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  • You and Me

    by Ozdemir Asaf Just AboutI was I was just about to say your arrival is a blessing…Somebody else opened the door MytheNobody no longer can leave me alone. PerspectiveWhen I look at you insideYou are left outside.When I look at you outsideI cannot fit you inside UltraWhen I put a meaningto a wordI will call…

  • Transience

    SEVGILERDE Sevgileri yarınlara bıraktınız Çekingen, tutuk, saygılı. Bütün yakınlarınız Sizi yanlış tanıdı. Bitmeyen işler yüzünden (Siz böyle olsun istemezdiniz) Bir bakış bile yeterken anlatmaya her şeyi Kalbinizi dolduran duygular Kalbinizde kaldı. AT LOVES You postponed love to tomorrows Shy, timid, respectful. None of your close ones knew you well. Because of never ending work (and you…

  • Her and Me

    by Sait Faik Abasiyanik Sait Faik is a nationally well-known Turkish writer and poet, who is primarily praised for his beautiful short stories. He has written only a few poems, among which the one below. Just like the other poems he wrote, it is very simple and it touches my heart. My grandma proudly used…

  • Taming of the Shrew

    I am trying to escape from myself But myself always comes with me I told her so many times to stay put where she is She wouldn’t listen Very stubborn myself Just like me I learned to let go of things Even things that are dear to me But myself wouldn’t let go of me

  • Ziehende Landschaft

    by Hilde Domin Man muß weggehen könnenund doch sein wie ein Baum:als bliebe die Wurzel im Boden,als zöge die Landschaft und wir ständen fest.Man muss den Atem anhalten,bis der Wind nachläßtund die fremde Luft um uns zu kreisen beginnt,bis das Spiel von Licht und Schatten,von Grün und Blau,die alten Muster zeigtwo es auch sei,und niedersitzen…

  • Life Is Not A Laughing Matter

    by Nazim Hikmet Ran Nazim Hikmet is one my most favorite Turkish poets (the other is Orhan Veli). I can write so much about him. But I don’t want to. I want his poem to fill in all the space. So few lines with so much content. Life is not a laughing matteryou must live…