hombung partoru

siholnami sihol tu puas-pais ronsot ni ulaon ari-arinami
siholnami tu pasimpar pasebut dakdanak gaor
martongkari ganup laho marsingkola
ala mago buku nang sipatu sambariba
sihol tu remeng ni Dainong patubekbek
pasisi hepeng pasiboras,
uang singkola, utang arisan marsijule-jule
dohot ampolop tumpak manggarar adat

siholnami tu lampu na rata lalulintas di sirpang dalan
masihol tu onan, gareja dohot dongan sapartangiangan

hamubaon tahe nunga gabe maringkon
ndang tarpasiding be so mangindangi isara
pauba diri manomu-nomu hasomalan na imbaru,

hapatuton dohot hasumanon na imbaru
alai unang ganggu rohanta unang mabiar
ai hot do manongtong holong ni Tuhanta
ndang muba ndang meol manang maralang

Ida ma, ndada na hurang ganjang tangan-Na
laho mangurupi hita

ndada marhapal pinggolna so marbinege dompak hita
nang pe sipata dipabenda
ndada hea tarlambat

ingkon do uli sude di tingki-Na
pos roham! Jala porsea!

48 tahun konsisten bersastra

Saut Poltak Tambunan adalah seorang

sastrawan Indonesia dari etnik Batak, yang telah
banyak menghasilkan karya sastra, baik berupa
novel maupun cerpen. Saut Poltak Tambunan
sering dipanggil “Saut”, tetapi di dunia sastra
lebih sering disebut “Bang SPT”.
Karya tulis SPT telah mencapai lebih dari 60
buku. Buku-buku itu terdiri dari novel, cerpen,
puisi, dan juga panduan pelatihan penulisan
kreatif. Disamping buku-buku sastra, SPT juga
menulis naskah drama dan skenario film.
Sebagian novel karya SPT telah diangkat ke film
layar lebar dan sinetron.

SPT lahir tanggal 28 Agustus 1952 di Balige,
Sumatra Utara. Dia sempat berkarir sebagai
Pegawai Negeri Sipil di Departemen Keuangan
sampai pensiun, namun dia tetap konsisten
dalam kegiatan menulis. Pada masa pensiunnya,
SPT menetap di kawasan Jakarta Timur.

LATAR BELAKANG AWAL
SPT mengawali kegiatan menulisnya di Jakarta
pada tahun 1973, dengan dimuatnya cerpen
pertama SPT di majalah Varia terbitan Jakarta.
SPT memiliki kisah unik tersendiri pada masa
awal kepenulisannya itu. SPT bercerita:

“Saya menjadi pegawai negeri pada umur 20
tahun, ditempatkan di unit kerja yang tak
begitu sibuk. Dengan kepolosan seorang
pegawai baru yang masih muda, saya ingin
pamer kepada atasan bahwa saya bisa
mengetik, maksudnya supaya saya diberi
pekerjaan. Tetapi, memang pekerjaan
mengetik tidak banyak, pekerjaan itu dapat
dituntaskan oleh pegawai lama. Mesin ketik
ada, kertas ada, dan waktu ada.

BATAKSTORYPOETRY

Jadilah saya mengetik cerpen, lalu dikirim ke buku kedua “Mandera Na Metmet”, yang terbit
media. Dimuat. Setelah itu, saya jadi rutin Maret 2012.
menulis. Saya menulis cerpen, novel, puisi,
artikel dan lain-lain.” Pada tahun 2012 SPT diundang lagi sebagai
kurator senior pada Festival Ubud Writers &
Pada tahun 1978, SPT menjadi redaktur tamu di Readers. Momen festival berbahasa Inggris itu
sebuah grup majalah besar, sekaligus menjadi justru semakin menguatkan tekad SPT untuk
editor pada penerbitan buku-bukunya. SPT pun tetap membelokkan arah perjalanan
pernah diminta menjadi pemimpin redaksi penulisannya ke jalan sunyi sastra modern
majalah baru dari grup itu, tetapi SPT tidak bahasa Batak dengan tujuan pengembangan
bersedia. Alasan utama penolakan itu adalah bahasa Batak dalam tulisan.
karena SPT merasa dirinya sebagai penulis,
bukan wartawan. SPT berprinsip harus bebas KARYA UTAMA
menerbitkan tulisannya di media mana saja, Sebagian cerpen SPT terkumpul dalam buku
tidak terikat pada satu penerbitan. Alasan lain kumpulan cerpen:
penolakan itu, SPT berpikir bahwa menjadi 1. Rinai Cinta Seorang Sahabat (1983)
Pemred berarti dia harus berhenti jadi pegawai 2. Lanteung (2004)
negeri, sementara saat itu dia pun sedang 3. Jangan Pergi, Jonggi (2005)
menekuni kuliah di Fakultas Ekonomi yang 4. Sengkarut Meja Makan (2011)
terkait langsung dengan status PNS-nya. 5. Mangongkal Holi (2012), berbahasa Batak
6. Don’t Go Jonggi; (2013), berbahasa Inggris
Pada tahun 1981, SPT mendirikan Himpunan 7. Toektak Mandoeda Eme (2018), berbahasa
Pengarang Indonesia, dan menjadi Ketua
himpunan itu. Walaupun, SPT pernah Batak.
menduduki beberapa jabatan sebagai PNS,
tetapi dia selalu menyediakan waktu untuk Puisi-puisi SPT terkumpul dalam buku bilingual
menulis karya sastra. (Batak- Indonesia), yaitu:
1. Masih Meski Bukan yang Dulu (2013)
KEGIATAN TERKINI 2. Natua-tua Parsaong Ulos Mangiring (2019)
Pada tahun 2011 SPT diundang sebagai peserta-
-pembicara di Festival Sastra Internasional SPT menerbitkan buku-buku sastra berbahasa
Ubud Writers, UWRF (Ubud Bali Writers & Batak melalui penerbit Selasar Pena Talenta
Readers Festival). Bertepatan pula yang didirikan oleh SPT. Penerbit ini berhasil
Kemendiknas merilis sinyalemen bahwa dari menerbitkan buku berbahasa Batak, seperti:
746 bahasa daerah yang masih eksis saat itu, kumpulan cerpen ‘Mangongkal Holi’ (2012),
akan bersisa hanya 10% atau 75 bahasa pada novel ‘Mandera Na Metmet’ (2012), dan juga
akhir abad ke-21, tahun 2090. Dalam pemikiran novel ‘Si Tumoing’ (2013).
SPT, ini sangat masuk akal. Kemudian, SPT
memutuskan untuk beralih merintis sastra SPT menerbitkan dua antologi cerpen (Embas
modern berbahasa Batak (Toba). Perintisan SPT Sian Dakdanak dan Serser Sauduran) karya para
ini direalisasikan dengan buku kumpulan penulis baru dalam kelompok komunitas SPT,
cerpen bahasa Batak pertama “Mangongkal yang berlanjut dengan penerbitan antologi
Holi”, yang terbit Februari 2012, dan cerpen Dongan Sademban pada tahun 2019.

Novel si Tumoing terus berkembang menjadi
serial novel pentalogi berbahasa Batak:

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Si TUMOING (1) Manggorga Ari Sogot, Si Pada bulan Oktober 2020 pemerintah
TUMOING (2) Pasiding Holang Padimpos Indonesia memberikan penghargaan sastra
Holong, Si TUMOING (3) Maniti Nambur, Si kepada SPT sebagai Tokoh Pelestari Bahasa
TUMOING (4) Manapu Nipi, dan Si TUMOING (5) Tahun 2020, karena peran SPT dalam
Mamurpur Samon. melestarikan bahasa daerah melalui sastra
modern bahasa Batak.
Novel-novel karya SPT yang telah diangkat ke
film layar lebar antara lain: Jalur Bali, Harga Diri, PESAN DAN HARAPAN
Yang Perkasa, Dia Ingin Anaknya Mati, dan Melalui wawancara dengan Homagi ini, SPT
Hatiku Bukan Pualam. menyampaikan pesan dan harapannya untuk
dunia sastra Indonesia dan sastra Batak. SPT
PENGHARGAAN berpandangan bahwa era reformasi
SPT menerima penghargaan Rancage 2015 atas mengedepankan hukum sebagai panglima.
novelnya Si Tumoing. Tetapi, reformasi terasa kebablasan – karena
Pada Agustus 2012, SPT mendirikan komunitas pranata hukum terlalu jauh memasuki ranah
Tortor Sangombas di Facebook. Komunitas ini kearifan lokal. Menurut SPT, Ini saatnya kembali
mengharuskan penggunaan bahasa Batak bagi ke masyarakat adat dengan kearifan lokal.
seluruh anggota komunitasnya. Kemudian, Lembaga agama dan masyarakat adat harus
komunitas Tortor Sangombas ini menerima diberdayakan, dan pintu masuk kearifan lokal
penghargaan Rancage 2017, dengan perannya yang paling tepat adalah bahasa etnik.
dalam memotivasi dan membina para penulis
baru berbahasa Batak.

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Lebih jauh SPT berbicara tentang bahasa dan Dalam berbagai kesempatan, temasuk pada
sastra Batak. Bahasa Batak tidak punya tradisi Kongres Bahasa Daeah Nusantara di Gedung
tulis. Sastra Batak berkembang secara lisan. Merdeka Bandung, SPT mengusulkan adanya
Aksara Batak tidak digunakan untuk suatu “Hari Berbahasa Batak” di kabupaten yang
komunikasi atau pun sastra. Melainkan untuk berbasis bahasa daerah Batak. Demikian pula
perdukunan, pengobatan dan ramalan. Oleh Perda dan Perbup agar menetapkan hari-hari
karena itu, aksara Batak mudah tergilas budaya tertentu berbahasa Batak di lingkungan Pemkab
pop. dan sekolah. Sehari dalam seminggu, misalnya.
Dalam sistem ketatanegaraan otonomi daerah,
Banyak sastra lama Batak yang hilang, seperti pelestarian bahasa daerah tidak terlepas dari
turi-turian, oing-oing, joting, andung-andung, peran dan tanggung jawab pemerintah daerah,
nyanyian anak-anak saat bermain (dolanan), dengan tetap mengacu pada Undang-Undang
lagu pengantar tidur, repertoar gondang Batak, Republik Indonesia Nomor 24 Tahun 2009,
dan lain-lain. Karena tidak tertulis, sebagian Tentang Bendera, Bahasa, dan Lambang Negara
umpama dan umpasa pun menjadi tidak jelas Serta Lagu Kebangsaan.
atau bergeser maknanya.
Sebelum mengakhiri wawancara dengan
Penulis sastra berbahasa Batak masih sangat Homagi, SPT bercerita tentang kondisi
kurang. Bahkan, untuk memenuhi jumlah komunitas Sastra Etnik TORTOR SANGOMBAS.
minimal buku baru pada seleksi penghargaan Komunitas Sastra ini akan berusia 9 tahun pada
sastra daerah Rancage, bahasa Batak sudah dua Agustus tahun 2021. Biasanya komunitas ini
kali gagal, yaitu tahun 2019 dan 2021. SPT menyenggarakan kegiatan sastra pada Hari
berharap penulis baru Batak akan muncul, Bahasa Ibu Internasional 21 Februari dan pada
terutama dari kalangan generasi muda milenial. ulang tahun komunitas bulan Agustus. Namun,
terkendala oleh pandemi Covid 19. SPT
Bahasa Batak umumnya sudah bukan bahasa berharap para pegiat sastra daerah, khususnya
ibu lagi di tempat asalnya. Sudah berganti Batak tetap berkarya. Literasi berbahasa Batak
dengan bahasa Indonesia dengan aksen sudah mulai menapak maju, dan harus dibuat
setempat. Peringatan Hari Internasional Bahasa lebih semarak. 
Ibu 21 Februari yang ditetapkan oleh UNESCO -
badan PBB yang mengurusi pendidikan, nyaris
tak ada gaungnya.

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BANGUN SIMBOLON

DITANGGUNG

Ndang haru malum dope sahit ni si Jahomit, alai

nunga mulak ibana sian rumasakit. Sungkun-sungkun
roha ni simatuana, ala gale dope dibereng
pamatangna. Disungkun simatuana i ma ibana.
Simatua:"Ai naung hipas do hamu amang hela baen
na pintor mulak hamu? Ai songon na gale dope
hubereng pamatangmuna"
Jahomit:"Sasintongna ndang haru hipas dope huhilala
amang. Didokkon dokter i do nian asa opname dua
manang tolu ari nai"
Simatua:"Jadi, boasa pintor mulak hamu?"
Jahomit:"I ma da amang, di rumasakit pe ahu sai
busisaon do marningot angka na so adong on"
Simatua:"Ai boasa pola marsak hamu, ai
parsiubatmuna ditanggung BPJS do"
Jahomit:"Toho ma tutu amang, parsiubathu
ditanggung BPJS, alai parbodarianta, parsibadak
dohot parsipaket ni borumuna nda tung ditanggung
BPJS i dah. Dia dope manggarar angsuran kredit
dohot parsitimbaho ni amang. laho ise haroa
manarihon i anggo so tuhuk tu abarakkon sude, ai
sinari manogot allangon botari do"
Simatua:"I ma tutu ate amang hela. Antong gogoi
hamu ma mangan asa tumibu hipas dihilala hamu". 

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12 TINGKAT PERBANDINGAN

ANTONIA HUTAJULU

Ciri khas kata sifat atau kata keadaan (hata bangho) adalah mempunyai tingkat
perbandingan (degree of comparision).

Misalnya, kata “tinggi” (timbo) dapat diurut dari yang “tidak seberapa tinggi” (ndang
sadia timbo) sampai dengan “yang paling tinggi” (na tumimbo). Urutan tingkat ini
dapat dibagi dua belas, yaitu:

1. tidak seberapa tinggi (ndang sadia timbo)

2. kurang tinggi (hurang timbo)

3. tinggi (timbo)

4. agak tinggi (tar timbo)

5. lumayan tinggi (taho timbo)

6. agak lebih tinggi (hira tumimbo)

7. lebih tinggi (tumimbo)

8. sangat tinggi (timbo hian)

9. lebih sangat tinggi (mansai timbo)

10. terlalu tinggi (patimbohu)

11. luar biasa tinggi (sumalin timbo)

12. paling tinggi (na tumimbo)

Terlihat ada 12 keadaan (tingkat perbandingan) kata “tinggi” (timbo).
Keadaan ini berlaku juga untuk kata sifat atau kata keadaan yang lainnya.
Contoh kata lainnya: uli, bisuk, balga, ngali, redep, rejet, dsb.

Perbandingan tersebut disebut sebagai “Comparision Degree of Adjective” atau
Tingkat Perbandingan Kata Sifat (lampis parinuanon ni hata bangho). 

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SAWAH ING

NGAREP OMAH

EMI SUDARWATI

Mas....
Lungguha kene
Pirsani parine wis wiwit kuning
Eseme para among tani pait madu
Sanajan ora melu duwe
Bisa ndeleng esem edi tangga teparo
Uga melu nyawang endahe mega

Mas....
Lungguha kene
Rasa kangen mring kluwarga
Wis tumujem ing jroning dhadha
Kapang marang kampung klairan
Kapang marang ibu kang wus sumare
Uga bapak ing alam kalanggengan

Mas....
Lungguha kene
Rungokna critaku esuk iki
Uga janjiku marang sliramu
Ganthelaning ati
Dudu janji kang ngayawara
Panjenegan kudu percaya
Aku ora bakal cidra
Amarga tresna iki ora mung ana nerta
Nanging tumus nganti tekan dhadha
Mugya Gusti paring nugraha
Gesang tumekaning ndelahan

Baureno, 6 Juli 2021

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Emi Sudarwati

Esuk umun-umun
Mbarengi keprungu swara

Jago kluruk
Meh tutup gelaran srabeh ketan

Sing tuku jejel riyel
Saka njaban rangkah uga kathah
Tangga teparo ora trima siji loro

Uga separo
Meh kabeh kepranan rasa
Ya rasane srabeh ketane Mbak Mudah
Nggelar dagangan sakidule telon Talun
Sacedhake Pesarean Sunan Blongsong
Lungguh tharik-tharik dha lesehan

Mangadhep ngetan
Sarwa sarwi asesanti
Rahayu lestari kang sami dugi
Dhaharan kuna tumata edi
Dudu cappucino kang ngancani
Amung kopi kothok dheplokane Dewi
Nanging rasa kebacut trisna
Srabeh ketan tetep manjila

Baureno, 5 Juli 2021

Emi Sudarwati. Lahir di Lamongan, 20 November 1975. Koordinator grup Patungan Buku Guru
Indonesia. Pegiat Literasi Guru dan Siswa Indonesia. Buku tunggal karyanya: Novel Ngilon (2014),
Inobel (2017), Novel Kinanthi (2017), Kumpulan Cerpen Rona Hidup (2018), Novel Petualang Siswa
Indigo (2018), Novel Sujud di Bawah Talangmas (2019), Kumpulan Esai Menulis dan Menerbitkan Buku
untuk Keliling Dunia (2019), Buku Ajar Menulis Aksara Jawa (2020).

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LILA 47
KAVYA

Slurup marang kasunyatan
Iwak cilik ngupadi dalan
Marang iline banyu kang saparan-paran

Uga ingsun
Laku lelaku aneng tetepe wektu
Panyuwunan mligi tumuju ruh sejati
Mantepe asih marang Gusti
Bengawan sore iki
Isih nglelana saka angga
Angga janma tuwin ati
Ati kang kebak reridhu
Reridhu jumbuh ing tetalen kalbu

Bojonegoro, 15 April 2019

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MUNGGUT

(HAIKU JAWA)

LILA KAVYA

Asrepe wengi,
Sumebyar kidung suci
Anggugah ati

Bayu nyuwara
Leladen piring donga.
Munggute rasa

Kemlisik subuh-
Manungsa padha nggayuh
Tresna Sang Kukuh

Garing ketiga,
Ruh-ruh muji "Bathara"
Pados suwarga

Nurlila atau Lila Kavya mulai menulis sastra Jawa ketika berkuliah di Universitas Negeri Surabaya
pada tahun 2007. Pernah Juara 1 pada antologi puisi Piala Kinanthi 4 dan ikut serta pada Antologi
puisi Goodbye Mine, Antara Cita Dan Cinta, Tak Sebaik Angkasa, Serpihan Hati, Filantropi Puisi,
antologi geguritan Udhu Klungsu, Pinanggih Ariyasa, dan antologi crikak Bale Akarya. Saat ini
merupakan salah satu pendidik di SMPN 5 Bojonegoro.

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