The Poet And The Fisherman Poem by Ayatullah Nurjati

The poet relies on intuition and knitted words wrapped in pen to paper in making his works
Fishermen rely on strings, hooks and nets to get their catch
They both rely on tides. What distinguishes the two is that poets rely on the tides of motivation and ideas and fishermen rely on the tides for anchorage
The decline for the poet means the death of creativity and ideas, while for the fisherman it will be difficult to moor his boat and cannot get ashore.

Both of them often worked at night because it was the biggest tide of their life
With the coming of the silent night ideas and creativity flow for the poet and for the fisherman that is the ideal catch for his family life
Tide and night determine where the two celestial bodies collide with each other and are witnessed by the sun in other parts of the world
The sun can only peek at the affair. Poets and fishermen become actors who embody God's creation

© Ayatullah Nurjati @poemhunter.com
Jakarta,19th November 2022.4: 09 PM (GMT+7)