Tematik Profetik dalam Kemasan Estetik: Religiositas, Kemanusiaan, dan Pemuliaan Alam dalam Puisi Taufiq Ismail  

Abstract

This article offers an aesthetic and thematic reading of three poems by Taufiq Ismail, “The Long Prayer Mat”, “The Prophet Urges Us to Love Orphans”, and “Reed Flowers”, representing three dominant and interrelated dimensions in his poetry: religiosity (vertical relation to God), humanity (horizontal relation to fellow humans), and ecology (environmental relation to nature). Employing Charles Sanders Peirce's triadic semiotics as the primary analytical framework and Kuntowijoyo's prophetic ethics as the synthesis framework, this article analyzes how Taufiq Ismail presents God in every pulse of his poetry through an intertwining of prostration, compassion, and love. The findings demonstrate that these three dimensions form a triadic structure parallel to the pillars of prophetic ethics, transcendence, humanization, and liberation, rooted in Islamic tradition and Minangkabau culture. This article also expands the understanding of prophetic ethics by incorporating the ecological dimension as an integral part of Taufiq Ismail's prophetic vision.