Monthly Archives: April 2016

My Tree

In our street If there were other trees I wouldn’t love you so much. But if you Together with us Could play kaydırak* I would love you more. My beautiful tree! When you die, I’m hoping home will be In … Continue reading

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Shearwaters

Shearwaters Follow you in the Bosphorus, A long, narrow convoy in close ranks, Skimming on the surface of the water, Black, invisible, silver. Not seen to die, deviate, alight or feed, In storm and calm, the same speed, Don’t expect … Continue reading

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Clouds

Just watch, The caravan of clouds on the move. Their pace now may quicken, now slow. Don’t remove your gaze, The grays, the whites, the forms can change, Disappear quickly. No lone sun, No rainbow or rain, No sudden rush … Continue reading

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Shelf

Odds and ends lie around, Like a museum, the storeroom. Leftover wood, clothes and boxes, Buttons, string, rusty nails. On the shelf of my storeroom, With its shabby lining, I see boxes, So many boxes. Inside them, people, Trash, dust … Continue reading

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Snow

Snowing on us, from the night, From a thought, rainy and dark, With the moaning of the forest And galloping, in the dense blue, It is snowing on us. Where is your voice, your everyday voice, For forgotten beautiful songs … Continue reading

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Poison

As a child, weeks were centuries for me; Then they were hours, seconds then… The first thought, non-existence gnawed at me: Why do I exist, if my end is non-existence? You too don’t exist, non-existence; you do, then you don’t! … Continue reading

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