Author name: NİLÜFER ALTUNKAYA

Turkiye, WORLD’S POETS

AMUSEMENT PARK

I was making my way through the days, beads of sweat on my brow Walking toward you, yet remaining on the sidelines There was a distance within this closeness, one I couldn’t name If I reached out, I was a hair’s breadth away from touching “You were the amusement park, and I was the child

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Turkiye, WORLD’S POETS

HERITAGE

My dad was a master of stone He used to take to pieces of those huge rocks His sledgehammer weighing twelve kilos. He used to recognize very well the variety and the veining. He used to sculpt and shape. Cornerstone, the big stair stone, gravestone, Housetop roller stone… Without complaining about hot or cold weather

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Turkiye, WORLD’S POETS

THIS TIME AROUND

Romance did not try to find the cure for loneliness A child went to sleep without listening to the story A book told about its dream ceaselessly A vegetable gave away its taste without trouble The tea brew itself pretty slowly The late comer apologized accepting the blame… The waiting one forgave immediately Romance was

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