10 Contoh Puisi Pendek Bahasa Inggris sebagai Inspirasi
Banyak orang sering merasa kesulitan belajar bahasa Inggris, karena banyaknya aspek yang harus dikuasai. Oleh karena itu, ada beberapa orang kehilangan semangat belajar dan akhirnya berhenti di tengah jalan.
Bila Anda juga merasakan hal yang sama, ada banyak cara yang menyenangkan namun tetap efektif untuk belajar bahasa Inggris. Salah satunya adalah dengan menulis puisi.
Menulis puisi sendiri memiliki banyak manfaat. Tidak hanya bisa melatih grammar dan tenses, cara ini juga bisa meningkatkan kreativitas, melatih kemampuan berpikir, serta mengekspresikan pikiran/perasaan.
Sebagai permulaan, Anda bisa menulis puisi pendek dengan tema yang disukai. Bila Anda tidak tahu seperti apa puisi pendek bahasa Inggris, simak contohnya dibawah ini.
Puisi Pendek Bahasa Inggris
Berikut ini 10 contoh puisi pendek bahasa Inggris dengan berbagai tema sebagai inspirasi Anda.
1. A Thank You Note to a Mentor
It felt like winning a lottery
But without cash on me
Is it already December?
Cause Santa gimme something I’ll remember
I appreciate your presence
I admire your passion
Muchas gracias my teacher
To help me build my future
2. Mama Put Me First
You were there for me
Whenever I was down or up
When the skies so blue or grey
You were there to love and to care
I’ll place no one above you
Cause there no one can do but you
Thank you for everything
Everything you’ve given me
3. Flamboyant Tree
Along the road to cliffs and ravines
I see the flamboyant trees are neatly lined up
as if welcoming people who will come
Manyar birds and finches are still competing to be the winner
In my country, in a place as far and lonely as this
You can find peace more than anything
Make people admire, stare, and stay for a long time
At the end of the road, there is a spring
The squeaks like nature’s sound
Flamboyant is a color, a wound healer, a complement to taste
4. Rasuna Said
Courage is like a rare and expensive treasure
Departing from persistence ends in success
Through her sharp thinking
It shines like a lamp in my dark garden
Her voice echoed, disturbing the ears
Shouting for women’s rights
Don’t let it go out
Even though the ignition of the fire is already faintly visible
you are a fighter,
Leading us to light brighter than a lantern
5. Memories
I walk along the streets of the Capital
Sometimes I think,
Many small things can evoke memories
Brings flashbacks of sweet and sad things
I saw the sky in Jakarta was already dark
This afternoon, I look at the rows of memories,
which makes me miss people in my past
6. Seeing You Through My Poetry
Words are the tone and the simplest way to reach you
Through a twilight in my warm sky
I see the clouds pierce your smile that is bruised in my memory
In this poem, you will find tears and smiles in one glass
If one day my poetry is lost
Find me in the silent voice you can hear
Like happiness and memories
I will keep you in the best place in my heart
So, I don’t need a dot to love you
To me, you are like Greece, an old city that doesn’t die
7. My Dad, My Superman
by Adam Young
He doesn’t fight crime
Or wear a cape
He doesn’t read minds
Or levitate
But every time my world needs saving
He’s my Superman
Some folks don’t believe in superheroes
‘Cause they haven’t met my dad
8. The Pain
by Laura Kasischke
Like the human brain, which organizes
The swirls and shades of the bathroom tiles
Into faces, faces
With expressions
Of exhaustion, of disdain. The
Virgin Mary in the toast of course
But also the penance in the pain, and the way
My mother invented
Plums and tissue paper, while
My father invented the type of
Sudden kindness
That takes you by surprise
When you’ve expected to be chastised
And makes you cry
9. Have a Future
By Joanna Fuchs
Thank you, Teacher,
For reaching deep in me
to find all I can be
before I can see it myself.
You never gave up on me.
I have a future
because of you.
10. How Do I Love You
by Mary Oliver
How do I love you?
Oh, this way and that way.
Oh, happily. Perhaps
I may elaborate by
demonstration? Like
this, and
like this and
no more words now